"Virtual Reality in Psychological, Medical and Pedagogical Applications" ed. by Christiane Eichenberg
InTeOp | 2012 | ISBN: 9535107321 9789535107323 | 296 pages | PDF | 12 MB
InTeOp | 2012 | ISBN: 9535107321 9789535107323 | 296 pages | PDF | 12 MB
This book has an aim to present latest applications, trends and developments of virtual reality technologies in three humanities disciplines: in medicine, psychology and pedagogy.
This book aims to contribute to the current state of the corresponding efforts in the area of further promising technology - the Virtual Reality - designed to give an overview and secondly to provide a stimulus on specific projects, associated with the hope of giving to scientists and practitioners from the humanities an impulse for their own (further-) development, evaluation and implementation of various VR scenarios in the education and health sectors.
Contents
Preface
Section 1 VR in Psychological Applications
1 Being There: Understanding the Feeling of Presence in a Synthetic Environment and Its Potential for Clinical Change
2 Virtual Realities in the Treatment of Mental Disorders: A Review of the Current State of Research
3 Games for Health: Have Fun with Virtual Reality!
4 Description of a Treatment Manual for in virtuo Exposure with Specific Phobia
5 Virtual Reality and Body Dissatisfaction Across the Eating Disorder's Spectrum
6 A Discussion of the Use of Virtual Reality in Dementia
Section 2 VR in Medical Applications
7 Virtual Reality - A New Era in Surgical Training
8 Virtual Reality Simulation: A Valuable Adjunct to Surgical Training
9 Virtual Rehabilitation and Training for Postural Balance and Neuromuscular Control
10 Applications of Virtual Reality Technology in Brain Imaging Studies
11 Cybertherapy in Medicine - Experience at the Universidad Panamericana, IMSS and ISSSTE Mexico
Section 3 VR in Pedagogical Applications
12 Using Augmented Reality Artifacts in Education and Cognitive Rehabilitation
13 Virtual Environments for Children and Teens
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