Volume 3 - Summer 2005

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


Editorials     9

B.K. Wiederhold, G. Riva, A.H. Bullinger



CRITICAL REVIEWS


Motivational Training Tool to Promote Healthy Life Styles    13

N. Fernández, E. del Hoyo Barbolla, C. Ramírez, R. de las Heras, M. T. Arredondo


Real Time Changing Virtual Environments: A New Tool for Virtual Therapy   19

M. Alcañiz, B. Rey, J. Montesa, J. A. Lozano, M. C. Juan


Towards a Neuropsychological Basis of Presence    25

W. IJsselsteijn


Virtual Reality in Everyday Memory Assessment and Rehabilitation: Progress  to Date and Future Potential   31

P.R. Penn, F.D. Rose, B.M. Brooks


Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Eating Disorders and Obesity: State of the Art and Future Challenges    39

G. Riva


Virtual Technologies for Extreme Environment Effect Mitigation    47

E. Gaia



EVALUATION STUDIES


A Computational Model of Emotion and Personality: Applications to  Psychotherapy Research and Practice    51

E. Hudlicka


Building Biologically Based Immune System Simulations for Education  and Training  59

K. Howell


General Training of Spatial Abilities by Geometry Education in Augmented Reality   65

H. Kaufmann, K. Steinbügl, A. Dünser, J. Glück


The Gedanken Experiment of Human Dynamics   77

Y. Cai, J. Klein-Seetharaman


The Recording of Observational Behaviors in Virtual Immersion: A New Research and Clinical Tool to Address the Problem of Sexual Preferences with Paraphiliacs   85

P. Renaud, J. Proulx, J. L. Rouleau, S. Bouchard,

G. Madrigrano, J. Bradford, P. Fedoroff


Treating Acrophobia in a Virtual Environment   93

A. H. Bullinger, I. Angehrn, B. K. WIiederhold, F. Mueller-Spahn, R. Mager


Virtual Environments to Address Autistic Social Deficits   101

C. Y. Trepagnier, M. M. Sebrechts, A. Finkelmeyer, M. Coleman, W. Stewart, Jr., M. Werner-Adler


VR for Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia   109

B. K. Wiederhold, M. Mendoza, T. Nakatani, A. H. Bullinger, M. D. Wiederhold


Working Things Out: A Therapeutic Interactive CD-Rom Containing the Stories of Young People Dealing with Depression and Other Mental Health Problems   117

E. Brosnan, J. Sharry, C. Fitzpatrick



ORIGINAL RESEARCH


Assessment of Emotional Reactivity Produced by Exposure to Virtual Environments in Patients with Eating Disorder    123

M. Ferrer-Garcia, J. Gutiérrez-Maldonado


Investigation of Social Anxiety of Patients with Schizophrenia Using  Virtual Avatar   129

H. J. Jang, J. Ku, S. H. Park, S. Y. Kim, I. Y. Kim, C-H. Kim, J-J. Kim, S. I. Kim


Investigation of Social Cue Perception in Schizophrenia using Virtual Reality      135

K. Kim, J-J. Kim, J. Kim, D-E. Park, J. Ku, H. J. Jang, S. H. Park, S. Y. Kim, C. H. Kim, J. H. Lee, I. Y. Kim, S. I. Kim


Relationship between Social Response to Virtual Avatar and Symptom Severity of Patients with Schizophrenia      143

J. Ku, J. J. Kim, H. J. Jang, S. H. Park, S. Y. Kim, C-H. Kim, K. U. Kim, J. H. Kim, J. H. Lee, In Y. Kim, S. I. Kim


Spatial Ability and Navigation Learning in a Virtual City    151

J-H. Lee, R. Mraz, K. K. Zakzanis, S. E. Black, P. J. Snyder, S. I. Kim, S. J. Graham


Telepsychiatry: Psychiatric Consultation through Videoconference    159

C. De las Cuevas


Training Blind Children to Develop Mathematics Skills Through Audio    165

J. Sánchez, H. Flores


Virtual War PTSD – a Methodological Thread    173

P. Gamito, J. Pacheco, C. Ribeiro, C. Pablo, T. Saraiva



CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS


A Progress Report of Long-Term Robot Assisted Activity at a Health Service Facility for the Aged   179

K. Wada, T. Shibata, T. Saito, K. Sakamoto, K. Tanie


Subjective and Physiologic Reactions of Flight Phobics during VR Exposure and Treatment Outcome: What Adds Motion Simulation?    185

A. Mühlberger, G. Wiedemann, P. Pauli


The Virtual Mall: A Functional Virtual Environment for Stroke Rehabilitation      193

D. Rand, N. Katz, M. Shahar, R. Kizony, P. L. Weiss


The Virtual Reality Mirror: Mental Practice with Augmented Reality for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation   199

A. Gaggioli, F. Morganti, A. Meneghini, M. Alcaniz, J. A. Lozano, J. Montesa, J. M. Martínez Sáez, R. Walker, I. Lorusso, G. Riva


Use, Understanding and Learning in Virtual Environments by Adolescents With Autistic Spectrum Disorders    207

S. Parsons



Abstracts from CyberTherapy 2005, June 6-10, 2005, Basel, Switzerland      217