Virtual reality in cognitive retraining

Author

Da Costa, Rosa Maria E Moreira ; De Carvalho, Luís Alfredo Vidal ; De Aragon, Doris Ferraz

Author_Institution

COPPE, Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

221

Lastpage

224

Abstract

Virtual reality technology offers opportunities to create new products, which could be applied to the cognitive rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injuries or neurological/psychiatric disorders. The effects provided by virtual environments (VEs) stimulate cerebral neuroplastic changes, enhancing the rehabilitation process. This article discusses issues related to this field and presents the main features of a development process for an integrated VE for cognitive rehabilitation. Finally, initial results of an experiment with a group of schizophrenic patients are presented

Keywords

brain; computer based training; medical computing; patient rehabilitation; virtual reality; brain injury; cerebral neuroplastic changes; cognitive rehabilitation; cognitive retraining; integrated virtual environment; neurological disorders; psychiatric disorders; schizophrenic patients; system development process; virtual reality; Application software; Autism; Brain injuries; Humans; Neuroplasticity; Parkinson´s disease; Pediatrics; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Wheelchairs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2000. IWALT 2000. Proceedings. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Palmerston North

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0653-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWALT.2000.890613

Filename

890613