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Special Issue 2019: Computing and Mental Health (Guest Editors: Torous, Calvo, Wadley, Wolters) (14) Human Factors and Usability Case Studies (1005) New Methods (1134) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (761) Methods and Feasibility Studies (451) Dementia and Cognitive Decline (696) Diagnostic Tools in Mental Health (326) Memory (47)

Published on in Vol 6, No 9 (2019): September

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/13887, first published .
An Immersive Virtual Reality Platform for Assessing Spatial Navigation Memory in Predementia Screening: Feasibility and Usability Study

An Immersive Virtual Reality Platform for Assessing Spatial Navigation Memory in Predementia Screening: Feasibility and Usability Study

An Immersive Virtual Reality Platform for Assessing Spatial Navigation Memory in Predementia Screening: Feasibility and Usability Study

Authors of this article:

Kiran Ijaz1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Naseem Ahmadpour3 Author Orcid Image ;   Sharon L Naismith4 Author Orcid Image ;   Rafael A Calvo2, 5 Author Orcid Image
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