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Title: Can an avatar help halt hallucinations in schizophrenics?
Post by: thedoc on 02/06/2013 22:25:21

Conversing with a computer-generated face playing the part of the voice experienced by schizophrenics can suppress the problem in hours...

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Title: Re: Can an avatar help halt hallucinations in schizophrenics?
Post by: CliffordK on 31/05/2013 08:44:35

Most interesting.
I wonder if there is also some benefit of giving physical form to the non-physical manifestation of "the voice".  And, thus it is no longer just in the head, but something tangible.