How virtual reality spiders are helping people face their arachnophobia
- Written by Rebekah Boynton, PhD Candidate, James Cook University
If this spider is making you feel extremely anxious, sweaty or uncomfortable, exposure therapy might help.from www.shutterstock.comGradually exposing people to the thing they fear, say a spider, in a controlled environment has long been the mainstay of treating phobias.
But with exposure therapy you don’t have to have a spider physically...
