The sensitivity of a virtual reality task to planning and prospective memory impairments: Group differences and the efficacy of periodic alerts on performance

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-263

  Sweeney, Siobhan ^a,d   Kersel, Denyse ^a   Morris, Robin G ^b   Manly, Tom ^c   Evans, Jonathan J ^d  

^a Community Treatment for Brain Injury ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive dysfunction; Prospective memory; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77749240105     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010903080531     Document Type: Article

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