Cargando…
Multidimensional Evaluation of Virtual Reality Paradigms in Clinical Neuropsychology: Application of the VR-Check Framework
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. Conse...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
JMIR Publications
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7215516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32338614 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16724 |
_version_ | 1783532206054965248 |
---|---|
author | Krohn, Stephan Tromp, Johanne Quinque, Eva M Belger, Julia Klotzsche, Felix Rekers, Sophia Chojecki, Paul de Mooij, Jeroen Akbal, Mert McCall, Cade Villringer, Arno Gaebler, Michael Finke, Carsten Thöne-Otto, Angelika |
author_facet | Krohn, Stephan Tromp, Johanne Quinque, Eva M Belger, Julia Klotzsche, Felix Rekers, Sophia Chojecki, Paul de Mooij, Jeroen Akbal, Mert McCall, Cade Villringer, Arno Gaebler, Michael Finke, Carsten Thöne-Otto, Angelika |
author_sort | Krohn, Stephan |
collection | PubMed |
description | 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. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7215516 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | JMIR Publications |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-72155162020-05-15 Multidimensional Evaluation of Virtual Reality Paradigms in Clinical Neuropsychology: Application of the VR-Check Framework Krohn, Stephan Tromp, Johanne Quinque, Eva M Belger, Julia Klotzsche, Felix Rekers, Sophia Chojecki, Paul de Mooij, Jeroen Akbal, Mert McCall, Cade Villringer, Arno Gaebler, Michael Finke, Carsten Thöne-Otto, Angelika J Med Internet Res Viewpoint 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. JMIR Publications 2020-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7215516/ /pubmed/32338614 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16724 Text en ©Stephan Krohn, Johanne Tromp, Eva M Quinque, Julia Belger, Felix Klotzsche, Sophia Rekers, Paul Chojecki, Jeroen de Mooij, Mert Akbal, Cade McCall, Arno Villringer, Michael Gaebler, Carsten Finke, Angelika Thöne-Otto. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 27.04.2020. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. |
spellingShingle | Viewpoint Krohn, Stephan Tromp, Johanne Quinque, Eva M Belger, Julia Klotzsche, Felix Rekers, Sophia Chojecki, Paul de Mooij, Jeroen Akbal, Mert McCall, Cade Villringer, Arno Gaebler, Michael Finke, Carsten Thöne-Otto, Angelika Multidimensional Evaluation of Virtual Reality Paradigms in Clinical Neuropsychology: Application of the VR-Check Framework |
title | Multidimensional Evaluation of Virtual Reality Paradigms in Clinical Neuropsychology: Application of the VR-Check Framework |
title_full | Multidimensional Evaluation of Virtual Reality Paradigms in Clinical Neuropsychology: Application of the VR-Check Framework |
title_fullStr | Multidimensional Evaluation of Virtual Reality Paradigms in Clinical Neuropsychology: Application of the VR-Check Framework |
title_full_unstemmed | Multidimensional Evaluation of Virtual Reality Paradigms in Clinical Neuropsychology: Application of the VR-Check Framework |
title_short | Multidimensional Evaluation of Virtual Reality Paradigms in Clinical Neuropsychology: Application of the VR-Check Framework |
title_sort | multidimensional evaluation of virtual reality paradigms in clinical neuropsychology: application of the vr-check framework |
topic | Viewpoint |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7215516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32338614 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16724 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT krohnstephan multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT trompjohanne multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT quinqueevam multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT belgerjulia multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT klotzschefelix multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT rekerssophia multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT chojeckipaul multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT demooijjeroen multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT akbalmert multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT mccallcade multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT villringerarno multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT gaeblermichael multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT finkecarsten multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework AT thoneottoangelika multidimensionalevaluationofvirtualrealityparadigmsinclinicalneuropsychologyapplicationofthevrcheckframework |