Use of virtual reality tasks to assess prospective memory: Applicability and evidence

Brain Impairment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Knight, Robert G ^a   Titov, Nickolai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Multi tasking; Prospective memory; Rehabilitation; Virtual environments; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349798870     PISSN: 14439646     EISSN: 18395252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/brim.10.1.3     Document Type: Article

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