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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Nina Massey

UNCOVERED: Study uses digital avatars to help people who hear voices - Caught on Camera

King’s College London’s Avatar study uses digital characters to help people who hear voices (Jason Alden Photography Ltd/Wellcome/PA) -

Digital characters – avatars – could help people with psychosis hear voices less often and reduce the distress caused by these voices, new research suggests.

The new therapy involves a series of guided sessions during which patients are able to have a conversation with an animated digital representation of their distressing voice.

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