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The University Of Jaen Uses Virtual Reality For Hallucinations Treatments

Scientists of the University of Jaen (in Spain) have announced that they are working on a new project to improve the treatment of hallucinations, by using Virtual Reality technology that acts on the attention processes of people who have schizophrenia.

It is a project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, carried out by the "Evaluacion Psicologica" group, focused on the development of psychological methods that complement pharmacological treatments in order to try to control psychotic symptoms.

Project leader Beatriz Lopez Luengo emphasised that the aim is "not to recreate the hallucinations of patients, but to train their attention in order to reduce them or stop them from appearing".

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More information:

Beatriz Lopez Luengo, person in charge of the project
University of Jaén
Telephone: 953 21 26 63
Email: blopez@ujaen.es