scholarly journals A-183 A Preliminary Study of Comfort with Computers and Analog Tasks in Relation to Older Adults’ Performance in Virtual Reality

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 978-978
Author(s):  
Williams L ◽  
Coldiron A ◽  
Sandlin A ◽  
Flores E ◽  
Flair J ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning And Memory ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Delayed Recall ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Meal Preparation ◽  
Immediate Recall ◽  
Procedural Task ◽  
Analog Tasks

Abstract Objective Neuropsychologists are using virtual reality to simulate everyday activities in order to increase ecological validity in neuropsychological assessments (Kane & Parsons, 2017). However, relatively little is known about the extent to which comfort with computers and analog tasks influences older adults’ performance on virtual reality-based tasks. Methods Healthy older adults (N = 42) rated how comfortable they are with computers and cooking meals in daily life and completed the Virtual Kitchen Protocol, a measure of procedural learning and memory for meal preparation tasks. Results Both higher comfort with cooking meals in a real kitchen and higher comfort with computers were associated with better learning, immediate recall, and delayed recall of the procedural task in virtual reality. However, comfort with computers did not explain a significant amount of variance in performance beyond comfort cooking in a real kitchen. Conclusion While both comfort with computers and analog versions of tasks may relate to older adults’ learning and memory in virtual reality, performance may be primarily related to analog abilities.

A-016 The Relationship between Visual Memory and Performance in Virtual Reality Among Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 806-806
Author(s):  
Flores E ◽  
Gutierrez R ◽  
Shorter S ◽  
Mollenkopf K ◽  
Childers L ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning And Memory ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Procedural Learning ◽  
Virtual Reality Environment ◽  
Meal Preparation ◽  
Immediate Recall ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objective Over the past fifty years, many traditional paper-and-pencil neuropsychological tests have been translated to new computerized devices (Canini et al., 2014). Virtual reality offers neuropsychologists an opportunity to observe patients’ neurocognitive functioning in an immersive, lifelike environment, rich in visual stimuli (Morganti, 2004), yet relatively little is known about the relationship between visual memory and performance on learning and memory tasks in virtual reality environments. The purpose of this study was to investigate, among older adults, the relationship between visual memory, as measured by a traditional paper-and-pencil test, and procedural learning and memory performance in a virtual reality environment simulating meal preparation tasks. Methods Older adults (N = 73) ages 55-90 (M = 72.77, SD = 7.87) were administered the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) Visual Reproduction Immediate Recall and the Virtual Kitchen Protocol (VPK), a virtual reality-based measure of learning and memory for meal preparation tasks. Results Participants performance on the immediate portion of WMS-IV, visual reproduction, correlated with their performance on the VPK teaching trial (r = .65, p = 0.01), immediate recall (r = .51, p = 0.01), delayed recall (r = .58, p = 0.01), and forced choice recognition ( r = ..54, p = 0.01) of Job Sim. Conclusion Results suggest that visual memory aids healthy older adults in procedural learning and memory tasks in the Virtual Kitchen Protocol, a virtual reality environment simulating meal preparation tasks. These results suggest that visual memory ability is germane to performance in virtual reality environments that are rich in visual stimuli.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality Balance Games Provide Little Muscular Challenge to Prevent Muscle Weakness in Healthy Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aijse W. de Vries ◽  
Jente Willaert ◽  
Ilse Jonkers ◽  
Jaap H. van Dieën ◽  
Sabine M.P. Verschueren
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Muscle Weakness ◽  
Healthy Older Adults

Does REM-sleep manipulation have a differential effect on learning and memory in healthy older adults?

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
OP Hornung ◽  
N Albrecht ◽  
F Regen ◽  
H Danker-Hopfe ◽  
M Schredl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Learning And Memory ◽  
Rem Sleep ◽  
Differential Effect ◽  
Healthy Older Adults

Development and Feasibility of a Virtual Reality Task for the Cognitive Assessment of Older Adults: The ECO-VR

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila R. Oliveira ◽  
Brandel José P. Lopes Filho ◽  
Michael A. Sugarman ◽  
Cristiane S. Esteves ◽  
Margarida Maria B. M. P. Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Cognitive Assessment ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Pilot Studies

AbstractCognitive assessment with virtual reality (VR) may have superior ecological validity for older adults compared to traditional pencil-and-paper cognitive assessment. However, few studies have reported the development of VR tasks. The aim of this study was to present the development, feasibility, content validity, and preliminary evidence of construct validity of an ecological task of cognitive assessment for older adults in VR (ECO-VR). The tasks were prepared based on theoretical and clinical backgrounds. We had 29 non-expert judges identify virtual visual stimuli and three-dimensional scenarios, and five expert judges assisted with content analysis and developing instructions. Finally, six older persons participated in three pilot studies and thirty older persons participated in the preliminary study to identify construct validity evidence. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and partial correlation. Target stimuli and three-dimensional scenarios were judged adequate and the content analysis demonstrated that ECO-VR evaluates temporo-spatial orientation, memory, language and executive functioning. We made significant changes to the instructions after the pilot studies to increase comprehensibility and reduce the completion time. The total score of ECO-VR was positively correlated mainly with performance in executive function (r = .172, p < .05) and memory tests (r = .488, p ≤ .01). The ECO-VR demonstrated feasibility for cognitive assessment in older adults, as well as content and construct validity evidences.

scholarly journals A Virtual Kitchen Protocol to Measure Everyday Memory Functioning for Meal Preparation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 571
Author(s):  
Michael D. Barnett ◽  
Lucas G. Childers ◽  
Thomas D. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Everyday Memory ◽  
Memory Tests ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
Meal Preparation ◽  
Memory Functioning

In this study, we developed the Virtual Kitchen Protocol (VKP), a virtual reality-based measure of everyday memory functioning for meal preparation tasks. We investigated the construct validity of the VKP by comparing the performance of young adults (n = 41) and older adults without (n = 52) and with (n = 7) a neurocognitive diagnosis, as well as by examining correlations with standardized measures of verbal and visual memory. The results show that young adults had higher recall than older adults and that the VKP was sensitive to neurocognitive impairment among older adults. The VKP demonstrated moderate to high correlations with other memory tests. These results support the construct validity of the VKP and suggest that it holds promise as a virtual reality-based measure of memory for meal preparation tasks.

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