Tracking motor activity in Virtual Reality to reveal cognitive functioning: A preliminary study

Ribeiro, Nicolas; Vigier, Toinon; Prié, Yannick

doi:10.20870/ijvr.2021.21.1.4782

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“…Regardless of the procedure [ 40 , 49 , 51 ] or the aim of the study [ 50 , 52 , 53 ], none of the previous VR adaptations of the Simon and flanker tasks were capable of making the most of the possibilities offered by virtual reality when transferring and testing these tasks in a creative, plausible, and realistic way. The current work represents a new ecologically valid alternative for assessing inhibitory control as a relevant construct of executive functions.…”

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“…Roberts et al [ 52 ] compared responses of the arrow version of the flanker task from a real laboratory setting and a matching replica scenario of the same laboratory in VR, showing that assessment from both scenarios is comparable and proves the utility of VR as an assessment tool. The most recent adaptation of the flanker task consists of projected typographic symbols over panels across a street [ 53 ]. As seen, both tasks have been successfully implemented in VR settings, essentially mimicking 2D scenarios in a 3D context.…”

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Assessing Inhibitory Control in the Real World Is Virtually Possible: A Virtual Reality Demonstration

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Duñabeitia

2022

Behavioral Sciences

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Executive functions are the key ingredient for behaviour regulation. Among them, inhibitory control is one of the main exponents of executive functions, and in the last decades, it has received a good amount of attention thanks to the development of chronometric tasks associated with paradigms that allow exploring human behaviour when the inhibitory component is needed. Among the different paradigms typically used, the Simon and flanker tasks are probably the most popular ones. These have been subjected to modifications in order to assess inhibitory control from different perspectives (e.g., in different samples or in combination with different research techniques). However, its use has been relegated to classical presentation modalities within laboratory settings. The accessibility of virtual reality (VR) technology has opened new research avenues to investigate inhibition control with a high ecological validity while retaining tightly controlled lab conditions and good measurement accuracy. We present two cutting-edge modifications of the standard Simon and flanker tasks that have been adapted to real-world settings using VR and human-like avatars as target stimuli. Our findings show that virtual reality is a credible tool for testing inhibitory control with a high degree of transferability and generalizability to the real world.

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Assessing Inhibitory Control in the Real World Is Virtually Possible: A Virtual Reality Demonstration

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2022

Behavioral Sciences

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“…Additionally, VR enables the tracking of temporal aspects of behavior and the control of the setting in which the individual is immersed during the assessment process 13 . However, VR tests with these advantages are not yet widely used in typical assessment; one explanation is the lack of available tools and sufficient exploration of the psychometric properties of the tests 14 .…”

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Three Virtual Reality Environments for the Assessment of Executive Functioning Using Performance Scores and Kinematics: An Embodied and Ecological Approach to Cognition

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Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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“…It is important that participants are engaged and exert effort while performing the Flanker task because it allows for a more accurate measurement of their inhibitory control abilities. While a few VR Flanker tasks have been validated, they are not easily accessible (inexpensive and able to be administered in a variety of lab contexts) and do not require the participant to use their full range of arm motion (Armstrong et al, 2012;Ribeiro et al, 2021). For instance, VR Flanker tasks in taps or hand movements to respond to stimuli (Ribeiro et al, 2021).…”

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“…While a few VR Flanker tasks have been validated, they are not easily accessible (inexpensive and able to be administered in a variety of lab contexts) and do not require the participant to use their full range of arm motion (Armstrong et al, 2012;Ribeiro et al, 2021). For instance, VR Flanker tasks in taps or hand movements to respond to stimuli (Ribeiro et al, 2021).…”

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Validation of a Virtual Reality Flanker Task

Amin,

Tat,

Seitz

2023

UC Riverside Undergraduate Research Journal Submit

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is a well-established investigator and internationally recognized as an expert on mechanisms of perception attention and learning and memory Director the UCR's Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being, he is in the real world. The lab works to disseminate game software instrumented with expert knowledge to optimize human brain processes with an aim to make activities. His research led to new insights regarding the roles of reinforcement,The Flanker task is a neuropsychological test designed to measure inhibitory control-the ability to ignore automatic responses in order to reach higher goals. The traditional, tablet form of the Flanker task is widely used and well-cited. Recently, the UCR Brain Game Center has developed a Virtual Reality (VR) Flanker game. After the project is created, the next step is to validate its usefulness with a pilot study, which is the focus of this research paper. This pilot study addressed Flanker task measure inhibitory control as well as the traditional, tablet Flanker task? In Pilot Flanker task, and then utilized the alternative platform in the second session. The second research inhibitory control? In Pilot Study 2, participants were randomly assigned to either the Regular VR the version that participants were not assigned to in the previous session. The study compared the standard performance measure of the difference in reaction time between congruent and incongruent tasks (Flanker effect) in both Pilot studies. The results demonstrate that VR Flanker tasks are a valid way to measure inhibitory control. Pilot 1 found that Flanker effects produced in the tablet and VR Flanker tasks are similar, while Pilot 2 found that greater Flanker effects could be produced with a different presentation of stimuli in the virtual environment. Once it is established that the VR task measures inhibitory control as well as the tablet version, there would of a VR Flanker game is that it can serve both as a fun method to assess Flanker effects and as a training tool. Long-term use of a validated VR Flanker task could allow us to emulate real-world situations and lead us to better understand populations struggling with inhibitory control.

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Tracking motor activity in Virtual Reality to reveal cognitive functioning: A preliminary study

Cited by 4 publications

References 39 publications

Assessing Inhibitory Control in the Real World Is Virtually Possible: A Virtual Reality Demonstration

Assessing Inhibitory Control in the Real World Is Virtually Possible: A Virtual Reality Demonstration

Three Virtual Reality Environments for the Assessment of Executive Functioning Using Performance Scores and Kinematics: An Embodied and Ecological Approach to Cognition

Validation of a Virtual Reality Flanker Task

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