Virtual reality helps stroke survivors improve memory
Researchers over at the University of Canterbury have showed through
their study that there exists a possible treatment that could enable
care takers to improve memory of stroke survivors.
University of Canterbury Professor Tanja Mitrovic said that one of the crucial points for those who have suffered from stroke is to improving prospective memory — the ability to remember to perform actions in the future. Mitrovic added, “This kind of memory is often impaired in stroke survivors and can interfere with independent living, as it can result in forgetting to take medication or remember something they had to do.”
Classifying it as a complex cognitive ability, Mitrovic said that it requires coordination of multiple cognitive abilities including spatial navigation, retrospective memory, attention and executive functioning.
To address this, the researchers developed a computer-based treatment based on visual imagery that taught participants how to remember time and event-based prospective memory tasks. After the treatment, participants practiced their skills using videos first and later in a 3D virtual reality environment.
“We conducted a study which ended in October last year with 15 stroke survivors. Each participant had 10 individual sessions spread over 10 weeks. The analysis shows that the memory skills of the stroke patients we tested increased significantly,” said Mitrovic.
The final goal was to make the training available freely over the internet to stroke survivors, enabling them to lead a better quality life and freeing some of them from round-the-clock care.
The research team is now planning for a larger clinical study to explore the effect of similar treatment on brain-injury patients.
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University of Canterbury Professor Tanja Mitrovic said that one of the crucial points for those who have suffered from stroke is to improving prospective memory — the ability to remember to perform actions in the future. Mitrovic added, “This kind of memory is often impaired in stroke survivors and can interfere with independent living, as it can result in forgetting to take medication or remember something they had to do.”
Classifying it as a complex cognitive ability, Mitrovic said that it requires coordination of multiple cognitive abilities including spatial navigation, retrospective memory, attention and executive functioning.
To address this, the researchers developed a computer-based treatment based on visual imagery that taught participants how to remember time and event-based prospective memory tasks. After the treatment, participants practiced their skills using videos first and later in a 3D virtual reality environment.
“We conducted a study which ended in October last year with 15 stroke survivors. Each participant had 10 individual sessions spread over 10 weeks. The analysis shows that the memory skills of the stroke patients we tested increased significantly,” said Mitrovic.
The final goal was to make the training available freely over the internet to stroke survivors, enabling them to lead a better quality life and freeing some of them from round-the-clock care.
The research team is now planning for a larger clinical study to explore the effect of similar treatment on brain-injury patients.
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