Episodic Memory Assessment and Remediation in Normal and Pathological Aging Using Virtual Reality: A Mini Review
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6 février 2019
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- hal: hal-04025200
- doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00173
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Valentina La Corte et al., « Episodic Memory Assessment and Remediation in Normal and Pathological Aging Using Virtual Reality: A Mini Review », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00173
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Life expectancy is constantly increasing in developed countries. Unfortunately, a longerlife does not always correspond to a healthier life, as even normal aging is associatedwith cognitive decline and increased risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases.Episodic memory (EM) is one of the most vulnerable cognitive functions in aging,and its decline is the hallmark of typical Alzheimer’s disease. This memory systemis defined as the ability to acquire and recollect personally experienced episodesassociated with a specific affective, spatial, and temporal context. However, most of theneuropsychological and experimental tasks currently employed to assess EM consistin learning simple material (e.g., list of words) in highly stereotyped contexts. In thesame vein, classical paper-and-pencil or numeric remediation tools have shown theirlimitations in the transfer of acquired skills to daily life. Virtual reality (VR), thanks to itsimmersive properties, and the possibility of delivering realistic and complex scenarios,seems a promising tool to address the limitations of the assessment and remediation ofEM. Here, we review existing studies employing VR in normal and pathological agingto assess and reeducate EM. Overall, we show that VR has been mainly used vianon-immersive systems. Further studies should, therefore, test the impact of differentdegrees of immersion. Moreover, there is a lack of VR remediation tools specificallytargeting EM. We propose that future studies should fill this gap, addressing in particularthe adaptivity of VR remediation protocols.
