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ArticleClinical child psychology and psychiatry2024

Looking fear in the eye: Gamified virtual reality exposure towards spiders for children using attention based feedback.

Theresa F Wechsler, Martin Kocur, Sandra Schumacher, Mirjam Rubenbauer, Andreas Ruider, Martin Brockelmann, Michael Lankes, Christian Wolff, Andreas Mühlberger

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Article in Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Theresa F WechslerDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5514-2311
Martin KocurChair of Media Informatics, University of Regensburg, Germany.
Sandra SchumacherDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Mirjam RubenbauerDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Andreas RuiderDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Martin BrockelmannChair of Media Informatics, University of Regensburg, Germany.
Michael LankesDepartment of Digital Media, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg, Austria.
Christian WolffChair of Media Informatics, University of Regensburg, Germany.
Andreas MühlbergerDepartment of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
University of Regensburg · DEUniversity of Applied Sciences Upper Austria · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many children around the globe suffer from spider phobia. Virtual reality exposure therapy is an effective phobia treatment, but so far predominantly tailored for adults. A gamified approach utilizing gaze interaction would allow for a more child-friendly and engaging experience, and provide the possibility to foster working mechanisms of exposure therapy. We developed an application in which children make spiders change in positively connoted ways (e.g., make them dance or shrink) if sufficient visual attention towards them is captured via eye tracking. Thereby, motivation for and positive affects during exposure towards spiders are aspired. In this pilot study on 21 children without (

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AttentionFearPhobic DisordersSpidersVirtual Reality Exposure TherapyAdolescentAnimalsChildEye-Tracking TechnologyFemaleHumansImplosive TherapyMalePilot ProjectsVirtual Realityanxiety disordereye trackinggamified virtual reality exposure therapygaze interactionhuman computer interactionpositive affectserious gamespecific phobiaSpider phobiavisual attention

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PMID37592910
PMCPMC11188551
OpenAlexW4385968754

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