Innovations in Cognitive-Assessment-Based Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Technologies
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2023) | Viewed by 10640
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cognitive and behavioral interactions with technology; VR and AR applications in diagnostic tests
Interests: neurocognitive control of movement; cognitive and motor assessment in aging and neurological disorders
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cognitive assessment has many applications: from clinical neuropsychological practice to educational and professional settings. Recent technological innovations allow for digitization of such cognitive assessment procedures. Relevant issues range from novel solutions to cognitive assessment, translation from analogue to digital measures, to challenges of technologies such as immersive environments.
The recent pandemic has clearly raised the need for reliable online testing. For instance, in clinical neuropsychology, certain diagnostic procedures may be performed through online platforms, which not only allows for social distancing but also reduces the need for travel and may increase the extent and level of detail of measurements.
Immersive technology also opens a window of opportunity for cognitive assessment. Alternative realities can be created to specifically address certain cognitive activities and, paradoxically, to test cognitive performance in richer and more realistic settings, compared to traditional paper-and-pencil tests.
Despite some obvious practical advantages, thorough examination of the use of such novel cognitive assessment procedures is imperative. For this Special Issue, we invite contributions reflecting on innovations in cognitive assessment, from any perspective: reliability, technological opportunities and limitations, ethical issues, individual differences to consider, relevance to specific disorders, patient populations, cognitive domains, age groups. We welcome both empirical and review submissions.
Dr. Ineke J.M. Van Der Ham
Dr. Marit Ruitenberg
Dr. Judith Schomaker
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Cognitive assessment
- Online diagnostics
- Virtual reality
- Augmented reality
- Individual differences
- Cognitive load
- Innovative methods
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