Eye tracking technology: A fresh approach in delirium assessment?

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-14

  Exton, C ^a   Leonard, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EYE TRACKING; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDER; VISUAL FIELD; WORKING MEMORY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRY; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 60749089660     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260802675106     Document Type: Review

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