Resumo

There is a growing body of research focusing on the ecological validity of neuropsychological assessments. For some authors, the neurocognitive tests should be developed to assess the operation of cognitive functions in real-world activities. This subject is particularly important in the elderly, where dysfunctions in daily life activities may signal the occurrence of severe cognitive impairments associated with Alzheimer's disease. Thus, the study reports on the development of virtual reality application for cognitive assessment. The overall results suggest that the use of ecologically oriented VR applications that replicate activities of daily living may be important to understand global cognitive functioning.

Idioma originalInglês
Título da publicação do anfitriãoREHAB 2016 - Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques
EditoresHabib M. Fardoun, Daniyal M. Alghazzawi, Victor M. R. Penichet, Pedro Gamito
EditoraAssociation for Computing Machinery
Páginas32-35
Número de páginas4
ISBN (eletrónico)9781450347655
DOIs
Estado da publicaçãoPublicadas - 13 out. 2016
Evento4th Workshop on ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2016 - Lisbon
Duração: 13 out. 201614 out. 2016

Série de publicação

NomeACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conferência

Conferência4th Workshop on ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2016
País/TerritórioPortugal
CidadeLisbon
Período13/10/1614/10/16

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