Virtual environments for targeting cognitive processes: An overview of projects at the University of Southern California

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-100

  Rizzo, A A ^a,e   Buckwalter, J G ^b   Neumann, U ^a   Chua, C ^a   Van Rooyen, A ^b   Larson, P ^b   Kratz, K ^b   Kesselman, C ^c   Thiebaux, M ^c   Humphrey, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; UNITED STATES; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033032408     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.1999.2.89     Document Type: Review

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