dc.contributor.author
Krohn, Stephan
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Tromp, Johanne
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Quinque, Eva M.
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Belger, Julia
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Klotzsche, Felix
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Rekers, Sophia
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Chojecki, Paul
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Mooij, Jeroen de
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Akbal, Mert
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McCall, Cade
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Villringer, Arno
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Gaebler, Michael
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Finke, Carsten
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Thöne-Otto, Angelika
dc.date.accessioned
2020-05-22T12:54:39Z
dc.date.available
2020-05-22T12:54:39Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/27415
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-27171
dc.description.abstract
Virtual reality (VR) represents a key technology of the 21st century, attracting substantial interest from a wide range of scientific disciplines. With regard to clinical neuropsychology, a multitude of new VR applications are being developed to overcome the limitations of classical paradigms. Consequently, researchers increasingly face the challenge of systematically evaluating the characteristics and quality of VR applications to design the optimal paradigm for their specific research question and study population. However, the multifaceted character of contemporary VR is not adequately captured by the traditional quality criteria (ie, objectivity, reliability, validity), highlighting the need for an extended paradigm evaluation framework. To address this gap, we propose a multidimensional evaluation framework for VR applications in clinical neuropsychology, summarized as an easy-to-use checklist (VR-Check). This framework rests on 10 main evaluation dimensions encompassing cognitive domain specificity, ecological relevance, technical feasibility, user feasibility, user motivation, task adaptability, performance quantification, immersive capacities, training feasibility, and predictable pitfalls. We show how VR-Check enables systematic and comparative paradigm optimization by illustrating its application in an exemplary research project on the assessment of spatial cognition and executive functions with immersive VR. This application furthermore demonstrates how the framework allows researchers to identify across-domain trade-offs, makes deliberate design decisions explicit, and optimizes the allocation of study resources. Complementing recent approaches to standardize clinical VR studies, the VR-Check framework enables systematic and project-specific paradigm optimization for behavioral and cognitive research in neuropsychology.
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dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
virtual reality
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dc.subject
neuropsychology
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dc.subject
research design
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dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit
dc.title
Multidimensional Evaluation of Virtual Reality Paradigms in Clinical Neuropsychology: Application of the VR-Check Framework
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
e16724
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.2196/16724
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Journal of Medical Internet Research
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
4
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername
JMIR Publications
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
22
refubium.affiliation
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pmid
32338614
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1438-8871