![An Experiment to Assess the Usefulness of a Virtual Environment as a Method of Public Speaking Anxiety Exposure](/rails/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaWdGIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--d4d0b0da6954edda09e50bf3fa22176ad9781cab/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2QzNKbGMybDZaVWtpRFRZd01IZzJNREErQmpzR1ZBPT0iLCJleHAiOm51bGwsInB1ciI6InZhcmlhdGlvbiJ9fQ==--a3b53ba1a0f83efef18f6e75a8d4ce784384bee2/photo-of-man-using-vr-box-3175977.jpg)
This experiment assessed the effectiveness of a virtual environment as a method of exposure in the treatment of high school students’ public speaking anxiety. The results show that participants’ heartbeat was higher when they wore a VR headset than when they did not.
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