Background Mental health conditions pose a major challenge to health care providers and
society at large. The World Health Organization predicts that by 2030, mental health …

Virtual Reality is a computer-simulated 3-Dimensional technology in which the user interacts
via different senses: visual, auditory, tactile, and/or olfactory. In the past decades, it has been …

Recently, the concept of “immersive VR news” has been proposed in the news media field.
However, unlike traditional video news, the user experience and media effects of immersive …

Recent years have seen a growing research interest towards designing computer-assisted
health interventions aiming to improve mental health services. Digital technologies are …

Background and objectives Emerging research supports virtual reality use with people with
dementia in the community, but is limited to this area, warranting further investigation in …

Background and objectives Interpretation bias plays a crucial role in anxiety. To test the
causal role and potential clinical benefits, training procedures were developed to …

Background: Depression is the leading cause of disability in youth, with a global economic
burden of US> $210 billion annually. However, up to 70% of youth with depression do not …

In the past two decades, a variety of cognitive training interventions have been developed to
help people overcome their addictive behaviors. Conceptually, it is important to distinguish …

Background: In order to present virtual sound sources via headphones spatially, head-
related transfer functions (HRTFs) can be applied to audio signals. In this so-called binaural …

Automatic approach biases toward smoking-related cues have been implicated in the
development and maintenance of addictive behaviors. Studies aiming at modifying such …