Investigating the acceptability and validity of a novel VR paradigm that simulates auditory hallucinations.
International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP 2026 Donagh Seaver O'Leary, Pat Mulvaney, Laura Moore et al.
There is a growing use of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies in psychosis research and intervention. Validated VR simulations of psychotic-like experience have the potential to allow controlled manipulation of stimuli, reproducibility, and to isolate mechanisms of change in an ethical research framework. Although initial developments appear to be safe, qualitative reporting of participants'...