VIRTUAL REALITY FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY
This project was conducted at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab with the support of the Spanish Government and the Fulbright program. It explored how avatar transformations in virtual reality can help reduce social phobia and public speaking anxiety.
Publications list:
Aymerich-Franch, L., Kizilcec, R., & Bailenson, J. (2014). The Relationship between Virtual Self Similarity and Social Anxiety. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8: 944.
Aymerich-Franch, L. & Bailenson, J. (2014). The use of doppelgangers in virtual reality to treat public speaking anxiety: a gender comparison. Proceedings of the International Society for Presence Research Annual Conference. March, 17-19, Vienna, Austria. – Top Three Paper Award.
Aymerich-Franch, L., Karutz, C., & Bailenson, J.N. (2012). Effects of facial and voice similarity on presence in a public speaking virtual environment. Proceedings of the International Society for Presence Research Annual Conference. October 24–26, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.