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Albert Rizzo III

Expert in the use of virtual reality technology in mental health applications and on cognition and memory loss in older adults

Director, Memory Enhancement Seminars for Seniors (MESS), USC Davis School of Gerontology
Research assistant professor and research scientist, USC Institute for Creative Technologies and USC Davis School of Gerontology
Affiliate, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, USC Geriatric Studies Center

Contact at: (310) 301-5018 (office), (213) 610-4737 (cell) or arizzo@usc.edu


Expertise:
  • use of advanced computer interface technology (virtual reality) in mental health applications - specifically for neuropsychological assessment, cognitive rehabilitation, anxiety disorders, anger management, pain management
  • virtual reality systems addressing spatial ability, attention, memory and other cognitive functions often affected by aging or acquired central nervous system dysfunction
  • memory enhancement for older adults and persons with central nervous system dysfunction
  • attention assessment and enhancement for persons with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and attention process impairments due to central nervous system dysfunction
  • gender and hormonal factors that influence aging, cognition and dementia
  • psychology of older adults
  • memory processes and aging
  • perception and aging
  • cognition and aging
  • cognitive psychology
  • cognitive-behavioral psychology
  • clinical psychology
Additional Information:
  • Author of Memory Enhancement Seminars for Seniors

More:
For stories about Albert "Skip" Rizzo, see " Therapy Brings Patients to a Virtual World" and "Television, Like the Earth, Isn't Flat."

For biographical information go to:

http://www.usc.edu/about/digital/rizzo.html