A Virtual Reality Test for the assessment of cognitive deficits: Usability and perspectives

Proceedings of the 2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops, PervasiveHealth 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 453-458

  Pedroli, Elisa ^a   Cipresso, Pietro ^a   Serino, Silvia ^a   Albani, Giovanni ^a   Riva, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognitive Deficits; Psychometrics; Usability; Virtual Reality Test; VMET

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFICITS; PSYCHOMETRICS; USABILITY; VMET;

HEALTH CARE; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84883122057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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