Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 23, 2026

Motor Imagery Performance Through Embodied Digital Twins in a Virtual Reality-Enabled Brain-Computer Interface Environment
10:14

Motor Imagery Performance Through Embodied Digital Twins in a Virtual Reality-Enabled Brain-Computer Interface Environment

Published on: May 10, 2024

Integrating cognitive simulation into the Maryland virtual patient.

Sergei Nirenburg1, Marjorie McShane, Stephen Beale

  • 1University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|April 21, 2009
PubMed
Summary

This study explores cognitive modeling for virtual patients, focusing on interoception, decision-making, natural language processing, and learning within a specific simulation environment.

Related Concept Videos

Integrated Healthcare System01:20

Integrated Healthcare System

An integrated healthcare system (IHS) is a set of organizations that provides for or arranges to provide coordinated and continuous service to a defined population. The IHS takes responsibility for that particular population's health status and outcome, both clinically and fiscally. An integrated healthcare system is a well-organized, well-coordinated, and collaborative network. The integrated delivery system is a network that connects different healthcare providers to deliver organized,...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·2021
Same author

A Response to Núñez et al.'s (2019) "What Happened to Cognitive Science?"

Topics in cognitive science·2019
Same author

Inconsistency as a diagnostic tool in a society of intelligent agents.

Artificial intelligence in medicine·2012
Same author

A cognitive architecture for simulating bodies and minds.

AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium·2011
Same author

University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges·2010
Same author

Revealing the conceptual substrate of biomedical cognitive models to the wider community.

Studies in health technology and informatics·2008

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Medical Simulation
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Virtual patients are crucial for medical training.
  • Modeling cognitive processes enhances simulation realism.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe cognitively-related aspects of virtual patient modeling.
  • To integrate these aspects into the Maryland Virtual Patient environment.

Main Methods:

  • Describing four key cognitive phenomena: interoception, decision-making, natural language processing, and learning.
  • Implementing these models within a simulation framework.

Main Results:

  • The Maryland Virtual Patient environment incorporates models of interoception.

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 23, 2026

Motor Imagery Performance Through Embodied Digital Twins in a Virtual Reality-Enabled Brain-Computer Interface Environment
10:14

Motor Imagery Performance Through Embodied Digital Twins in a Virtual Reality-Enabled Brain-Computer Interface Environment

Published on: May 10, 2024

  • Decision-making, natural language processing, and learning are also modeled.
  • These cognitive aspects contribute to a more advanced virtual patient simulation.

    • Conclusions:

    • Cognitive modeling, including interoception, decision-making, NLP, and learning, is feasible in virtual patient simulations.
    • The Maryland Virtual Patient serves as a platform for such integrated cognitive models.