Virtual reality in neuroscience research and therapy

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Bohil, Corey J ^a   Alicea, Bradly ^b   Biocca, Frank A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGY; VALIDITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROSCIENCES; RESEARCH DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 81555202406     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3122     Document Type: Review

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