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Virtual world could aid diagnosis of schizophrenia

By Peter Aldhous

23 January 2008

Video: See how the virtual world is used to explore the cognitive problems of people with schizophrenia

Dogs that moo, lawn mowers that sound like fax modems and red fluffy clouds in a clear blue sky are all components of a virtual reality (VR) game that could be used to explore the cognitive problems of people with schizophrenia.

At the in Long Beach, California, next week, computer scientist Daphna Weinshall of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel…

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