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F. Cangialosi

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Virtual reality environments to rehabilitation attention deficits in schizophrenic patients

2016

Abstract. Cognitive dysfunction is a core feature of schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia shown perform poorly on tasks that require vigilance or sustained attention. Patients with more pronounced attention deficits are least likely to acquire skills in psychosocial programs as the attention problems makes it difficult for them to process the information given in groups, and they may not be able to sustain attention for the session duration. The study aimed to develop a Virtual Reality cognitive training to improve the selective, divide and sustained attention. Specifically, we developed, via the NeuroVr 2.0 software, three different virtual environments with the hierarchical sequence…

Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaCognitive rehabilitation; Schizophrenia; Sustained attention; Virtual reality; Neuroscience (miscellaneous); Computer Science (miscellaneous); Rehabilitation; Psychology (miscellaneous)Settore MED/48 -Scienze Infermierist. e Tecn. Neuro-Psichiatriche e Riabilitat.Settore M-PSI/01 - PSICOLOGIA GENERALEVirtual Reality Schizophrenia Cognitive Rehabilitation Sustained AttentionSettore MED/25 - PsichiatriaVirtual Reality Schizophrenia Cognitive Rehabilitation Sustained Attention.
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Cognitive assessment of OCD patients: Neuro VR vs neuropsychological test

2014

This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Neuro- Virtual Reality as tool for the neuropsychological assessment in OCD patients. We used the neuropsychological battery and a virtual version of the Multiple Errand Test (V-MET), developed using the NeuroVR software, in order to evaluate the executive functions, the ability to plan ahead on complex problem solving tasks in daily life in 30 obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) patients and 30 healthy controls. The results showed the presence of difficulties of OCD patients: lower levels of divided attention and higher levels of errors; higher mean rank of inefficiencies, interpretation failures and rule breaks and longer ti…

Virtual multiple errands testExecutive functionObsessive-compulsive disorderNeuropsychological assessment
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