Can a virtual environment enhance understanding of hoarding deficits? A pilot investigation

Can a virtual environment enhance understanding of hoarding deficits? A pilot investigation

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This pilot study tested the utility of a virtual environment for assessing cognitive deficits characteristic of hoarding.A sample representing a broad spectrum of hoarding traits (N = 20) was assessed using self-report measures of information processing skills and emotional experience, and placed in a virtually simulated house that contained cluttered spaces and clean spaces.Information-processing significantly differed between high-hoarding and low-hoarding French Fry Racks groups, with the high-hoarding group showing increased proneness to emotional attachment and information processing difficulties in the cluttered environment.

The high-hoarding group also showed differences in behaviour and appraisal of the simulated environment.The findings suggested that virtual reality is accessible to participants and elicits real-time emotions and behavioural parameters which can assist our understanding of hoarding behaviour.Virtual ORG PEPPER BLACK ESSENTIAL OIL reality may contribute to hoarding therapy in future, as it allows participants to visualise a different perspective of their condition and could contribute to their knowledge about the severity of their behaviour.