Experimental application of virtual reality for nicotine craving through cue exposure.
Research has shown that many smokers experience an increase in the desire to smoke when exposed to smoking-related cues. Cue exposure treatment (CET) refers to the manualized, repeated exposure to smoking-related cues, aimed at the reducing cue reactivity by extinction. In this study, we constructed a virtual reality system for evoking a desire of nicotine, which was based on the results of a Questionnaire of Nicotine-craving. And we investigated the effectiveness of the virtual reality system as compared to classical device (pictures). As a result, we reached the conclusion that virtual reality elicits more craving symptoms than the classical devices.
Lee
Jang Han
JH
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Ku
Jeonghun
J
Kim
Kwanguk
K
Kim
Byoungnyun
B
Kim
In Y
IY
Yang
Byung-Hwan
BH
Kim
Seok Hyeon
SH
Wiederhold
Brenda K
BK
Wiederhold
Mark D
MD
Park
Dong-Woo
DW
Lim
Youngsik
Y
Kim
Sun I
SI
D000328:Adult; D003463:Cues; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014796:Visual Perception