The immersive virtual memory task: Assessing object-location memory in neurological patients using immersive virtual reality

Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2023 Sep 20:1-29. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2023.2256957. Online ahead of print.

Julia Belger^{1

2}, Marie Blume^{1

2}, Mert Akbal², Paul Chojecki³, Jeroen de Mooij², Michael Gaebler², Felix Klotzsche², Stephan Krohn^{4

5}, Mustafa Tevfik Lafci³, Eva Quinque^{1

2}, Johanne Tromp², Arno Villringer^{1

2

5}, Carsten Finke^{4

5}, Angelika Thöne-Otto^{1

2}

¹ Clinic for Cognitive Neurology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
² Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz Institute, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Abstract

German Clinical Trials Register identifier: DRKS00024005.

Keywords: Immersive virtual reality; Natural hand interaction; Neuropsychological assessment; Object-location memory; Spatial memory.