Abstract:Virtual reality (VR) technology has been introduced into the field of psychology by many researchers for its ability to improve the ecological validity, condition control level, repeatability and avoid risks brought by field operations.Combing analysis of application of the latest study,wefound that VR technology in addition to be used to improve the experiment procedure, also widely used in the attention, memory and ability to execute neuropsychological test evaluation.In the clinical treatment of mental disorders, such as in the phobia, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia, had also achieved fruitful results.Future research can be devoted to improving the problems existing in VR technology itself, enlarging the sample size of experimental research,expending the research method and range of application, so as to provide more reliable reliability and validity evidence for VR experiment, assessment and therapy.