Virtual Reality in Neurorehabilitation: Mental Rotation

This paper describes a Virtual Reality (VR) application for neurorehabilitation of patients following traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The application is based on mental rotation tasks frequently used to describe different human mental abilities and initial assessment of consequences of TBI. This paper is an extension of standard mental rotation paradigm by Shepard & Metzler, and Vandenberg & Kuse test according to recent knowledge of modern neuropsychology approaches. The application has been designed with the aim to meet various users wills, so the rehabilitation can take place anywhere and anytime. The implementation is independent on special equipment as 3D glasses or special gloves or suit, or special medical tool (special-shaped joystick, adapted keyboard or controls) in order to be most accessible for most users. In these terms, of course, users depending on these special equipments are not considered