Relaxing in virtual reality: one synthetic agent relaxes all

Gamito, Pedro; Souto, Teresa; Conde, Rita; Salvador, Ágata; Ferreira, Maria José; Sousa, João Alves de; Ferreira, Marco Aurélio Marques; Dias, Fábio Luís Ferreira; Atul, Shivani; Pereira, Rita; Távora, Edna; Maia, Inês B.; Oliveira, Jorge

doi:10.1007/s10055-022-00650-6

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“…Over the course of the years, the use of virtual environments (VE) as a therapeutic tool in rehabilitation has gained increased recognition since it is considered to offer a set of advantages over more traditional methods (e.g., such as in the case of paper and pencil tests): the patient receives immediate feedback, there are no physical consequences for the patient using screen-based visual systems, the scenario and the proposed task can be adjusted according to the needs of each individual (Gamito, et al 2015;Shin and Kim 2015;Stevens et al 2015) and it may be extended by including a virtual representation of the self (e.g. Soccini et al 2022) or others like a virtual therapist (Gamito et al 2022) to create a more natural environment for psychological intervention.…”

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Virtual and real ATM use performance in patients with acquired brain injury and healthy controls

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The acquired brain injuries (ABI) have consequences that affect the patients’ autonomy, particularly regarding activities of daily living (ADL). To reduce the impact that these changes will have on the patient’s life, it is important to develop diversified tasks with which individuals can train and improve their impaired abilities and strengthen those that are preserved. Therefore, this study aimed to validate a virtual ATM (Automated Teller Machine) task to be used to train patients with cognitive impairments. The sample consisted of 34 participants with ABI and 66 healthy controls. These participants performed the task either virtually or with a real ATM. Beyond revealing that the type of environment did not influence task performance, the results showed a relationship between the results of cognitive screening measures and the time to complete the task, in which participants with the lowest results had worse performance in the task. Also, the virtual ATM was more sensitive in discriminating the clinical group than the real task.

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