The effects of virtual reality environmental enrichments on craving to food in healthy volunteers
Giulia Benvegnù,
Alessandro Piva,
Camilla Cadorin
et al.
Abstract:Rationale
Environmental enrichment (EE) is a non-pharmacological approach that has been shown to be effective in reducing food-taking in rats. Studies in human volunteers are still in their infancy, given the difficulty to translate the complexity of EE in clinical practice. Virtual reality (VR) is a promising methodological approach, but no study has yet applied it to model and test EE in humans.
Objectives
The present study is the first to assess the eff… Show more
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