To add new features to ethereum, software changes are executed in the form of platform - wide upgrades (sometimes called hard forks), but to get to this stage, proposals are subject to
a rigorous acceptance process, consisting of roughly four steps:
Dr. Elias and the OCAR primarily focus on understanding why ERP works (e.g., fear tolerance versus fear habituation; the roles of guilt, willingness, and
acceptance; patterns of brain activation during exposure; functional connectivity among brain regions), tailoring treatment to the individual (e.g., elucidation of predictors of response and their underlying
processes / mechanisms and neural correlates;
rigorous diagnostic characterization of obsessive compulsive related disorders), and evaluating innovative treatments and augmentation strategies (e.g.,
acceptance and commitment therapy; optimization of inhibitory learning; pharmacological augmentation).