Motion simulator for psychological investigations

在虚拟现实（VR）中，人类的行为和经验可以成功地进行科学研究。VR在治疗焦虑症等方面的应用已得到科学证明。到目前为止，受控自运动的模拟仅在有限的程度上实现，因为运动模拟器对此是必要的。有了应用的设备，我们将能够将自我运动集成到虚拟多模态模拟（VR）中，同时记录行为和生理以及神经反应，以及自我报告。因此，临床心理学和心理治疗中出现的问题，如焦虑的基本过程和焦虑症心理治疗中的作用机制（例如飞行恐惧，车祸后的创伤后应激障碍）以及一般和生物心理学的基本问题，如多模态感知过程，包括自我运动，可以使用创新和生态有效的范式进行研究。

Human behaviour and experience can be successfully investigated scientifically in Virtual Reality (VR). The application of VR for the therapy of e.g. anxiety disorders is scientifically proven. The simulation of controlled self motion has so far only been realized to a limited extent, since motion simulators are necessary for this. With the applied for device, we will be able to integrate self motion in virtual multimodal simulations (VR) and at the same time to record behaviour and physiological as well as neuronal reactions in addition to self-reports. Thus, issues arising in clinical psychology and psychotherapy such as fundamental processes of anxiety and mechanisms of action in the psychotherapy of anxiety disorders (e.g. fear of flying, PTSD after car accidents) as well as fundamental questions of general and biological psychology such as multimodal perceptual processes including self-motion can be investigated using innovative and ecologically valid paradigms.