Virtual Reality for Enhanced Ecological Validity and Experimental Control in the Clinical, Affective and Social Neurosciences

• Published in: Frontiers in human neuroscience Vol. 9; p. 660
• Main Author: Parsons, Thomas D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 11.12.2015; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Behavior; Cognitive psychology; Computer applications; Ecological Validity; Laboratories; Memory; Neuropsychological Tests; Neuropsychology; Neuroscience; Neurosciences; Research methodology; Social interactions; social neuroscience; Validity; Virtual reality; neuropsychology; social neuroscience; virtual reality; neuropsychological tests; ecological validity

An essential tension can be found between researchers interested in ecological validity and those concerned with maintaining experimental control. Research in the human neurosciences often involves the use of simple and static stimuli lacking many of the potentially important aspects of real world a...