A Simple and Effective Way to Study Executive Functions by Using 360° Videos
Executive dysfunctions constitute a significant public health problem due to their high impact on everyday life and personal independence. Therefore, the identification of early strategies to assess and rehabilitate these impairments appears to be a priority. The ecological limitations of traditiona...
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| description | Executive dysfunctions constitute a significant public health problem due to their high impact on everyday life and personal independence. Therefore, the identification of early strategies to assess and rehabilitate these impairments appears to be a priority. The ecological limitations of traditional neuropsychological tests and the numerous difficulties in administering tests in real-life scenarios have led to the increasing use of virtual reality (VR) and 360° environment-based tools for assessing executive functions (EFs) in real life. This perspective aims at proposing the development and implementation of Executive-functions Innovative Tool 360° (EXIT 360°), an innovative, enjoyable, and ecologically valid tool for a multidimensional and multicomponent evaluation of executive dysfunctions. EXIT 360° allows a complete and integrated executive functioning assessment through an original task for EFs delivered via a mobile-powered VR headset combined with eye tracker (ET) and electroencephalograms (EEG). Our tool is born as a 360°-based instrument, easily accessible and clinically usable, that will radically transform clinicians’ and patient’s assessment experience. In EXIT 360°, patients are engaged in a “game for health,” where they must perform everyday subtasks in 360° daily life environments. In this way, the clinicians can obtain quickly more ecologically valid information about several aspects of EFs (e.g., planning, problem-solving). Moreover, the multimodal approach allows completing the assessment of EFs by integrating verbal responses, reaction times, and physiological data (eye movements and brain activation). Overall, EXIT 360° will allow obtaining simultaneously and in real time more information about executive dysfunction and its impact in real life, allowing clinicians to tailor the rehabilitation to the subject’s needs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9cf653154390453f871884408f2cdd5c2022-12-21T22:39:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2021-04-011510.3389/fnins.2021.622095622095A Simple and Effective Way to Study Executive Functions by Using 360° VideosFrancesca Borgnis0Francesca Borgnis1Francesca Baglio2Elisa Pedroli3Elisa Pedroli4Federica Rossetto5Giuseppe Riva6Giuseppe Riva7Pietro Cipresso8Pietro Cipresso9IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, ItalyIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus, Milan, ItalyApplied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, ItalyFaculty of Psychology, eCampus University, Novedrate, ItalyIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, ItalyApplied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, ItalyApplied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, ItalyExecutive dysfunctions constitute a significant public health problem due to their high impact on everyday life and personal independence. Therefore, the identification of early strategies to assess and rehabilitate these impairments appears to be a priority. The ecological limitations of traditional neuropsychological tests and the numerous difficulties in administering tests in real-life scenarios have led to the increasing use of virtual reality (VR) and 360° environment-based tools for assessing executive functions (EFs) in real life. This perspective aims at proposing the development and implementation of Executive-functions Innovative Tool 360° (EXIT 360°), an innovative, enjoyable, and ecologically valid tool for a multidimensional and multicomponent evaluation of executive dysfunctions. EXIT 360° allows a complete and integrated executive functioning assessment through an original task for EFs delivered via a mobile-powered VR headset combined with eye tracker (ET) and electroencephalograms (EEG). Our tool is born as a 360°-based instrument, easily accessible and clinically usable, that will radically transform clinicians’ and patient’s assessment experience. In EXIT 360°, patients are engaged in a “game for health,” where they must perform everyday subtasks in 360° daily life environments. In this way, the clinicians can obtain quickly more ecologically valid information about several aspects of EFs (e.g., planning, problem-solving). Moreover, the multimodal approach allows completing the assessment of EFs by integrating verbal responses, reaction times, and physiological data (eye movements and brain activation). Overall, EXIT 360° will allow obtaining simultaneously and in real time more information about executive dysfunction and its impact in real life, allowing clinicians to tailor the rehabilitation to the subject’s needs.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.622095/fullexecutive functionsassessmenteye trackerEEGmachine learning360° environments |
| spellingShingle | Francesca Borgnis Francesca Borgnis Francesca Baglio Elisa Pedroli Elisa Pedroli Federica Rossetto Giuseppe Riva Giuseppe Riva Pietro Cipresso Pietro Cipresso A Simple and Effective Way to Study Executive Functions by Using 360° Videos Frontiers in Neuroscience executive functions assessment eye tracker EEG machine learning 360° environments |
| title | A Simple and Effective Way to Study Executive Functions by Using 360° Videos |
| title_full | A Simple and Effective Way to Study Executive Functions by Using 360° Videos |
| title_fullStr | A Simple and Effective Way to Study Executive Functions by Using 360° Videos |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Simple and Effective Way to Study Executive Functions by Using 360° Videos |
| title_short | A Simple and Effective Way to Study Executive Functions by Using 360° Videos |
| title_sort | simple and effective way to study executive functions by using 360° videos |
| topic | executive functions assessment eye tracker EEG machine learning 360° environments |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.622095/full |
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