Virtual reality as allocentric/egocentric technology for the assessment of cognitive decline in the elderly

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 196, Issue , 2014, Pages 278-284

  Morganti, Francesca ^a   Riva, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allocentric; Egocentric; Elderly; Spatial Ability; Virtual Reality; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

NAVIGATION;

ALLOCENTRIC; EGOCENTRIC; ELDERLY; SPATIAL ABILITIES; WAY-FINDING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84897749418     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-375-9-278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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