The Virtual City Paradigm^TM for Testing Visuo-Spatial Memory, Executive Functions and Cognitive Strategies in Children With ADHD: A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT: Navigation is a complex process, requiring target localization, route planning or retrieval, and physical displacement. Executive functions (EFs) such as working memory, inhibition and planning are fundamental for succeeding in this complex activity and are often impaired in Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Our aim was to analyze the feasibility of a new ecological navigation task, the Virtual City paradigm™ (VC™) to test visuo-spatial memory and EFs in children with ADHD. Visuo-spatial short and working memory, inhibition and planning skills were tested with standardized tasks. The VC™, a new paradigm developed by our group, used the Virtual Carpet^TM technology, consisting of a virtual town with houses, streets and crossroads projected on the ground. It incl

SUBMITTER: Del Lucchese B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8406804 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature