Neuropsychological assessment using virtual environments: Enhanced assessment technology for improved ecological validity

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 337, Issue , 2011, Pages 271-289

  Parsons, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79952935240     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17824-5_13     Document Type: Article

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