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. 2024 Feb 26;12:e50282. doi: 10.2196/50282

Table 2.

The validation tasks, authors, and total number of studies examining each construct.

VRa target construct and validation task Validation Authors Studies, n (%)
Inhibition or Inhibitory control 6 (32)

  • DPTb

  • GNGc

  • STd

Implicit Chicchi Giglioli et al [69]

  • DPT

  • GNG

  • ST

Explicit Chicchi Giglioli et al [68]

  • GNG

Implicit Marín-Morales et al [70]

  • CPTe

Implicit Voinescu et al [71]f

  • None specifically reported

N/Ag Parsons and Carlew [72]

  • ST

Implicit Parsons and Barnett [73]
Interference control 3 (16)

  • ST

Implicit Marín-Morales et al [70]h

  • The CW-ITi from the D-KEFSj

  • Automated neuropsychological assessment metrics

  • ST

Implicit Parsons and Carlew [72]

  • CW-IT from the D-KEFS

Implicit Parsons and Barnett [73]
Impulsivity 1 (5)

  • None specifically reported

N/A Chicchi Giglioli et al [68]

aVR: virtual reality.

bDPT: dot-probe task.

cGNG: Go/No-Go.

dST: Stroop test.

eCPT: continuous performance test.

fSome traditional tasks listed were included for divergent validity and, therefore, have been omitted from this table.

gN/A: not applicable.

hThe VR task involved 42 VR mini-games that assessed various cognitive constructs. A total of 4 mini-games and their target constructs were documented and included in this table; however, the comparative assessments were not provided, and an extensive list of all 42 mini-games was not provided.

iCW-IT: Color-Word Interference Test.

jD-KEFS: Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System.