Real-life memory and spatial navigation in patients with focal epilepsy: Ecological validity of a virtual-reality supermarket task
| Autor: | Philipp Grewe, Mario Botsch, Denise Lahr, Agnes Kohsik, Martina Piefke, Hans J. Markowitsch, Christian G. Bien, Eugen Dyck |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Male Ecological validity Reality Testing education Neuropsychological Tests Virtual reality Spatial memory Statistics Nonparametric External validity User-Computer Interface Behavioral Neuroscience Cognitive resource theory Humans Memory Disorders Cognition Middle Aged Reality testing Free recall Neurology Space Perception Female Epilepsies Partial Neurology (clinical) Cognition Disorders Psychology Social psychology Cognitive psychology |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.11.014 |
| Popis: | Ecological assessment and training of real-life cognitive functions such as visual-spatial abilities in patients with epilepsy remain challenging. Some studies have applied virtual reality (VR) paradigms, but external validity of VR programs has not sufficiently been proven. Patients with focal epilepsy (EG, n=14) accomplished an 8-day program in a VR supermarket, which consisted of learning and buying items on a shopping list. Performance of the EG was compared with that of healthy controls (HCG, n=19). A comprehensive neuropsychological examination was administered. Real-life performance was investigated in a real supermarket. Learning in the VR supermarket was significantly impaired in the EG on different VR measures. Delayed free recall of products did not differ between the EG and the HCG. Virtual reality scores were correlated with neuropsychological measures of visual-spatial cognition, subjective estimates of memory, and performance in the real supermarket. The data indicate that our VR approach allows for the assessment of real-life visual-spatial memory and cognition in patients with focal epilepsy. The multimodal, active, and complex VR paradigm may particularly enhance visual-spatial cognitive resources. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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