Abstract
Virtual Reality (VR) has, for the past two decades, proven to be a useful adjunctive tool for both assessment and treatment of patients with eating disorders and obesity. VR allows an individual to enter scenarios that simulate real-life situations and to encounter food cues known to trigger his/her disordered eating behavior. As well, VR enables three-dimensional figures of the patient's body to be presented, helping him/her to reach an awareness of body image distortion and then providing the opportunity to confront and correct distortions, resulting in a more realistic body image and a decrease in body image dissatisfaction. In this paper, we describe seminal studies in this research area.
Lingua originale | Inglese |
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pagine (da-a) | 67-73 |
Numero di pagine | 7 |
Rivista | Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking |
Volume | 19 |
Numero di pubblicazione | 2 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Psicologia Sociale
- Comunicazione
- Psicologia Applicata
- Interazione Uomo-Macchina
- Informatica Applicata
Keywords
- eating disorders
- obesity
- virtual reality