Virtual Reality (VR) emerges as a promising technology capable of creating different scenarios in which the body, environment, and brain are closely related, proving enhancements in the diagnosis and treatment of several spatial memory deficits. In recent years, human spatial navigation has increasingly been studied in interactive virtual environments. However, navigational tasks are still not completely adapted in immersive 3D VR systems. We stipulate that an immersive Radial Arm Maze (RAM) is an excellent instrument, allowing the participants to be physically active within the maze exactly as in the walking RAM version in reality modality. RAM is a behavioral ecological task that allows the analyses of different facets of spatial memory, distinguishing declarative components from procedural ones. In addition to describing the characteristics of RAM, we will also analyze studies in which RAM has been used in virtual modality to provide suggestions into RAM building in immersive modality.

Application of Real and Virtual Radial Arm Maze Task in Human / Palombi, Tommaso; Mandolesi, Laura; Alivernini, Fabio; Chirico, Andrea; Lucidi, Fabio. - In: BRAIN SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3425. - (2022).

Application of Real and Virtual Radial Arm Maze Task in Human

Laura Mandolesi
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2022

Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) emerges as a promising technology capable of creating different scenarios in which the body, environment, and brain are closely related, proving enhancements in the diagnosis and treatment of several spatial memory deficits. In recent years, human spatial navigation has increasingly been studied in interactive virtual environments. However, navigational tasks are still not completely adapted in immersive 3D VR systems. We stipulate that an immersive Radial Arm Maze (RAM) is an excellent instrument, allowing the participants to be physically active within the maze exactly as in the walking RAM version in reality modality. RAM is a behavioral ecological task that allows the analyses of different facets of spatial memory, distinguishing declarative components from procedural ones. In addition to describing the characteristics of RAM, we will also analyze studies in which RAM has been used in virtual modality to provide suggestions into RAM building in immersive modality.
2022
Application of Real and Virtual Radial Arm Maze Task in Human / Palombi, Tommaso; Mandolesi, Laura; Alivernini, Fabio; Chirico, Andrea; Lucidi, Fabio. - In: BRAIN SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3425. - (2022).
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