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Virtual reality for spatial navigation

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Jeung,  Sein
Department of Biological Psychology and Neuroergonomics, TU Berlin, Germany;
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;
Department Psychology (Doeller), MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society;

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Jeung, S., Hilton, C., Berg, T., Gehrke, L., & Gramann, K. (2023). Virtual reality for spatial navigation. In C. Maymon, G. Grimshaw, & Y. C. Wu (Eds.), Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (pp. 103-129). Cham: Springer. doi:10.1007/7854_2022_403.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-0780-B
Abstract
Immersive virtual reality (VR) allows its users to experience physical space in a non-physical world. It has developed into a powerful research tool to investigate the neural basis of human spatial navigation as an embodied experience. The task of wayfinding can be carried out by using a wide range of strategies, leading to the recruitment of various sensory modalities and brain areas in real-life scenarios. While traditional desktop-based VR setups primarily focus on vision-based navigation, immersive VR setups, especially mobile variants, can efficiently account for motor processes that constitute locomotion in the physical world, such as head-turning and walking. When used in combination with mobile neuroimaging methods, immersive VR affords a natural mode of locomotion and high immersion in experimental settings, designing an embodied spatial experience. This in turn facilitates ecologically valid investigation of the neural underpinnings of spatial navigation.