Virtual Reality in Psychological, Medical and Pedagogical Applications

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InTech, 2012, 286 pages. ISBN: 9535107323 9789535107323This 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.ContentsVR in Psychological Applications Being There: Understanding the Feeling of Presence in a Synthetic Environment and Its Potential for Clinical Change Virtual Realities in the Treatment of Mental Disorders: A Review of the Current State of Research Games for Health: Have Fun with Virtual Reality! Description of a Treatment Manual for in virtuo Exposure with Specific Phobia Virtual Reality and Body Dissatisfaction Across the Eating Disorder's Spectrum A Discussion of the Use of Virtual Reality in Dementia VR in Medical Applications Virtual Reality - A New Era in Surgical Training Virtual Reality Simulation: A Valuable Adjunct to Surgical Training Virtual Rehabilitation and Training for Postural Balance and Neuromuscular Control Applications of Virtual Reality Technology in Brain Imaging Studies Cybertherapy in Medicine - Experience at the Universidad Panamericana, IMSS and ISSSTE Mexico VR in Pedagogical Applications Using Augmented Reality Artifacts in Education and Cognitive Rehabilitation Virtual Environments for Children and Teens