McKnight’s Senior Living March 6, 2024
Two of the most popular technologies being rapidly introduced in senior living settings are remote monitoring systems and virtual reality platforms, albeit for different reasons.
New advances in measuring brain activity, however, could combine VR with monitoring in a way that could benefit older adults and senior care.
Collecting data on electroencephalography, or EEG, can offer critical data about brain activity and address conditions that often plague older adults, such as sleep disorders, brain lesions and stroke.
Typically, EEG measurements are recorded using electrodes attached to someone’s head. A low-cost EEG system, however, could be attached to a VR headset, researchers explained.
“VR can effectively block external interference, provide highly controllable visual inputs, and due to its immersive nature,...
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