A feasibility study of enhancing independent task performance for people with cognitive impairments through the use of a handheld location-based prompting system

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1157-1163

  Chang, Yao Jen ^a   Chen, Shu Fang ^b   Chou, Li Der ^c  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Association of Employment Rights for People with Disabilities   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairments; task prompting; ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS TASK; COGNITIVE DISABILITY; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; COMMUNITY-BASED REHABILITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DISTRIBUTED COGNITION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD PREPARATION; HANDHELDS; INDEPENDENT TASKS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; JOB SKILLS; LOCATION BASED; OPERANT CONDITIONING; PILOT STUDIES; TASK PROMPTING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BRAIN; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOFTWARE TESTING; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; REHABILITATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVICES;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REHABILITATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870896102     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2012.2198484     Document Type: Article

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