Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2000. IWALT 2000. Proceedings. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Palmerston North
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0653-4
DOI :
10.1109/IWALT.2000.890613
