MnemoCity Task: Assessment of Childrens Spatial Memory Using Stereoscopy and Virtual Environments

This paper presents the MnemoCity task, which is a 3D application that introduces the user into a totally 3D virtual environment to evaluate spatial short-term memory. A study has been carried out to validate the MnemoCity task for the assessment of spatial short-term memory in children, by comparin...

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Published in:PloS one 2016-08, Vol.11 (8), p.e0161858-e0161858
Main Authors: Rodríguez-Andrés, David, Juan, M-Carmen, Méndez-López, Magdalena, Pérez-Hernández, Elena, Lluch, Javier
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Animal memory
Biology and Life Sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Computer and Information Sciences
Correlation analysis
Engineering and Technology
Female
Gender differences
Humans
Hypotheses
Male
Medical screening
Memory tasks
Memory, Short-Term - physiology
Mental Recall
Neuropsychological Tests
People and Places
Random variables
Short term
Short term memory
Social Sciences
Spatial ability
Spatial analysis
Spatial memory
Spatial Memory - physiology
Statistical analysis
Statistical significance
Stereoscopic photography
Stereoscopy
Task Performance and Analysis
User interface
User-Computer Interface
Virtual environments
Virtual memory systems
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Summary:This paper presents the MnemoCity task, which is a 3D application that introduces the user into a totally 3D virtual environment to evaluate spatial short-term memory. A study has been carried out to validate the MnemoCity task for the assessment of spatial short-term memory in children, by comparing the children's performance in the developed task with current approaches. A total of 160 children participated in the study. The task incorporates two types of interaction: one based on standard interaction and another one based on natural interaction involving physical movement by the user. There were no statistically significant differences in the results of the task using the two types of interaction. Furthermore, statistically significant differences were not found in relation to gender. The correlations between scores were obtained using the MnemoCity task and a traditional procedure for assessing spatial short-term memory. Those results revealed that the type of interaction used did not affect the performance of children in the MnemoCity task.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0161858