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Article History

Received: 22 May 2023

Accepted: 20 July 2023

First Online: 1 August 2023

Declarations

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: PP is shareholder of a commercial company that develops virtual environment research systems (VTplus GmbH) for empirical studies in the field of psychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.

: Not applicable.

: The ethics committee of the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, approved the experimental protocols of this study (No. 194/21-sc). The research project is conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (as of October 2013, Fortaleza, Brazil) and the principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP). All methods will be carried out in accordance with these guidelines as well as hygiene regulations. All the experimenters are trained and qualified. Participants will be asked to give their written informed consent to participate in the study. Participants will have the right to interrupt their participation at any point of the study and without giving reasons. All the data will be coded to ensure individual confidentiality. The participants will not receive any provisions or compensation for participating in the study. There is a commuting accident insurance for all participants (Insurer: HDI Global SE, Insurance No. 57 010329 03013/03315).