Table 1.

The validation tasks, authors, and total number of studies examining general executive functioning.

VRa target construct and validation task			Validation		Authors		Studies examining the construct, n (%)
Executive functioning: general								7 (37)
	D-KEFSb [77] TMT-Ac and TMT-Bd STe Modified version of the SETf HTTg ZMTh	Implicit		Banville et al [61]i
	ST TMT-A TMT-B	Implicit		Davison et al [62]j
	TMT-B OTSk CANTABl VFTm	Explicit		Miskowiak et al [63]
	TMT-A TMT-B	Explicit		Pallavicini et al [64]
	Groton Maze Learning Test (Cogstate)	Implicit		Porffy et al [65]
	None specifically reported	N/An		Tan et al [66]
	None specifically reported	N/A		Tsai et al [67]

^aVR: virtual reality.

^bD-KEFS: Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System.

^cTMT-A: Trail-Making Test version A.

^dTMT-B: Trail-Making Test version B.

^eST: Stroop test.

^fSET: Six Elements Test.

^gHTT: Tower of Hanoi test.

^hZMT: Zoo Map Test.

ⁱThe VR task was predominantly a sorting task for executive functioning assessment. The comparative assessments that validated this assessment were detailed under “executive function” broadly as the paper did not specify which components of the VR task the comparative tasks aimed to validate.

^jThe VR task was reported to assess executive functioning. The comparative assessments that validated this assessment were detailed under “executive function” broadly as the paper did not specify which components of the VR task the comparative tasks aimed to validate.

^kOTS: One Touch Stockings of Cambridge.

^lCANTAB: Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery.

^mVFT: verbal fluency test.

ⁿN/A: not applicable.