The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality
Abstract The global virtual reality (VR) market is significantly expanding and being challenged with an increased demand owing to COVID-19. Unfortunately, VR is not useful for everyone due to large interindividual variability existing in VR suitability. To understand the neurobiological basis of thi...
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| author | Chihiro Hosoda Kyosuke Futami Kenchi Hosokawa Yuko Isogaya Tsutomu Terada Kazushi Maruya Kazuo Okanoya |
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| description | Abstract The global virtual reality (VR) market is significantly expanding and being challenged with an increased demand owing to COVID-19. Unfortunately, VR is not useful for everyone due to large interindividual variability existing in VR suitability. To understand the neurobiological basis of this variability, we obtained neural structural and functional data from the participants using 3T magnetic resonance imaging. The participants completed one of two tasks (sports training or cognitive task) using VR, which differed in the time scale (months/minutes) and domain (motor learning/attention task). Behavioral results showed that some participants improved their motor skills in the real world after 1-month training in the virtual space or obtained high scores in the 3D attention task (high suitability for VR), whereas others did not (low suitability for VR). Brain structure analysis revealed that the structural properties of the superior and inferior parietal lobes contain information that can predict an individual’s suitability for VR. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-625a3c09a0c84db6b1e5c1a9237693ed2022-12-21T22:41:35ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222021-12-0111111210.1038/s41598-021-02957-xThe structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual realityChihiro Hosoda0Kyosuke Futami1Kenchi Hosokawa2Yuko Isogaya3Tsutomu Terada4Kazushi Maruya5Kazuo Okanoya6Department of Life Science Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of TokyoCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan UniversityAdvanced Comprehensive Research Organization, Teikyo UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University HospitalDepartment of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe UniversityHuman Information Science Laboratory, Communication Science Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationDepartment of Life Science Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of TokyoAbstract The global virtual reality (VR) market is significantly expanding and being challenged with an increased demand owing to COVID-19. Unfortunately, VR is not useful for everyone due to large interindividual variability existing in VR suitability. To understand the neurobiological basis of this variability, we obtained neural structural and functional data from the participants using 3T magnetic resonance imaging. The participants completed one of two tasks (sports training or cognitive task) using VR, which differed in the time scale (months/minutes) and domain (motor learning/attention task). Behavioral results showed that some participants improved their motor skills in the real world after 1-month training in the virtual space or obtained high scores in the 3D attention task (high suitability for VR), whereas others did not (low suitability for VR). Brain structure analysis revealed that the structural properties of the superior and inferior parietal lobes contain information that can predict an individual’s suitability for VR.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02957-x |
| spellingShingle | Chihiro Hosoda Kyosuke Futami Kenchi Hosokawa Yuko Isogaya Tsutomu Terada Kazushi Maruya Kazuo Okanoya The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality Scientific Reports |
| title | The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality |
| title_full | The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality |
| title_fullStr | The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality |
| title_full_unstemmed | The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality |
| title_short | The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality |
| title_sort | structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter individual suitability for virtual reality |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02957-x |
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