Virtual reality Paced Serial Assessment test for Neuropsychological Assessment of a military cohort

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 173, Issue , 2012, Pages 331-337

  Parsons, Thomas D ^a   Courtney, Christopher ^a   Rizzo, Albert A ^a   Armstrong, Christina ^b   Edwards, Joseph ^b   Reger, Gregory ^a  

^a Institute for Creative Technologies ^*  (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Military; Neuropsychological Assessment; Paced Serial Assessment test; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURY; INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL HEALTH; MILITARY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

VIRTUAL ADDRESSES;

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PILOT STUDY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

BLAST INJURIES; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84860649481     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-022-2-331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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