"Virtual Reality in Psychological, Medical and Pedagogical Applications" ed. by Christiane Eichenberg

This book has an aim to present latest applications, trends and developments of virtual reality technologies in three humanities disciplines: in medicine, psychology and pedagogy.

This book aims to contribute to the current state of the corresponding efforts in the area of further promising technology - the Virtual Reality - designed to give an overview and secondly to provide a stimulus on specific projects, associated with the hope of giving to scientists and practitioners from the humanities an impulse for their own (further-) development, evaluation and implementation of various VR scenarios in the education and health sectors.

Contents
Preface
Section 1 VR in Psychological Applications
1 Being There: Understanding the Feeling of Presence in a Synthetic Environment and Its Potential for Clinical Change
2 Virtual Realities in the Treatment of Mental Disorders: A Review of the Current State of Research
3 Games for Health: Have Fun with Virtual Reality!
4 Description of a Treatment Manual for in virtuo Exposure with Specific Phobia
5 Virtual Reality and Body Dissatisfaction Across the Eating Disorder's Spectrum
6 A Discussion of the Use of Virtual Reality in Dementia
Section 2 VR in Medical Applications
7 Virtual Reality - A New Era in Surgical Training
8 Virtual Reality Simulation: A Valuable Adjunct to Surgical Training
9 Virtual Rehabilitation and Training for Postural Balance and Neuromuscular Control
10 Applications of Virtual Reality Technology in Brain Imaging Studies
11 Cybertherapy in Medicine - Experience at the Universidad Panamericana, IMSS and ISSSTE Mexico
Section 3 VR in Pedagogical Applications
12 Using Augmented Reality Artifacts in Education and Cognitive Rehabilitation
13 Virtual Environments for Children and Teens