Neuropsychological assessment of visual selective attention and processing capacity with head-mounted displays

• Published in: Neuropsychology Vol. 33; no. 3; p. 309
• Main Authors: Foerster, Rebecca M, Poth, Christian H, Behler, Christian, Botsch, Mario, Schneider, Werner X
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Attention - physiology; Cognition - physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Neuropsychological Tests; Photic Stimulation; Reaction Time - physiology; Reproducibility of Results; Virtual Reality; Visual Perception - physiology; Young Adult

Neuropsychological patients often suffer from impairments in visual selective attention and processing capacity components. Their assessment demands a high standardization of testing conditions, which is difficult to achieve across institutions. Head-mounted displays (HMDs) provide a solution. These...