Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) technology offers the potential to create sophisticated new tools that could be applied to the neuropsychological assessment and cognitive rehabilitation of persons with acquired brain injury, neurological disorders, and learning disabilities. Testing and training scenarios that are difficult, if not impossible, to deliver using traditional neuropsychological methods could be developed using virtual environments. VR allows for the presentation and total control of dynamic 3D stimulus environments, within which all behavioral responding can be recorded. Human visuospatial ability appears to be a cognitive domain where these VR-specific advantages are particularly well-suited. Our paper outlines the application of VR for the study, assessment, and possible rehabilitation of a visuospatial ability referred to as mental rotation. The rationale for the Virtual Reality Spatial Rotation (VRSR) system is …

Date

March 13, 1998

Authors

Albert A Rizzo, J Galen Buckwalter, Ulrich Neumann, Carl Kesselman, Marcus Thiébaux, Peter Larson, Andre Van Rooyen

Journal

CyberPsychology & Behavior

Volume

1

Issue

2

Pages

113-119