Wearable Health “Companions”
By Linsdsay Brown & Julien Penders Healthcare systems are changing in response to new demographic factors including an aging society, increasing number of chronic diseases and a growing interest of…read more →
Author: Brenda Wiederhold
President of Virtual Reality Medical Institute (VRMI) in Brussels, Belgium. Executive VP Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC), based in San Diego and Los Angeles, California. CEO of Interactive Media Institute a 501c3 non-profit Clinical Instructor in Department of Psychiatry at UCSD Founder of CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy, & Social Networking Conference Visiting Professor at Catholic University Milan.
Seniors Cybercycling for Enhanced Cognitive Performance
➣ By Cay Anderson-Hanley & Paul Arciero The graying of America will lead to an explosion of the older adult population as the baby boomers begin to reach retirement age…read more →
Brain Health and Neural Energies
➣ By Paul D. Nussbaum One of the most active areas of scientific, clinical, and general consumer interest is the human brain and methods or behaviors to maximize and maintain…read more →
Virtual Environments for Brain Injury: Virtual Reality’s Forgotten Silver Bullet?
➣ By Paul Penn & David Rose Neuropsychological Applications of VR In 1998, researchers from the University of East London pointed to studies indicating that hospitalization following brain damage is…read more →
MONARCA: An Innovative Approach to Bipolar Disorder Treatment
By Oscar Mayora Ibarra Bipolar disorder, also known as Manic-Depressive illness, is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world according to the World Health Organization. Statistics show that…read more →
Product Comparison Chart: Cognitive Enhancement Drugs
➣ Chelsea Barclay For various reasons cognitive enhancement drugs have widely been in use by various individuals for over fifty years. Their ability to help those with social anxieties learn…read more →
Put to the Test: “Brain Training”
➣ By Madeleine Grealy Earlier this year 11,430 healthy adults took part in an experiment to test whether “brain training” using computerized games could improve reasoning, memory, planning, spatial skills…read more →
Product Comparison Chart: Cognitive Enhancement Trainers
➣ Chelsea Barclay “Brain Games” and cognitive enhancers come in many forms, from software programs to puzzle games and exercises, and even CDs designed to improve listening and communication skills.…read more →
Augmenting Mental Models
➣ By Egon L. van den Broek et al. With recent technological developments, Virtual Reality (VR) has become more and more accessible for various application fields such as medicine, military,…read more →
Personalized Health Systems Today
By Mark D. Wiederhold & Brenda K. Wiederhold Innovations in technology have aided healthcare throughout the world in diverse ways such as developing new methods for prevention, rehabilitation or surgery,…read more →