Validating the Neuro VR-based virtual version of the multiple errands test: Preliminary results

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-42

  Raspelli, Simona ^a   Pallavicini, Federica ^a   Carelli, Laura ^a,b   Morganti, Francesca ^b   Cipresso, Pietro ^a   Pedroli, Elisa ^a   Poletti, Barbara ^a   Corra, Barbara ^a   Sangalli, Davide ^a   Silani, Vincenzo ^a   Riva, Giuseppe ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS; COGNITIVE DECLINE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEALTHY POPULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

TESTING;

EID: 84861359317     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/PRES_a_00077     Document Type: Article

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