Controlling memory impairment in elderly adults using virtual reality memory training: A randomized controlled pilot study

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 348-357

  Optale, Gabriele ^a,b   Urgesi, Cosimo ^c,d   Busato, Valentina ^e   Marin, Silvia ^a,b   Piron, Lamberto ^f,g   Priftis, Konstantinos ^f,g   Gamberini, Luciano ^g   Capodieci, Salvatore ^a   Bordin, Adalberto ^e  

^a Association of Medical Psychotherapists   (Italy)

^b Psychosexology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e Consorzio Sociale CPS Gestore Centro Servizi Anni Sereni Rest Home ^*  (Italy)

^f IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunctions; Memory impairment; Memory training; Rehabilitation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; VERBAL MEMORY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY MEMORY TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77951103392     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309353328     Document Type: Article

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