User-friendly cognitive training for the elderly: A technical report

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 456-460

  Boquete, Luciano ^a   Rodríguez Ascariz, José Manuel ^a   Amo Usanos, Carlos ^b   Martínez Arribas, Alejandro ^a   Amo Usanos, Javier ^c   Otón, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

^c Indra Research and Development Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognitive training; Java; Linux; mild cognitive impairment; Web server; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; COGNITIVE TRAINING; JAVA; LINUX; WEB SERVER; ZIG-BEE;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; HEALTH; REMOTE CONTROL; USER INTERFACES; WI-FI;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

AGED; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; REVIEW;

AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 79960489195     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0149     Document Type: Article

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