[kheer]

Found an interesting scientific article from the University of Glasgow. They showed how VR could bei used for recovery of Patients who suffered from a traumatic brain injury. As we only talk about potential risks of VR, I think there also are a lot of opportunities to use it e.g. neurological diseases.

PDF File link:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu...fter_Brain.pdf

[pkcable]

Sounds like it would be an interesting article, but your link is not working for me.

[qfnol31]

As someone who has suffered a TBI I think this would be fascinating to read.

Though I haven't found this exact article, I read a couple on how VR can help motor skills/static balance. I wonder if it could work on the cognitive abilities as well.

[tupurl]

Well in essence, VR would help retrain portions of the brain for certain functions. In a way it relates to the whole phantom limb research and how that can be used as a gateway to bionic limb use.

[Sim_8_3]

If you consider VR has been used for a while now with U.S. soldiers who suffer from PTSD, than Traumatic Brain Injuries do seem like they would be treatable with VR given it's all brain related.

[qfnol31]

My TBI was several years ago, but I remember being really dizzy and foggy for about a month. I wonder if VR could have reduced some of that for me.

[qfnol31]

I did some more searching and came across an article in the Brain Injury journal that indicates TBI patients with severe attention deficit and overstimulation as a result of the TBI can greatly benefit from VR because it limits the amount of simulation. I wish I had had access to these tools four years ago and that someone had suggested them to me!