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View article: Influence of Information and Instructions on Human Behavior in Tunnel Accidents: A Virtual Reality Study
Influence of Information and Instructions on Human Behavior in Tunnel Accidents: A Virtual Reality Study Open
Human behavior is a major factor modulating the consequences of road tunnel accidents. We investigated the effect of information and instruction on drivers' behavior as well as the usability of virtual environments to simulate such emergen…
View article: A novel virtual reality fear conditioning paradigm to investigate the influence of expectancy violation on fear extinction
A novel virtual reality fear conditioning paradigm to investigate the influence of expectancy violation on fear extinction Open
Exposure therapy is an efficient treatment for pathological anxiety, yet its underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Prediction error models suggest that optimizing the violation of threat-related expectancies improves treatment ou…
View article: Intermittent theta burst stimulation over the left prefrontal cortex: no additional effect for virtual reality exposure therapy in acrophobia—a randomized trial
Intermittent theta burst stimulation over the left prefrontal cortex: no additional effect for virtual reality exposure therapy in acrophobia—a randomized trial Open
View article: Intermittent theta burst stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex has no additional effect on the efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy for acrophobia. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study
Intermittent theta burst stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex has no additional effect on the efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy for acrophobia. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study Open
Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders. Treatment guidelines recommend pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy as standard treatment. Although cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective therapeutic approach…
View article: The role of expectancy violation in extinction learning: a two-day virtual reality fear conditioning study
The role of expectancy violation in extinction learning: a two-day virtual reality fear conditioning study Open
Exposure therapy is an efficient treatment for pathological anxiety, yet its underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Prediction error models suggest that optimizing the violation of threat-related expectancies improves treatment ou…
View article: The role of expectancy violation in extinction learning: A two-day online fear conditioning study
The role of expectancy violation in extinction learning: A two-day online fear conditioning study Open
Background Exposure therapy is at the core of the treatment of pathological anxiety. While the inhibitory learning model proposes a framework for the mechanisms underlying exposure therapy, in particular expectancy violation, causal eviden…
View article: The effects of left frontal intermittent theta burst stimulation on the efficacy of exposure-based therapy in acrophobia
The effects of left frontal intermittent theta burst stimulation on the efficacy of exposure-based therapy in acrophobia Open
Evidence-based treatments for anxiety disorders, as cognitive behavioral and pharmacological therapy achieves good therapeutic results. However, studies have shown that the therapy can be further optimized. Transcranial magnetic stimulatio…
View article: A virtual reality social conditioned place preference paradigm for humans: Does trait social anxiety affect approach and avoidance of virtual agents?
A virtual reality social conditioned place preference paradigm for humans: Does trait social anxiety affect approach and avoidance of virtual agents? Open
Approach and avoidance of positive and negative social cues are fundamental to prevent isolation and ensure survival. High trait social anxiety is characterized by an avoidance of social situations and extensive avoidance is a risk factor …
View article: The role of expectancy violation in extinction learning: a two-day online fear conditioning study
The role of expectancy violation in extinction learning: a two-day online fear conditioning study Open
Exposure therapy is at the core of the treatment of pathological anxiety. While the inhibitory learning model proposes a framework for the mechanisms underlying exposure therapy, in particular expectancy violation, causal evidence for its …
View article: Videoconferencing versus <scp>face‐to‐face</scp> psychotherapy: Insights from patients and psychotherapists about comparability of therapeutic alliance, empathy and treatment characteristics
Videoconferencing versus <span>face‐to‐face</span> psychotherapy: Insights from patients and psychotherapists about comparability of therapeutic alliance, empathy and treatment characteristics Open
Objective Videoconferencing psychotherapy (VCT) is an effective treatment option. Yet, it is unclear whether a similar therapeutic alliance as in conventional face‐to‐face psychotherapy (F2F) can be achieved, since previous studies yielded…
View article: A Virtual Reality Social Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm for Humans: Does Trait Social Anxiety Affect Approach and Avoidance of Virtual Agents?
A Virtual Reality Social Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm for Humans: Does Trait Social Anxiety Affect Approach and Avoidance of Virtual Agents? Open
Approach and avoidance towards positive and negative social cues are fundamental to prevent isolation and to ensure survival. High trait social anxiety is characterized by avoidance of social situations and extensive avoidance is a known r…
View article: Effects of Acrophobic Fear and Trait Anxiety on Human Behavior in a Virtual Elevated Plus-Maze
Effects of Acrophobic Fear and Trait Anxiety on Human Behavior in a Virtual Elevated Plus-Maze Open
The Elevated Plus-Maze (EPM) is a well-established apparatus to measure anxiety in rodents, i.e., animals exhibiting an increased relative time spent in the closed vs. the open arms are considered anxious. To examine whether such anxiety-m…
View article: Thigmotaxis in a virtual human open field test
Thigmotaxis in a virtual human open field test Open
View article: Mechanisms Underlying Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Specific Phobias
Mechanisms Underlying Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Specific Phobias Open
Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) is an effective cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxiety disorders that comprises systematic confrontations to virtual representations of feared stimuli and situations.
However, not all patients r…
View article: Causal Interactive Links Between Presence and Fear in Virtual Reality Height Exposure
Causal Interactive Links Between Presence and Fear in Virtual Reality Height Exposure Open
Virtual reality plays an increasingly important role in research and therapy of pathological fear. However, the mechanisms how virtual environments elicit and modify fear responses are not yet fully understood. Presence, a psychological co…
View article: Height Simulation in a Virtual Reality CAVE System: Validity of Fear Responses and Effects of an Immersion Manipulation
Height Simulation in a Virtual Reality CAVE System: Validity of Fear Responses and Effects of an Immersion Manipulation Open
Acrophobia is characterized by intense fear in height situations. Virtual reality (VR) can be used to trigger such phobic fear, and VR exposure therapy (VRET) has proven effective for treatment of phobias, although it remains important to …
View article: Plasticity of Functional MAOA Gene Methylation in Acrophobia
Plasticity of Functional MAOA Gene Methylation in Acrophobia Open
Epigenetic mechanisms have been proposed to mediate fear extinction in animal models. Here, MAOA methylation was analyzed via direct sequencing of sodium bisulfite-treated DNA extracted from blood cells before and after a 2-week exposure t…
View article: Medial prefrontal cortex stimulation accelerates therapy response of exposure therapy in acrophobia
Medial prefrontal cortex stimulation accelerates therapy response of exposure therapy in acrophobia Open