Albert Rizzo

TL;DR: SimCoach as mentioned in this paper is a virtual human support agent that can be used as online guides for promoting access to psychological healthcare information and for assisting military personnel and family members in breaking down barriers to initiating care.

TL;DR: This article summarizes background information and discussions for a joint July 2010 National Institutes of Health — Department of Defense workshop entitled Virtual Reality Technologies for Research and Education in Obesity and Diabetes that explored the research potential of VR technologies as tools for behavioral and neuroscience studies in diabetes and obesity.

TL;DR: Preliminary feasibility and acceptability data on the use of virtual patient (VP) simulations to develop brief assessment skills within an interdisciplinary care setting are presented and preliminary evidence for an association between engagement in VP practice simulations and improvements in diagnostic accuracy and clinical interviewing skills is offered.

TL;DR: Several significant differences between subjects with depression and PTSD when compared to nondistressed subjects are identified and the potential for automatic assessment of psychological distress in individual interactions with a virtual human dialogue system is suggested.

TL;DR: The VE Laboratory at the University of Southern California has developed a suite of ImmersaDesk-format, 3D projection-based VEs, which offer the possibility to more sensitively address a range of age-related CNS disorders including Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular Dementia, Parkinson's disease, and stroke.