View last updated posts Tag : cybertherapy
Related tags
- virtual reality
- Positive Technology
- robotics
- serious gaming
- artificial intelligence
- persuasive technology
- rehabilitation
- telemedicine
- telepresence
- virtual presence
- analgesia
- brain injury
- brain training
- cyberart
- cyberpsychology
- hand-held computer
- mental practice
- pain
- ptsd
- schizofrenia
- teletherapy
- virtual therapy
Last posts published
-
Using VR for Teaching Social Understanding to...
Using Virtual Environments for Teaching Social Understanding to 6 Adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 2006 Aug 10; Authors: Mitchell P, Parsons S, Leonard A Six teenagers with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) experienced a Virtual Environment (VE) of ... Read more ...
-
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy: 150-Degree...
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy: 150-Degree Screen to Desktop PC. Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Aug;9(4):480-9 Authors: Tichon J, Banks J Virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) developed using immersive or semi-immersive virtual environments present a usability problem for practitioners... Read more ...
-
The Huggable
Via Siggraph2006 Emerging Technology website The Huggable is a robotic pet developed by MIT researchers for therapy applications in children's hospitals and nursing homes, where pets are not always available. The robotic teddy has full-body sensate skin and smooth, qu... Read more ...
-
Drinking Games
Via Medgadget Miles Cox , professor of the psychology of addictive behaviors at the University of Wales, is experimenting a computer-based approach to get alcoholics to ignore the potent cues that trigger their craving. The study has been covered by MIT Technology Review : Just a... Read more ...
-
Applications of Virtual Reality Technology in...
In a letter to the Editor published in the current issue of CNS Spectr (2006 Jun; 11, 6), Holmes and coll. describe a novel VR-based paradigm to test spatial memory in patients with mood disorders. Here is an excerpt from the letter: The January 2006 CNS Spectrums in... Read more ...
-
Virtual Reality therapy for Iraq veterans
The Office of Naval Research has funded $4 million the Virtual Reality Medical Center in San Diego to develop virtual reality-based methods for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for war veterans. Businessweek has an article about this project: ... Read more ...
-
Designing VR Exposure Therapy Simulations for...
From A VR Geek blog An article on Serious Game Source by Ari Hollander from Imprint describes how VR can be used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder: "Virtual reality (VR) provides a tool that can allow therapists to gradually intensify a simul... Read more ...
-
Video games tackle 'lazy eye'
from BBC NEWS By Gareth Mitchell Presenter, Digital Planet, BBC World Service Playing virtual reality computer games may help treat the condition known as amblyopia, or lazy eye, say researchers. In patients with amblyopia, one eye works better than the other. Because the amblyopic eye... Read more ...
-
Intelligent inferencing and haptic simulation...
Intelligent inferencing and haptic simulation for Chinese acupuncture learning and training. IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed. 2006 Jan;10(1):28-41 Authors: Heng PA, Wong TT, Yang R, Chui YP, Xie YM, Leung KS, Leung PC This paper presents an intelligent virtual environment for Chinese acup... Read more ...
-
Fifth International Workshop on Virtual...
The Fifth International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation (IWVR2006) will take place August 29 and 30, 2006 at Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York City, USA, in conjunction with the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Deadline for ALL... Read more ...