Attentional capacity matters for visuomotor adaptation to a virtual reality driving simulator.

ABSTRACT: Studies have shown that adaptation to a virtual reality driving simulator takes time and that individuals differ widely in the time they need to adapt. The present study examined the relationship between attentional capacity and driving-simulator adaptation, with the hypothesis that individuals with better attentional capacity would exhibit more efficient adaptation to novel virtual driving circumstances. To this end, participants were asked to steer in a driving simulator through a series of 100 bends while keeping within a central demarcated zone. Adaptation was assessed from changes in steering behavior (steering performance: time spent within the zone, steering stability, steering reversal rate) over the course of the bends. Attentional capacity was assessed with two dynamic visual att

SUBMITTER: Lobjois R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11584864 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature