Technical aspects and testing of a program to assess deficits in facial expression recognition in childhood cancer survivors

Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-369

  Hubal, Robert C ^a   Bonner, Melanie J ^a   Hardy, Kristina K ^c   Fitzgerald, David P ^b   Willard, Victoria W ^d   Allen, Taryn M ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial Expression Recognition; Pediatric Cancer Survivors; Usability; Virtual Characters

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; RECOGNITION; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 80054807385     PISSN: 17849934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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