Mirtha Ferrer

TL;DR: A virtual reality (VR) nicotine cue reactivity assessment system (VR-NCRAS) was developed and tested in a controlled experimental trial and subjective cigarette craving increased significantly and corresponding physiological reactivity was observed in response to VR smoking cues.

TL;DR: Improved methodologies using virtual reality (VR) cue reactivity extend previous research standardizing exposure to stimuli and exploring reactions to drug cues in a controlled VR setting, and implications for substance abuse research and treatment using VR to assess cessation and anticraving medications are discussed.

TL;DR: Subjective craving and attention to cues were significantly higher in the VR cannabis environments compared to the VR neutral environments, indicating that VR cannabis cue reactivity may offer a new technology-based method to advance addiction research and treatment.

TL;DR: This paper developed a VR job interview environment which allowed experimental control over communication style and gender of interviewers, and indicated that interviewer communication style affected the amount of stuttering produced by participants, with more stuttering observed during challenging virtual interviews.