Conference Presentations

2000-2002

78.  Wiederhold, B.K. & Bouchard, S. “How to use virtual reality in the treatment of anxiety disorders.” AABT Conference 2002. November, 2002. Reno, Nevada.

77.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Conner, J.L., Jang, D.P., Kim, S.I., & Moore, K. “Measuring Physiological Reactions and Subjective Anxiety During a Virtual Speech.” AABT Conference 2002. November, 2002. Reno, Nevada.

76.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Virtual Reality.” Alliant 2002 Leadership Conference. May 18, 2002. San Diego, California.

75.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Conner, J., Jang, D., Kim, S., MacNeil, A., Moore, K., & Perillo, S. “Improving Presence in a Virtual Heights Environment with External Stimulus.” California Psychological Association Conference. April 5-6, 2002. Pasadena, California.

74.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Durso, E., Kono, T., Nguyen, T., & Riva, G. “The Effects of a Virtual Reality Environment for Claustrophobia on Non-phobic Participants.” California Psychological Association Conference. April 5-6, 2002. Pasadena, California.

73.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., & Durso, E. “Virtual Reality During Painful Stimuli: A Review of the Literature.” 2002 AAPB Annual Meeting. March 23, 2002. Las Vegas, Nevada.

72.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Botella, C., Conner, L., Chung, C., Ellerton, E., Moore, K., North, M., & Perillo, S. “The Effect of Repeated Exposure to Virtual Worlds on Non-Phobics’ Physiology.” 2002 AAPB Annual Meeting. March 23, 2002. Las Vegas, Nevada.

71.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Stress Management.” UCSD March Learn-At-Lunch. March 12, 2002. San Diego, California.

70.  Wiederhold, B.K., Bouchard, S., Choi, Y.H., Molinari, E., Riva, G., & Vincelli, F. “Cognitive behavioral therapy virtual reality assisted for the treatment of panic disorders with agoraphobia: VR vs. traditional through two cases report.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

69.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Moore, K., & Riva, G. “Panic and agoraphobic in a virtual world.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

68.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., MacNeil, A., & McGehee, S. “The impact of absorption, hypnotizability, and dissociation on presence and immersion.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

67.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., & Lewis, B. “The use and development of peripheral devices to increase presence and immersion during VR exposure.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

66.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Bosman, J., Durso, E., & Estanol, L. “The Relationship between reported levels of immersion in a virtual flight on physiology in phobic versus non-phobic participants.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

65.  Wiederhold, B.K., Brosnan, A., Kim, S.I., Lewis, E., & Walshe, D. “Computer games and VR in the treatment of accident phobia.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

64.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Jang, D., Kim, I.Y., & Kim, S.I. “An Investigation of Immersiveness in Virtual Reality Exposure Using Physiological Data.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

63.  Wiederhold, B.K. & Wiederhold, M.D. “The Use of Robots During Therapy.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

62.  Wiederhold, B.K. & Wiederhold, M.D. “Why Patients Do Not Respond to Virtual Reality Therapy.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

61.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Irvine, J., Israel, S., & McGehee, S. “Evaluating Reactions to Stress in Virtual Environments.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

60.  Wiederhold, B.K, Wiederhold, M.D., & Jang, D. “Refining the Physiometric Profile in Virtual Reality Treatment.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 23-26, 2002. Newport Beach, California.

59.  Wiederhold, B. “Welcome to MMVR Advanced Technologies & Mental Health/Rehabilitation Symposium.” 10th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference January 23-26, 2002 Newport Beach, California.

58.  Wiederhold, B.K. & Riva, G. “Virtual Reality in the treatment of Obesity and Eating Disorders.” Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Conference. November 2001.

57.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Using physiological monitoring during virtual reality exposure therapy.” Invited Speaker. Biofeedback Society of California, November 4 2001, San Diego, California.

56.  Wiederhold, B.K. “The effect of display technology on immersiveness and presence in patients undergoing psychological therapy for specific phobia disorders.” Keynote Speaker. IEEE Engineering in Experimental Biology and Medicine Conference, October 25-28, 2001, Istanbul, Turkey.

55.  Wiederhold, B., UCSD Department of Psychology Grand Rounds, October 18, 2001, San Diego, California.

54.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Hodges, L.F., Hoffman, H., Strickland, D., Watson, B., Rizzo, S., Schultheis, M., “The Virtual Path to Healing.” SIGGRAPH 2001 Panel Session, August 2001, Los Angeles, California.

53.  Wiederhold, B.K., “Critical Incident Stress Debriefing.” Free Community Lecture, September 29, 2001, San Diego, California.

52.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Irvine, J., Israel, S., Jang, D., Gavshon, L., McGehee, S.B., & Meyer, R. “Protocols for protecting subject information within a biometric analysis.” Workshop on Information Security Applications. September 13-14, 2001. Seoul, Korea.

51.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Gavshon, L., McGehee, S.B., & Riva, G. “Clinical outcomes data on using the Internet, multimedia, and virtual reality in the treatment of mental health disorders.” American Psychological Association Conference. August 24-28, 2001. San Francisco, California.

50.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Internet, multimedia, and virtual reality tools for the evaluation and treatment of mental health disorders.” SIGGRAPH Conference, August 2001. Los Angeles, California.

49.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Gavshon, L., Irvine, J., Israel, S., McGehee, S.B., & Meyer, R. “Heart rate variability: A new biometric for human identification.” International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. June 25-28, 2001. Las Vegas, Nevada.

48.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Rathjen, D., & Rizzo, A. Using virtual reality in the workplace.” World Congress on Behavior Therapy. July 17-21, 2001. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

47.  Wiederhold, B.K., Banos, R., Botella, C., Emmelkamp, P., & Riva, G. “Virtual reality therapy for specific phobias.” World Congress on Behavior Therapy. July 17-21, 2001. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

46.  Wiederhold, B.K. & Wiederhold, M.K., “Beyond Play Pavilion” — Center for Advanced Multimedia Psychotherapy Exhibition. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) Conference. May 16-19, 2001. Los Angeles, California.

45.  Wiederhold, B.K. & Wiederhold, M.D. “Using Virtual Reality Technology to Increase Employee Performance.” Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. April 29, 2001. San Diego, California.

44.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Gavshon, L., & Ramundo, M. “Clinical outcomes of virtual reality therapy in psychology.” California Psychological Association Conference. March 29-April 1, 2001. Costa Mesa, California.

43.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Botella, C., & Gavshon, L. “Exploring fear of flying from a psychodynamic perspective.” 9th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 24-27, 2001. Newport Beach, California.

42.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Jang, D., Kim, S., & McGehee, S. B. “Determinants of levels of presence and immersion in a virtual heights environment.” 9th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 24-27, 2001. Newport Beach, California.

41.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Gavshon, L., McGehee, S. B., & Riva, G. “Using advanced technologies in the treatment of generalized social phobia.” 9th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 24-27, 2001. Newport Beach, California.

40.  Wiederhold, B.K., Jang, D., Kim, S., & Wiederhold, M.D. “Using advanced technologies in the treatment of fear of driving.” 9th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, January 24-27, 2001, Newport Beach, California.

39.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Overview of virtual reality therapy.” 9th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. January 24-27, 2001. Newport Beach, California.

38.  Wiederhold, B.K. & Rizzo, A. Invited Workshop: “Applications and issues for the use of virtual reality technology for cognitive behavioral assessment and intervention.” Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Conference. November 16-19, 2000. New Orleans, Louisiana.

37.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Bouchard, S., Choi, Y., Gale, B., Renaud, P., & Riva, G. “Cyberpsychology and behavioral change: Illustrations of the usefulness of video conference and virtual reality with panic disorder and agoraphobia.” Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Conference. November 16-19, 2000. New Orleans, Louisiana.

36.  Rizzo, A., Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Bouchard, S., Bullinger, A., Anderson, P., & Gale, B. “Information technology and cognitive-behavioral approaches: What are the real issues for moving psychology into cyberspace?” Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy Conference, November 16-19, 2000, New Orleans.

35.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Clinical outcomes using virtual reality therapy to treat anxiety disorders.” Societe Quebecoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie. October 27-29, 2000. Ottawa, Quebec.

34.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Gavshon, L.W., McGehee, S.B., & Ramundo, M. “The Use of the Internet, multimedia, and virtual reality in mental health treatment.” California School of Professional Psychology Symposium. October 18, 2000. San Diego, California.

33.  Wiederhold, B.K.& McGehee, S.B. “On-line worlds: A tool for psychotherapy using real-time voice over internet avatars.” Avatars 2000 Traveler Conference. October 14, 2000. A real-time interactive internet conference attended by over 20,000 individuals.

32.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Clinical Outcomes Using Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy to Treat Anxiety Disorders.” CSPP Research and Service Foundation. September 12, 2000. San Diego, California.

31.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Virtual reality therapy for mental health disorders.” Keynote Speaker. Virtual Reality Conference. April, 2000. Seoul, Korea.

30.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Cabral, I., Kaneda, M., Lurie, Y.M., & May, T. “The use of physiological monitoring to determine the concepts of presence and immersion in virtual worlds.” Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback Conference. April 2000. Denver, Colorado.

29.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., & Guadaitis, T. Symposium: “Using new technologies in the treatment of anxiety disorders: Internet & telehealth, virtual reality, and multimedia and telecommunication tools.” Presentation: “Using new technologies in the treatment of anxiety disorders: Virtual reality.” Anxiety Disorders Association of America 20th National Conference. March 23-26, 2000. Washington, DC.

28.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Lemke, J., Miller, S., & Gronskaya-Palesh, O. “Physiological responses to virtual environments.” MMVR 2000 Conference: Envisioning Healing: Interactive Technology and the Patient Practitioner Dialogue. January 27-30, 2000. Newport Beach, California.

27.  Wiederhold, B.K., Wiederhold, M.D., Bosman, J., & Estanol, L. “The effects of visual input on EEG monitoring in a virtual environment.” MMVR 2000 Conference: Envisioning Healing: Interactive Technology and the Patient Practitioner Dialogue. January 27-30, 2000. Newport Beach, California.

26.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Lessons learned from 600 virtual reality therapy sessions.” MMVR 2000 Conference: Envisioning Healing: Interactive Technology and the Patient Practitioner Dialogue. January 27-30, 2000. Newport Beach, California.

25.  Wiederhold, B.K. “Welcome & introduction–VR in the ’90s: What did we learn?” MMVR 2000 Conference: Envisioning Healing: Interactive Technology and the Patient Practitioner Dialogue. January 27-30, 2000. Newport Beach, California.