Reducing public speaking anxiety through the use of virtual reality assisted distraction: a systematic pilot study

BACKGROUND: Fear of Public Speaking (FOPS), also known as glossophobia, is classified as a nongeneric social anxiety disorder associated with performance situations that involve perceived scrutiny by others. Distraction can be used passively or actively, and one of the active types of distraction is...

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Published in:Behaviour & information technology 2024-10, Vol.43 (13), p.3061-3070
Main Authors: Tatlı, Cemre, Karadağ, Mehmet
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