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ClinicaVR

Authors:

Annie Stipanicic,

Yves Lachapelle,

Dany Lussier-Desrochers,

Albert "Skip" Rizzo,

Philippe AllainAuthors Info & Claims

Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 59, Issue C

Pages 327 - 333

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.023

Published: 01 June 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Having garnered interest both in clinic and research areas, the Virtual Classroom (Rizzo et al., 2000) assesses children's attention in a virtual context. The Digital MediaWorks team (www.dmw.ca) has evolved the original basic classroom concept over a number of iterations to form the ClinicaVR Suite containing the Classroom-CPT as one of its components. The present study has three aims: investigate certain validity and reliability aspects of the tool; examine the relationship between performance in the virtual test and the attendant sense of presence and cybersickness experienced by participants; assess potential effects of gender and age on performance in the test. The study was conducted with 102 children and adolescents from Grade 2 to Grade 10. All participants were enrolled in a regular school program. Results support both concurrent and construct validity as well as temporal stability of ClinicaVR: Classroom-Continuous Performance Test (CPT). Gender exerted no effect on performance, while age did. The test did not cause much cybersickness. We recommend ClinicaVR: Classroom-CPT as an assessment tool for selective and sustained attention, and inhibition, in clinic and research domains. This study support the validity and temporal stability of ClinicaVR: Classroom-CPT.The ClinicaVR: Classroom-CPT improves the neuropsychological assessment from an ecological perspective.The ClinicaVR: Classroom-CPT is recommended to evaluate attention and inhibition deficits in children and adolescents.

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Computers in Human Behavior Volume 59, Issue C

June 2016

483 pages

ISSN:0747-5632

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