Executive functions in a virtual world: a study in Parkinson's disease

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2010:154:92-6.

Abstract

In Parkinson's disease executive functions are altered. We used a Virtual Reality version of the Multiple Errand Test in order to evaluate decision-making ability in 12 patients and 14 controls. Patients with Parkinson's disease, even if not-demented, showed strategies full of errors, suggesting that impulse control disorder, very frequent in course of disease, could precede cognitive dysfunctions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Decision Making
  • Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
  • Executive Function*
  • Humans
  • Parkinson Disease / physiopathology*
  • Task Performance and Analysis
  • User-Computer Interface*