A new virtual task to evaluate human place learning

Cánovas, Rosa; Espínola, Moisés; Iribarne, Luís; Cimadevilla, José Manuel

doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2008.02.024

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“…All subjects completed the Boxes Room task as a measure of spatial memory (Cánovas, Espínola, Iribarne, & Cimadevilla, 2008). The Boxes Room task was displayed on a 3-GB RAM Hewlett Packard 2600-MHz notebook with a 15.4˝XGA TFT color screen (1920 × 1200 pixels).…”

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Spatial learning in a virtual reality-based task is altered in very preterm children

Cimadevilla

Roldán

París

et al. 2014

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

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Very preterm births prevent a complete development of the nervous system. The hippocampus is especially vulnerable in this population since the perinatal period is critical for its growth and development. Learning and memory abilities, like spatial memory, depend on the hippocampal integrity. In this study we applied virtual-reality-based tasks to assess spatial memory in a sample of 20 very preterm children of 7 and 8 years of age. Two different conditions of difficulty were used. Very preterm children performed poorly in the task in comparison with the control group. They committed more errors than controls searching for the rewarded positions. However, no significant differences were observed in the mean speed, an index of the motor abilities and joystick handling. These results suggest that the hippocampal function is affected in this sample. Nevertheless, other variables to consider are discussed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial learning in a virtual reality-based task is altered in very preterm children

Cimadevilla

Roldán

París

et al. 2014

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

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“…Moreover, as demonstrated in other virtual reality tasks (Astur et al, 1998(Astur et al, , 2004Cánovas et al, 2008), males outperformed females. In several tasks with spatial components like the Morris water maze or the Boxes Room, a virtual task analogous to the holeboard task, females performed poorer than males, with longer latencies and more errors.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…There have been several attempts to study place preference in tasks adapted to humans, in real environments (Bohbot et al, 2002;Hort et al, 2007) and virtual environments (Astur et al, 1998(Astur et al, , 2002Cánovas et al, 2008). However, to our knowledge this is the first attempt to develop a virtual task to assess spatial place avoidance in humans.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…This fact indicates that the angle of the prohibited zone can be used to adapt the level of difficulty of this task to different populations. Hence, the virtual version of the Morris water maze (Folley et al, 2010) and other virtual tasks like the Boxes Room (Cánovas et al, 2008) were modified so their requirements could be adapted to samples where the standard version would have caused a floor effect in the data collected.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Hence, it is possible to evaluate human spatial memory under the demands of rodent-based tasks like the Morris water maze, radial maze, open field or holeboard among others (Shore et al, 2001;Astur et al, 2004;Kelly and Gibson, 2007;Cánovas et al, 2008;Sturz and Bodily, 2010). Moreover, it was demonstrated that the medial temporal lobe was required for an accurate performance (Astur et al, 2002) and, as shown in other mammals, males outperformed females in several of these tasks (Astur et al, 1998;Cánovas et al, 2008). Searching for a rewarded place or objects in a virtual environment was a common feature of all such tasks.…”

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confidence: 99%

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