Not just fun and games: Applications of virtual reality in the identification and rehabilitation of cognitive disorders of the elderly

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 283-289

  Cherniack, E Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

reality; Virtual

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; REVIEW; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79955827667     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2010.542570     Document Type: Review

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