Cognitive Remediation Journal 2018, 7(1):4-9 | DOI: 10.5507/crj.2018.001

Exposure Therapy by Virtual Reality and Its Monitoring by Biofeedback

Šlepecký, M.1, Škobrtal, P.2,3, Novotný, M.3, Bazinková, E.3, Kotianová, A.1
1 Department of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care Constantine The Philosopher University in Nitra, Kraskova 1, 949 74 NITRA, Slovakia
2 Ostravská univerzita, Ostrava, Česká republika
3 Centrum duševního zdraví, Jeseník, Česká republika

Utilisation of instrumentation within exposure therapy enables a client to get a continuous feedback on the function of client's autonomous nervous system. Thanks to that the person may increase cognitive control by his or her own autonomous nervous system reactions. By biofeedback In other words, the client gets information on possible maladaptive responses in real time and he/she can learn how to reacts adaptively.
This study utilises technique of "virtual reality" for exposing fearful scenarios that can be hardly simulated in reality.

Keywords: Exposure training, biofeedback, virtual reality

Published: January 1, 2018  Show citation

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Šlepecký M, Škobrtal P, Novotný M, Bazinková E, Kotianová A. Exposure Therapy by Virtual Reality and Its Monitoring by Biofeedback. Cogn. Remediat. J. 2018;7(1):4-9. doi: 10.5507/crj.2018.001.
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