A small study of children with specific phobias showed that a single virtual reality exposure session helped reduce their anxiety symptoms. The participants also showed signs of physiological habituation to virtual reality exposures. The paper was recently published in Child Psychiatry & Human Development. Exposure therapy is a psychological treatment for anxiety disorders that involves gradually and systematically exposing the patient to the feared object, situation, or internal experience, in a controlled and safe environment. This therapy is based on the principles of habituation and cognit…