Gaze-based attention refocusing training in virtual reality for adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by substantial interindividual heterogeneity that challenges the systematic assessment and treatment. Considering mixed evidence from previous neurofeedback research, we present a novel feedback system that relies on gaze behavior to detect signs of inattention while performing a neuropsychological attention task in a virtual seminar room. More specifically, an audiovisual feedback was given whenever participants averted their gaze from the given task.

Methods

Eighteen adults with ADHD and 18 healthy controls performed a continuous performance task (CPT) in virtual reality under three counterbalanced conditions in which either gaze-based feedback, sham feedback, or no feedback was provided. In all co

SUBMITTER: Selaskowski B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879564 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature