Detecting navigational deficits in cognitive aging and Alzheimer disease using virtual reality

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 888-895

  Duffy, Charles J ^a   Cushman, Laura A ^a   Stein, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 54049098494     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000326262.67613.fe     Document Type: Article

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