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dc.contributor.authorCanty, Allana L
dc.contributor.authorFleming, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorPatterson, Freyr
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Heather J
dc.contributor.authorMan, David
dc.contributor.authorShum, David HK
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-04T00:52:41Z
dc.date.available2017-05-04T00:52:41Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn0960-2011
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09602011.2014.881746
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/67571
dc.description.abstractThe current study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity, convergent validity and ecological validity of a newly developed virtual reality prospective memory (PM) task (i.e., the Virtual Reality Shopping Task; VRST) for use with individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Thirty individuals with severe TBI and 24 uninjured adults matched on age, gender and education level were administered the VRST, a lexical decision PM task (LDPMT), an index of task-friendliness and a cognitive assessment battery. Significant others rated disruptions in the TBI participants' occupational activities, interpersonal relationships and independent living skills. The performance of the TBI group was significantly poorer than that of controls on event-based PM as measured by the LDPMT, and on time- and event-based PM as measured by the VRST. Performance on the VRST significantly predicted significant others' ratings of patients' occupational activities and independent living skills. The VRST was rated as significantly more reflective of an everyday activity, interesting and was afforded a higher recommendation than the LDPMT. For the TBI group, event and total PM performance on the VRST significantly correlated with performance on measures of mental flexibility and verbal fluency, and total PM performance correlated with verbal memory. These results provide preliminary but promising evidence of the sensitivity, as well as the convergent and ecological validity of the VRST.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom238
dc.relation.ispartofpageto265
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNeuropsychological Rehabilitation
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleEvaluation of a virtual reality prospective memory task for use with individuals with severe traumatic brain injury
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyright© 2014 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation on 24 Feb 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09602011.2014.881746
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gro.griffith.authorGreen, Heather J.


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