Clinical and neurobiological effects of real-life and virtual animal-assisted interventions for patients with depression
Virtual animal interactions can evoke psychophysiological effects comparable to real-life AAIs. They appear promising as accessible, technology-supported interventions for psychiatric populations, particularly when access to live animals is limited.
Authors
- Paraskevi Mavrogiorgou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9138-0445)
- Georg Juckel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9860-9620)
- Alice Sader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2951-4737)
- Julien Willms (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1999-1965)
Institutions
- University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum (DE)
- LWL-Universitätsklinikum Bochum (DE)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatry Research
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116917
- Primary Topic
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00