AVALIAÇÃO PSICOLÓGICA NA RECUPERAÇÃO FUNCIONAL ATRAVÉS DA REALIDADE VIRTUAL: uma nova perspectiva

Abstract

This article proposes a discussion, through the research carried out, on the use of virtual reality as a tool for obtaining data that covers psychological assessment in functional recovery, reaffirming the importance of Psychology as a science in a performance in a multiprofessional team whose main objective it is the improvement in the quality of life for people inserted in the rehabilitation process, working their subjectivity processes within an interprofessional intervention. A way of approaching the area of Psychology in technological areas with more specific scientific studies and reflecting the role of the professional in evaluating unobservable characteristics directly in a virtual environment, considering their uniqueness, their symbolic processes, their emotions, in the face of a non-traditional procedure and more motivating and interactive, placing the user as active in this process. The psychology professional must expand the use of tools, such as virtual reality, in order to seek new psychological assessment techniques.