Fear of heights and mild visual height intolerance independent of alcohol consumption [PDF]
Brain and Behavior, 2013 AbstractBackgroundVisual height intolerance occurs when a visual stimulus causes apprehension of losing balance and falling from some height. Affecting one‐third of the population, it has a broad spectrum of symptoms, ranging from minor distress to fear of heights, which is defined as a specific phobia.
Eva Grill, Thomas Brandt
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Subjective and psychophysiological response to pictures of ancestral and modern threats: Not all evolutionary threats are alike. [PDF]
PLoS ONEAfter encountering a potentially dangerous stimulus, the human body and mind might react with a cascade of physiological, emotional, and cognitive responses to minimize impending harm. However, whether this system can be activated by modern (ontogenetic)
Iveta Štolhoferová +5 more
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Brain Research BulletinPrevious neuroimaging studies based on electroencephalography (EEG) microstate analysis have identified abnormal neural electric activity in patients with psychiatric diseases.
Chaolin Teng, Taihui Zhang
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Haptic feedback as affective amplifier: enhanced fear perception affects cognitive performance and avoidance actions in VR height exposure [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyHaptic feedback serves as a potent affective amplifier in virtual reality (VR), intensifying threat perception to influence emotional intensity. This study investigated how haptic-enhanced fear stimuli (delivered through platform shaking during VR height
Lin Cong +11 more
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Association Between Sensation Seeking and Fear Response: Interventional Study of Personality and Behavior Using a Virtual Reality Heights Simulation [PDF]
JMIR XR and Spatial ComputingBackgroundImmersive virtual reality (VR) technology presents digital simulations that create the sense of an actual experience. VR simulations are persuasive enough to elicit physiological reactions that mirror real-world responses.
Rebecca C Daugherty +3 more
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Representation of Fear of Heights by Basolateral Amygdala Neurons. [PDF]
J Neurosci, 2021 Fear of heights is evolutionarily important for survival, yet it is unclear how and which brain regions process such height threats. Given the importance of the basolateral amygdala (BLA) in mediating both learned and innate fear, we investigated how BLA neurons may respond to high-place exposure in freely behaving male mice.
Liu J, Lin L, Wang DV.
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Fear of heights in infants? [PDF]
Curr Dir Psychol Sci, 2014 Based largely on the famous “visual cliff” paradigm, conventional wisdom is that crawling infants avoid crossing the brink of a dangerous drop-off because they are afraid of heights. However, recent research suggests that the conventional wisdom is wrong.
Adolph KE, Kretch KS, LoBue V.
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Effect of virtual reality (VR) technology on anxiety control and acrophobia reduction: A randomized controlled trial in Iran [PDF]
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental HealthIn recent years, utilizing technologies, such as virtual reality in mental healthcare and treatment, has developed significantly. This study aimed to investigate the effect of using virtual reality (VR) technology on controlling anxiety and reducing fear
Cathal Breen +5 more
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Do natural disasters cause an excessive fear of heights? Evidence from the Wenchuan earthquake [PDF]
Journal of Urban Economics, 2015 Manuel Hernández, Li Gan
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Balance control and anti-gravity muscle activity during the experience of fear at heights [PDF]
Physiological Reports, 2014 Max Wühr, Klaus Jahn, Roman Schniepp
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