Prospects for the use of Multiplayer Online Games in psychological rehabilitation

2007 Virtual Rehabilitation, IWVR

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 131-137

  Gaggioli, Andrea ^a,b   Gorini, Alessandra ^a   Riva, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; GAME THEORY; INTERNET; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MULTI-PLAYER ONLINE GAMES; REMOTE COMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL REHABILITATION;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 50849097535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICVR.2007.4362153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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