title: Experimental application of virtual reality for nicotine craving through cue exposure.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jang Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jeonghun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.forename: Kwanguk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byoungnyun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: In Y
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung-Hwan
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Seok Hyeon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Brenda K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Wiederhold
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wiederhold
authors.forename: Dong-Woo
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Youngsik
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Sun I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: 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