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Exploring the psychological mechanisms behind virtual reality exposure therapy's success

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A paper published in Clinical Psychological Science highlights virtual reality exposure therapy as an effective option.

The research suggests patients may be more willing to try virtual reality as they can be assured it is not actually real, and clinicians can manipulate the simulated experiences.

The most dominant current theory about why exposure therapy works has to do with expectancy violation.

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76

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73

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51

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informal

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English

Language complexity

59

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possibly offensive

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long-living

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