Projektnummer

0063134

Zusammenfassung

Our understanding of emotions and emotional disorders is crucially grounded on animal studies mostly performed with rodents. Specific experimental paradigms were developed and specific behavioral responses within the paradigm are interpreted as indication of a specific emotion. However, it is often unclear if these simple animal tests produce a similar corresponding response in humans. This project suggests to systematically use reverse translation of animal tests to examine their translational validity. The radical new idea is to use virtual reality to create experimental paradigms an...