A virtual reality based tool for the assessment of "survey to route" spatial organization ability in elderly population: Preliminary data

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Morganti, Francesca ^a   Marrakchi, Sascha ^b   Urban, Peter Paul ^b   Iannoccari, Giuseppe Alfredo ^a   Riva, Giuseppe ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 69249159134     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-009-0284-9     Document Type: Article

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