Virtual Worlds versus Real Body: Virtual Reality Meets Eating and Weight Disorders

Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2016 Feb;19(2):63-6. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2016.29025.gri.

Authors

Giuseppe Riva^{1

2}, José Gutiérrez-Maldonado³, Brenda K Wiederhold^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore , Milan, Italy .
² 2 Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab., Istituto Auxologico Italiano , Milan, Italy .
³ 3 University of Barcelona , Barcelona, Spain .
⁴ 4 Virtual Reality Medical Center , San Diego, California.
⁵ 5 Virtual Reality Medical Institute , Brussels, Belgium .

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Feeding and Eating Disorders / psychology*
Feeding and Eating Disorders / therapy
Female
Health Behavior
Humans
Male
Overweight / psychology*
Overweight / therapy
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy / methods*