It's an interesting experiment. The number of patients (15) is very low though, there is no control.. but it's good that people is working on this.
Virtual therapy may be a very good choice for people with addiction or phobias. A cheap way to diminish the cue reactivity in relation to the object of addiction or offer exposure therapy for phobias/anxiety.
I have been working for some time now on the application of CBT techniques and quantified self (for me, modern applied stoicism) with the objective of improving virtuous behavior. I have not been very successful developing an interface which makes it easy/appealing enough to use it multiple times a day. Maybe they're into something converting those CBT exercises into a virtual "game".
> I guess you need to be good with children in order for this to work.
Not quite sure what you mean by this -- I'd think that saying compassionate things is not age-specific? Can you think of compassionate things to say to anyone?
Virtual therapy may be a very good choice for people with addiction or phobias. A cheap way to diminish the cue reactivity in relation to the object of addiction or offer exposure therapy for phobias/anxiety.
I have been working for some time now on the application of CBT techniques and quantified self (for me, modern applied stoicism) with the objective of improving virtuous behavior. I have not been very successful developing an interface which makes it easy/appealing enough to use it multiple times a day. Maybe they're into something converting those CBT exercises into a virtual "game".