Virtual city: Neurocognitive rehabilitation of acquired brain injury

Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dores, Artemisa Rocha ^a,b   Miranda, Maria João ^a   Carvalho, Irene Palmares ^c   Mendes, Liliana ^b   Barbosa, Fernando ^a   Coelho, António ^a   De Sousa, Liliana ^a   Caldas, Alexandre Castro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Portugal Psychosocial Rehabilitation Lab   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

acquired brain injury (ABI); executive dysfunction; neurocognitive rehabilitation; serious games; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COMPLEX ACTIVITY; EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SERIOUS GAMES; VIRTUAL CITIES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 84869037918     PISSN: 21660727     EISSN: 21660735     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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