Câmara, J.Ferreira, R.Teixeira, L.Nóbrega, J.Romeira, C.Bermúdez i Badia, S.Faria, A. L.2024-07-082024-07-082021Câmara, J., Ferreira, R., Teixeira, L., Nóbrega, J., Romeira, C., & Faria, A. L. (2021). Efficacy of adaptive cognitive training through desktop virtual reality and paper-and-pencil in the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders. in Proc. 13th Intl Conf. on Disability, Virtual Reality and Assoc. Technologies, P Gamito, D Brown, and S Koenig (Eds), pp. 112–113, Serpa, Portugal, 8-10 Sept. 2021.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/5733In this work, we will assess and compare two content-equivalent cognitive training (CT) interventions delivered in desktop virtual reality (VR) (Reh@City v2.0) and paper-and-pencil (Task generator (TG)) formats in a sample of patients with mental and behavioral disorders. We found that both CT methodologies were associated with favorable cognitive, mood and quality of life outcomes observed in both the short (immediately after the intervention) and the long-term (two-months follow-up). We conclude that these CT methods should be viewed as complementary approaches in the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders.engCognitive trainingDesktop virtual realityEcological validityPsychiatric settingMental disordersBehavioral disorders.Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenhariaconference object