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Changes in Gait Self-Efficacy, Fear of Falls, and Gait Four and Eight Months after Bariatric Surgery
Behavioral Sciences, 2022 After bariatric surgery, individuals improve walking characteristics related to fall risk. However, little is known about psychosocial factors, such as gait self-efficacy and fear of falling, after surgery.
Danny Shin, Laura Keegan, Simone V. Gill
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Safety, 2023 Working on elevated surfaces without prior experience can be dangerous, particularly for young people, who are significantly more at risk of developing fear and anxiety, which might lead to falls and fatalities.
Apiruck Wonghempoom +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 ObjectiveExposure based large-group one-session treatments (LG-OSTs) proved feasible in different situational fears and showed promising short- and long-term outcomes. Based on prior LG-OST protocols we explored feasibility and effectiveness of an LG-OST
André Wannemueller +8 more
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Wuthering heights: gauging fear at altitude in virtual reality
Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2022 AbstractIn this study we propose an approach to assess the fear of heights through a 3D virtual reality environment. We show that an immersive scenario provides a suitable infrastructure to such purpose, when supported by related behavioural and physiological measurements.
Boccignone, Giuseppe +4 more
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The roles of altitude and fear in the perception of height
Journal of Vision, 2009 Previous research on perceiving spatial layout has found that people often exhibit normative biases in their perception of the environment. For instance, slant is typically overestimated and distance is usually underestimated. Surprisingly, however, the perception of height has rarely been studied.
Jeanine K, Stefanucci +1 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2017 AimsTo construct and validate a short scale for the assessment of the severity of visual height intolerance (vHI) and acrophobia.MethodsThe questionnaire was developed from two earlier representative epidemiological studies (n = 5,529).
Doreen Huppert, Eva Grill, Thomas Brandt
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Ari Folman’s Made in Israel (2001): Traces of Trauma in the Israeli Cinema Landscape
Arts, 2023 In the Israeli collective memory, the Yom Kippur’s battles in the Golan Heights have become synonymous with a long lasting national scar that fails to disappear.
Yael Munk
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Electroencephalography correlates of fear of heights in a virtual reality environment
Acta IMEKO, 2023 An electroencephalography (EEG)-based classification system of three levels of fear of heights is proposed. A virtual reality (VR) scenario representing a canyon was exploited to gradually expose the subjects to fear inducing stimuli with increasing intensity.
Apicella, Andrea +10 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 We set out to test whether positive non-verbal behaviours of a virtual coach can enhance people's engagement in automated virtual reality therapy. 120 individuals scoring highly for fear of heights participated.
Shu Wei, Daniel Freeman, Aitor Rovira
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Human emotional evaluation of ancestral and modern threats: fear, disgust, and anger
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionAnimal and human ancestors developed complex physiological and behavioral response systems to cope with two types of threats: immediate physical harm from predators or conspecifics, triggering fear, and the risk of infections from parasites ...
Šárka Peléšková +8 more
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