Physiology-driven adaptive virtual reality stimulation for prevention and treatment of stress related disorders
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The significant proportion of severe psychological problems related to intensive stress in recent large peacekeeping operations underscores the importance of effective methods for strengthening the prevention and treatment of stress-related disorders. Adaptive control of virtual reality (VR) stimulation presented in this work, based on estimation of the person's emotional state from physiological signals, may enhance existing stress inoculation training (SIT). Physiology-driven adaptive VR stimulation can tailor the progress of stressful stimuli delivery to the physiological characteristics of each individual, which is indicated for improvement in stress resistance. Following an overview of physiology-driven adaptive VR stimulation, its major functional subsystems are described in more detail. A specific algorithm of stimuli delivery applicable to SIT is outlined.
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- Authors
- Ćosić, K., Popović, S., Kukolja, D., Horvat, M., & Dropuljić, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Zagreb (HR)
- Venue
- Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-02
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 73-78
- ISSN
- 2152-2715 (ISSN-L)
- 2152-2723
- OpenAlex
- W1985760163
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 11.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Emotion and Mood Recognition
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- adaptive virtual reality, stress-related disorders, stress inoculation training, physiological signal estimation, emotional state estimation, stress tolerance, peacekeeping, stress prevention
- MeSH terms
- Algorithms, Computer Simulation, Humans, Military Personnel, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, User-Computer Interface
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