Development and pilot evaluation of a virtual environment for assessment of way-finding ability in persons with neurological disability

Technology and Disability

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-52

  Reid, Denise ^a   Wan, Cecilia ^a   Hebert, Debbie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neurological; Verbal; Virtual reality; Visual; Way finding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 68349144662     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2009-0271     Document Type: Article

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