The Virtual Shop: A new immersive virtual reality environment and scenario for the assessment of everyday memory

Ouellet, Émilie; Boller, Benjamin; Corriveau‐Lecavalier, Nick; Cloutier, Simon; Belleville, Sylvie

doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.03.010

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“…There were other built-in parameters that were measured by the VR task; for instance, time before the first item was selected and total time to complete the task. Although they were not used in the present study, they could be useful for researchers interested in a more extensive characterisation of the participant's behaviour in the task (see, for instance, Ouellet et al, 2018). Figure 1.…”

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“…Well-designed VR tasks might therefore better reflect real-life capacities than traditional neuropsychological tests (Rizzo, Schulteis, Kerns, & Mateer, 2004). Furthermore, VR has great potential to measure whether neuropsychological interventions transfer to daily life, which is a major challenge in rehabilitation studies (Adamovich et al, 2004;Lehmann et al, 2005;Ouellet, Boller, Corriveau-Lecavalier, Cloutier, & Belleville, 2018;Shuchat et al, 2012;Sveistrup, 2004).…”

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Use of immersive virtual reality to assess episodic memory: A validation study in older adults

Lecavalier

Ouellet

Boller

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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

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Use of immersive virtual reality to assess episodic memory: A validation study in older adults

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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

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“…We used an immersive VR method that preserves real-world perceptual and motor interactions and tried to ecologically-validate this method by showing convergent findings with an objective measure of naturalistic PM. Our approach builds on previous work that has established convergence between immersive VR and a subjective measure of everyday memory (Ouellet et al, 2018). We hypothesized and observed that PM performance during the Job Simulator game significantly predicts performance on our validated, naturalistic PM measure-Breakfast task.…”

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“…One recently-published study has paired a HMD and a handheld pointer to explore the efficacy of a VR shopping task for capturing age differences in everyday memory (Ouellet et al, 2018), and they validated their VR paradigm by establishing a significant relationship between PM performance in VR and subjective reports of everyday memory. While these results are encouraging, Ouellet et al, (2018) acknowledged that the use of subjective measures of real-world memory limit the extent of this validation. To build upon these preliminary findings, conducted a systematic investigation of several objective measures of naturalistic PM to compare against our immersive VR task.…”

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Naturalistic assessments in virtual reality and in real life help resolve the age-prospective memory paradox

Saito¹,

Rose²

2019

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Age differences in prospective memory (PM)—memory for delayed intentions—have shown paradoxical patterns between laboratory and naturalistic settings. Virtual reality (VR) has been used to try and enhance the ecological validity of PM assessments, but methodological differences and limited validation have undermined interpretation of previous findings. We compared age differences between VR- and naturalistic-based measures of PM performance for younger (18-30 years) and older (56-83 years) adults (N = 111) to explore the role of task context and familiarity. Participants completed PM tasks embedded in the Job Simulator VR videogame and a Breakfast task that involved setting a table and simulating breakfast food preparation. We also included two real-world measures in which participants tried to remember to exchange personal belongings with the experimenter (Belongings task) and return phone calls at specific times outside the lab (Call-back task). We found comparable age deficits in Job Simulator and the Breakfast task. However, the age-PM paradox persisted in the Belongings and Call-back tasks. Hierarchical regression modeling was conducted to determine the roles of working memory, vigilance, and personality traits in each. Regression analyses revealed that significant variance in lab-based PM performance was accounted for by individual differences in working memory and agreeableness in older adults, while variance in naturalistic PM performance was accounted for by vigilance and neuroticism in young adults. This study suggests that immersive VR gameplay helped to provide ecologically valid PM assessment and advance a theoretical account of the age-PM paradox with a systematic, task-based analysis of age and individual differences in PM. Different mediators predicted young and older adults’ PM differently across real-world and in-lab contexts (despite measuring similar, naturalistic PM in the same individuals in both VR and in real life). There are methodological, cognitive, & personality moderators, but the “paradox” appears to be a real developmental phenomenon.

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“…To overcome such limitations of conventional interventions, virtual reality (VR) technology to immerse users in a virtual environment that re ects the needs of daily life has been suggested [21][22][23][24]. VR has a great potential to measure whether interventions can be transferred to everyday life [25], and can provide scientists the ability to monitor an individual's real-time behaviors when interacting with virtual agents [26]. Furthermore, the use of VR can reduce human resources and costs, and thus has an advantage in sustainability [27].…”

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Development and usefulness of a virtual reality-based training program for promoting subjective well-being: A preliminary study

Kim¹,

Jung²,

Shin³

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Background Enhancing subjective well-being is an effective way to improve mental health and virtual reality is useful as an intervention tool for cultivating well-being. This preliminary study aimed to probe the usefulness of a virtual reality-based interactive feedback program as an intervention tool for promoting subjective well-being. Methods In the experiment, 36 males participated in this program, consisting of three tasks constructed based on the theories of positive psychology: ‘Experience-based problem recognition task’, ‘Future self-based success story expression task’, and ‘Strength expression task’. Participants rated visual analog scores associated with each of the tasks' contents. The concurrent validity of task scores was evaluated by correlations with scores of the psychological scales, such as the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form, Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale, Dispositional Hope Scale, and Life Orientation Test Revised. Results The total task score was positively correlated with the scores of Mental Health Continuum-Short Form emotional well-being ( r = 0.492, p < 0.001) and psychological well-being ( r = 0.501, p < 0.001), Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale ( r = 0.435, p < 0.001), Dispositional Hope Scale agency dimension ( r = 0.601, p < 0.001) and pathways dimension ( r = 0.451, p < 0.001), and Life Orientation Test Revised ( r = 0.378, p < 0.05), but not with the MHC-SF social well-being scores. After controlling the effects of the other task scores, the task scores had linear relationships with certain psychological assessments. Conclusion The results showed that the total task score was significantly correlated with indicators of well-being, self-esteem, hope, and optimism. The task scores obtained from the individual tasks were closely related to the indicators, depending on the nature of the task. These findings suggest that the program contents are well associated with certain aspects of subjective well-being and thus may be available for training that improves subjective well-being through interactive feedback.

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The Virtual Shop: A new immersive virtual reality environment and scenario for the assessment of everyday memory

Abstract: Results support the feasibility and both the ecological and construct validity of the Virtual Shop.

Cited by 86 publications

References 73 publications

Use of immersive virtual reality to assess episodic memory: A validation study in older adults

Use of immersive virtual reality to assess episodic memory: A validation study in older adults

Naturalistic assessments in virtual reality and in real life help resolve the age-prospective memory paradox

Development and usefulness of a virtual reality-based training program for promoting subjective well-being: A preliminary study

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