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Georg W. Alpers
Researcher at University of Mannheim
Publications - 207
Citations - 7691
Georg W. Alpers is an academic researcher from University of Mannheim. The author has contributed to research in topics: Anxiety & Panic disorder. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 189 publications receiving 6325 citations. Previous affiliations of Georg W. Alpers include University of Würzburg & Stanford University.
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The impact of perception and presence on emotional reactions: a review of research in virtual reality.
TL;DR: The crucial role of perception on eliciting emotional reactions is highlighted, and the role of arousal as a basic dimension of emotional experience is discussed, suggesting an interoceptive attribution model of presence as a first step toward an integrative framework for emotion research in VR.
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Evaluation of an internet support group for women with primary breast cancer.
Andrew J. Winzelberg,Catherine C. Classen,Georg W. Alpers,Heidi Roberts,Cheryl Koopman,Robert Edward Adams,Heidemarie Ernst,Parvati Dev,C. Barr Taylor +8 more
TL;DR: Preliminary evidence suggests that women benefit from their participation in web‐based support groups, and women who participate in breast cancer support groups have reported significant reduction in their psychologic distress and pain and improvement in the quality of their lives.
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Happy mouth and sad eyes: scanning emotional facial expressions.
TL;DR: Eye-tracking was used to monitor scanning behavior of healthy participants while looking at different facial expressions, and results confirm the relevance of the eyes and mouth in emotional decoding, but they demonstrate that not all facial expressions with different emotional content are decoded equally.
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Is eye to eye contact really threatening and avoided in social anxiety? An eye-tracking and psychophysiology study
TL;DR: High socially anxious women tended to fixate the eye region of the presented face longer than MSA and LSA, respectively, and responded to direct gaze with more pronounced cardiac acceleration, indicating that direct gaze may be a fear-relevant feature for socially anxious individuals in social interaction.
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Evaluation of computerized text analysis in an internet breast cancer support group
Georg W. Alpers,Georg W. Alpers,Andrew J. Winzelberg,Catherine C. Classen,Heidi Roberts,Parvati Dev,Cheryl Koopman,C. Barr Taylor +7 more
TL;DR: In an exploratory study, the postings of nine women participating in a semi-structured breast cancer support group program were analyzed with a human rater and with Pennebaker and Francis' text analysis software (LIWC).