Virtual Reality in the Assessment, Understanding and Treatment of Mental Health Disorders

In the computer sciences, virtual reality (VR) is usually described as a set of fancy technologies. However, in medicine and neuroscience, VR is instead defined as an advanced form of human-computer interface that allows the user to interact with and become present in a computer-generated environmen...

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Other Authors: Riva, Giuseppe (Editor), Serino, Silvia (Editor)
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Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
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