Name
Title | ||
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Real-time monitoring of brain activity in patients with specific phobia during exposure therapy, employing a stereoscopic virtual environment. |
Abstract | ||
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Exposure therapy is a behavioral technique that is reported to be the most effective, long-lasting treatment for patients suffering from specific phobia. During the performance in enclosed spaces, the patients show a strong psychophysiological response to the phobic stimulus that is normally avoided. This psychophysiological response changes characteristically during the course of exposure. We implemented an electroencephalographic monitoring focusing on event-related potentials to resolve the modulation of preattentive information processing by the anxiety state of the subject. Therefore, mismatch-negativity (MMN) was chosen as parameter using a passive auditory oddball paradigm that does not interfere with performance in the virtual environment. The results of this neurophysiological monitoring are demonstrated in one patient suffering from claustrophobia. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2001 | 10.1089/109493101750527024 | CYBERPSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
virtual environment | Social psychology,Mismatch negativity,Neurophysiological Monitoring,Claustrophobia,Anxiety,Oddball paradigm,Psychology,Brain activity and meditation,Exposure therapy,Specific phobia | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
4 | 4 | 1094-9313 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.37 | 0 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Mager | 1 | 17 | 9.00 |
| Alex H. Bullinger | 2 | 26 | 12.36 |
| Franz Mueller-Spahn | 3 | 15 | 9.78 |
| M F Kuntze | 4 | 10 | 4.66 |
| Robert Stoermer | 5 | 16 | 7.93 |