Virtual reality programs targeting executive functions and social cognition evaluation and/or rehabilitation in children with ADHD or ASD-A narrative review.

ABSTRACT: Various studies have underlined the possible effectiveness of innovative techniques, such as virtual reality (VR), during the assessment or the rehabilitation of cognition in clinical pediatric populations. This study aims to (a) review the VR environments designed to assess and/or enhance executive functions (EFs) and theory of mind (ToM) domains in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders and (b) evaluate the sensitivity and the efficacy of these VR tools. Following an overview of these studies (e.g., purpose and results), our study has two further goals: (1) to provide the methodological dimensions of each study (target skills/processes and clinical populations), and (2) to highlight the VR characteristics (e.g., sense of presence and immersive experience, the user's p

SUBMITTER: Doulou F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12626792 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature