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Newest in this topic

  1. A Systematic Review of Navigation Assistance Systems for People With Dementia 2023-02-28
  2. Virtual navigation tested on a mobile app is predictive of real-world wayfinding navigation performance 2018-04-22

Studies

2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2018 to 2023

Top journals

  • IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics 1
  • bioRxiv 1

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  1. A Systematic Review of Navigation Assistance Systems for People With Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics 2023-02-28 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Technological developments provide solutions to alleviate the tremendous impact on the health and autonomy due to the impact of dementia on navigation abilities.

  2. Virtual navigation tested on a mobile app is predictive of real-world wayfinding navigation performance

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2018-04-22 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Virtual reality environments presented on tablets and smartphones have potential to aid the early diagnosis of conditions such as Alzheimer’s dementia by quantifying impairments in navigation performance.

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