ArticleFrontiers in neuroinformatics2017
Human-Avatar Symbiosis for the Treatment of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia through Virtual/Augmented Reality and Brain-Computer Interfaces.
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- Biosensor-Integrated Virtual Reality for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Psychosis: A Systematic Review of a New Therapeutic Frontier.Biosensors · 2026Pooled it
- Preliminary Findings From an Augmented Reality (AR) App Delivering Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy for Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2026Article
- From neuronal to mental topography - Neurophenomenology of auditory hallucinations.Translational psychiatry · 2025Review
- Differences in emotion recognition between nonimmersive versus immersive virtual reality: preliminary findings in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.International clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Virtual Reality as a Moderator of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Altered effective connectivity in the emotional network induced by immersive virtual reality rehabilitation for post-stroke depression.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Behavioral intention of mental health practitioners toward the adoption of virtual humans in affect recognition training.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Brain-Computer Interface: Advancement and Challenges.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Digital Technologies for Schizophrenia Management: A Descriptive Review.Science and engineering ethics · 2021Review
- Converging Robotic Technologies in Targeted Neural Rehabilitation: A Review of Emerging Solutions and Challenges.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- How Interpersonal Distance Between Avatar and Human Influences Facial Affect Recognition in Immersive Virtual Reality.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- Digital Technology for Internet Access by Patients With Early-Stage Schizophrenia in Spain: Multicenter Research Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Potential Applications of Digital Technology in Assessment, Treatment, and Self-help for Hallucinations.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2019Review
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Abstract
This perspective paper faces the future of alternative treatments that take advantage of a social and cognitive approach with regards to pharmacological therapy of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in patients with schizophrenia. AVH are the perception of voices in the absence of auditory stimulation and represents a severe mental health symptom. Virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) and brain computer interfaces (BCI) are technologies that are growing more and more in different medical and psychological applications. Our position is that their combined use in computer-based therapies offers still unforeseen possibilities for the treatment of physical and mental disabilities. This is why, the paper expects that researchers and clinicians undergo a pathway toward human-avatar symbiosis for AVH by taking full advantage of new technologies. This outlook supposes to address challenging issues in the understanding of non-pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia-related disorders and the exploitation of VR/AR and BCI to achieve a real human-avatar symbiosis.
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