Development of Cognitive Skills Using Virtual Reality Technology

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of research into the possibility of using virtual reality technology to develop learners’ cognitive abilities. It is shown that the use of special game technologies on the basis of the complex of virtual reality (Samsung Gear VR) promotes the development of cognitive abilities, including verbal and non-verbal ones (subtests 2–3 and subtests 7–8 of the Amthauer test), of mathematical abilities (subtests 5–6), of short-term memory (subtest 9 of Amthauer test), and also the development of the volume, alertness, stability and distribution of attention.

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Keywords: technology of virtual reality, game technology, development of cognitive skills

Journal rubric: General Psychology, Personality Psychology, History of Psychology

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Averin V.A., Malikova T.V., Kirillov D.S., Zemskikh P.V. Development of Cognitive Skills Using Virtual Reality Technology. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology, 2017. Vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 154–168. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Vyacheslav A. Averin, Doctor of Psychology, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St.Petersburg, Russia

Tatiana V. Malikova, PhD in Psychology, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St.Petersburg, Russia, e-mail: lotus_76@mail.ru

Dmitry S. Kirillov, Psychologist, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St.Petersburg, Russia, e-mail: dmitry@cerevrum.com

Philip V. Zemskikh, Psychologist, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St.Petersburg, Russia, e-mail: phil@cerevrum.com

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