A virtual-reality approach for the assessment and rehabilitation of multitasking deficits
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Ein Virtual-Reality-Ansatz zur Feststellung und Rehabilitation von Multitasking-Defiziten |
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Autor: | Bock, Otmar Leo; Drescher, Uwe; Winsum, Willem van; Kesnerus, Thomas F.; Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia |
Erschienen in: | International journal of virtual and augmented reality |
Veröffentlicht: | 2 (2018), 1, S. 48-58, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 2473-537X, 2473-5388 |
DOI: | 10.4018/IJVAR.2018010104 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU202004002746 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Virtual reality technology can be used for ecologically valid assessment and rehabilitation of cognitive deficits. This article expands the scope of applications to ecologically valid multitasking. A commercially available driving simulator was upgraded by adding an ever-changing sequence of concurrent, everyday-like tasks. Furthermore, the simulator software was modified and interfaced with a non-motorized treadmill to yield a pedestrian street crossing simulator. In the latter simulator, participants walk on through a virtual city, stop at busy streets to wait for a gap in traffic, and then cross. Again, a sequence of everyday-like tasks is added. A feasibility study yielded adequate “presence” in both virtual scenarios, and plausible data about performance decrements under multi-task compared to single-task conditions. The present approach could be suitable for the assessment and training of multitasking skills in older adults and neurological patients.