Can a virtual reality cognitive training application fulfill a dual role? Using the virtual supermarket cognitive training application as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1333-1347

  Zygouris, Stelios ^a   Giakoumis, Dimitrios ^b   Votis, Konstantinos ^b   Doumpoulakis, Stefanos ^b   Ntovas, Konstantinos ^a   Segkouli, Sofia ^c   Karagiannidis, Charalampos ^d   Tzovaras, Dimitrios ^b   Tsolaki, Magda ^a,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c Greek Association of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; computers; dementia; diagnosis; memory disorders; mild cognitive impairment; user computer interface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84923296615     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-141260     Document Type: Article

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