Embodying compassion: a virtual reality paradigm for overcoming excessive self-criticism.
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SUBMITTER: Falconer CJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4229123 | biostudies-literature | 2014
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Embodying compassion: a virtual reality paradigm for overcoming excessive self-criticism.
Falconer Caroline J CJ Slater Mel M Rovira Aitor A King John A JA Gilbert Paul P Antley Angus A Brewin Chris R CR
PloS one 20141112 11
Virtual reality has been successfully used to study and treat psychological disorders such as phobias and posttraumatic stress disorder but has rarely been applied to clinically-relevant emotions other than fear and anxiety. Self-criticism is a ubiquitous feature of psychopathology and can be treated by increasing levels of self-compassion. We exploited the known effects of identification with a virtual body to arrange for healthy female volunteers high in self-criticism to experience self-compa ...[more]
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