Attention and impulsivity assessment using virtual reality games
Abstract The assessment of cognitive functions is mainly based on standardized neuropsychological tests, widely used in various fields such as personnel recruitment, education, or health. This paper presents a virtual reality game that allows collecting continuous measurements of both the performanc...
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| author | David Mendez-Encinas Aaron Sujar Sofia Bayona David Delgado-Gomez |
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| description | Abstract The assessment of cognitive functions is mainly based on standardized neuropsychological tests, widely used in various fields such as personnel recruitment, education, or health. This paper presents a virtual reality game that allows collecting continuous measurements of both the performance and behaviour of the subject in an immersive, controllable, and naturalistic experience. The application registers variables related to the user’s eye movements through the use of virtual reality goggles, as well as variables of the game performance. We study how virtual reality can provide data to help predict scores on the Attention Control Scale Test and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. We design the application and test it with a pilot group. We build a random forest regressor model to predict the attention and impulsivity scales’ total score. When evaluating the performance of the model, we obtain a positive correlation with attention (0.434) and with impulsivity (0.382). In addition, our model identified that the most significant variables are the time spent looking at the target or at distractors, the eye movements variability, the number of blinks and the pupil dilation in both attention and impulsivity. Our results are consistent with previous results in the literature showing that it is possible to use data collected in virtual reality to predict the degree of attention and impulsivity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8dbaa69120034b708de9f402616493c82023-11-20T09:08:46ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-08-0113111010.1038/s41598-023-40455-4Attention and impulsivity assessment using virtual reality gamesDavid Mendez-Encinas0Aaron Sujar1Sofia Bayona2David Delgado-Gomez3Departamento de Estádistica, Universidad Carlos III de MadridDepartamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad Rey Juan CarlosDepartamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad Rey Juan CarlosDepartamento de Estádistica, Universidad Carlos III de MadridAbstract The assessment of cognitive functions is mainly based on standardized neuropsychological tests, widely used in various fields such as personnel recruitment, education, or health. This paper presents a virtual reality game that allows collecting continuous measurements of both the performance and behaviour of the subject in an immersive, controllable, and naturalistic experience. The application registers variables related to the user’s eye movements through the use of virtual reality goggles, as well as variables of the game performance. We study how virtual reality can provide data to help predict scores on the Attention Control Scale Test and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. We design the application and test it with a pilot group. We build a random forest regressor model to predict the attention and impulsivity scales’ total score. When evaluating the performance of the model, we obtain a positive correlation with attention (0.434) and with impulsivity (0.382). In addition, our model identified that the most significant variables are the time spent looking at the target or at distractors, the eye movements variability, the number of blinks and the pupil dilation in both attention and impulsivity. Our results are consistent with previous results in the literature showing that it is possible to use data collected in virtual reality to predict the degree of attention and impulsivity.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40455-4 |
| spellingShingle | David Mendez-Encinas Aaron Sujar Sofia Bayona David Delgado-Gomez Attention and impulsivity assessment using virtual reality games Scientific Reports |
| title | Attention and impulsivity assessment using virtual reality games |
| title_full | Attention and impulsivity assessment using virtual reality games |
| title_fullStr | Attention and impulsivity assessment using virtual reality games |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attention and impulsivity assessment using virtual reality games |
| title_short | Attention and impulsivity assessment using virtual reality games |
| title_sort | attention and impulsivity assessment using virtual reality games |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40455-4 |
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