Assessment of the emotional responses produced by exposure to real food, virtual food and photographs of food in patients affected by eating disorders.docVIP

Gorini et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2010, 9:30 /content/9/1/30 PRIMARY RESEARCH Open Access Assessment of the emotional responses produced Primary research by exposure to real food, virtual food and photographs of food in patients affected by eating disorders Alessandra Gorini*1, Eric Griez2, Anna Petrova3 and Giuseppe Riva1,4 Abstract Background: Many researchers and clinicians have proposed using virtual reality (VR) in adjunct to in vivo exposure therapy to provide an innovative form of exposure to patients suffering from different psychological disorders. The rationale beh