In the last few years, advances in 360° technology emerged as an interesting alternative approach to create VR content by recording familiar environments before, and then showing them to participants on a head-mounted display (HMD) 3, 4. Virtual reality-based (VR) evaluation can be considered a new promising paradigm for neuropsychological assessment, able to provide an ecological evaluation of everyday cognitive impairments predicting real-world performance 1, compared to traditional paper-and-pencil or computerized neuropsychological batteries 2. Overall, this study offers evidence that EXIT 360° can be considered an ecological tool highly sensitive to detect subtle executive deficits in PwPD since the initial phases of the disease. Interestingly, EXIT 360° performance was not affected by technological usability issues. Moreover, indices from EXIT 360° showed higher diagnostic accuracy in predicting PD group membership compared to traditional neuropsychological tests. Classification analysis indicated the potential of the EXIT 360° for distinguishing between PwPD and HC in terms of executive functioning. A significant correlation appeared between neuropsychological tests and EXIT 360° scores, supporting a good convergent validity. Our findings revealed that PwPD made significantly more errors in completing EXIT 360° and took longer to conclude the test. 36 PwPD and 44 HC underwent a one-session evaluation that involved (1) neuropsychological evaluation of executive functionality using traditional paper-and-pencil tests, (2) EXIT 360° session and (3) usability assessment. ![]() This work aimed to test the diagnostic efficacy of EXIT 360° in distinguishing executive functioning between healthy controls (HC) and patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PwPD), a neurodegenerative disease in which executive dysfunction is the best-defined cognitive impairment in the early stage. EXecutive-functions Innovative Tool 360° (EXIT 360°) is an original 360° instrument for an ecologically valid and multicomponent evaluation of executive functioning.
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