The Nintendo Wii as a tool for neurocognitive rehabilitation, training and health promotion

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 384-392

  Pessoa, Tamires Marinho ^a   Coutinho, Danielle Sousa ^a   Pereira, Valeska Martinho ^a   De Oliveira Ribeiro, Natalia Pinho ^a   Nardi, Antonio Egidio ^a   De Oliveira e Silva, Adriana Cardoso ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Mental health; Rehabilitation; Therapeutics; Video game

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; MENTAL HEALTH; THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS; THERAPEUTICS; VIDEO GAME; VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM; VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TOOLS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84890290300     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.025     Document Type: Review

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