Dr. Daniel Krawczyk, deputy director of the Center for BrainHealth
at the University of Texas at Dallas, was recently awarded a $2.7
million grant for his efforts to help veterans who have suffered
traumatic brain injuries (TBI).
Krawczyk will use the U.S.
Department of Defense grant to attempt to improve cognitive and
functional deficits for those veterans through virtual technology.
“Those who experience a traumatic brain injury often struggle
with working memory, planning and cognitive control, which impacts
real-life functionality,” Krawczyk said. “Utilizing an innovative
virtual-reality platform, we hope to improve cognitive difficulties
in individuals with chronic TBI by training strategies to accomplish
complex real-life tasks.”
The study will involve more than 100 veterans and use brain
imaging and neuropsychological evaluations conducted as they receive
training to improve cognitive and functional deficits. Part of that
training will include time using “Expedition,” a virtual-reality
experience from Virtual Hero.
“The project represents a
great opportunity to leverage the innovative work Virtual Heroes has
done in serious gaming to address a critical need for this important
and highly vulnerable population of veterans,” Greg Rule, project
manager of Applied Research Associates, which owns Virtual Heroes,
said. “The program must be tailored to the audience, entertaining
enough to encourage them to use it, but capable of collecting the
necessary data on cognitive performance of the users.”
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