A virtual kitchen protocol to measure everyday memory functioning for meal preparation

Michael D. Barnett; Lucas G. Childers; Thomas D. Parsons

doi:10.3390/brainsci11050571

A virtual kitchen protocol to measure everyday memory functioning for meal preparation

Michael D. Barnett, Lucas G. Childers, Thomas D. Parsons

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In this study, we developed the Virtual Kitchen Protocol (VKP), a virtual reality-based measure of everyday memory functioning for meal preparation tasks. We investigated the construct validity of the VKP by comparing the performance of young adults (n = 41) and older adults without (n = 52) and with (n = 7) a neurocognitive diagnosis, as well as by examining correlations with standardized measures of verbal and visual memory. The results show that young adults had higher recall than older adults and that the VKP was sensitive to neurocognitive impairment among older adults. The VKP demonstrated moderate to high correlations with other memory tests. These results support the construct validity of the VKP and suggest that it holds promise as a virtual reality-based measure of memory for meal preparation tasks.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	571
Journal	Brain Sciences
Volume	11
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11050571
State	Published - May 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Activities of daily living
Computer use
Instrumental activities of daily living
Older adults
Serious games
Verbal memory
Video games
Visual memory

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General Neuroscience

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