The Applicability and Benefits of Virtual Reality for the Cognitive Sciences: The Case of Context-Dependent Memory

Tycho T. de Back; Angelica M. Tinga; Rens van Hoef; Erwin M. Peters; Max M. Louwerse

The Applicability and Benefits of Virtual Reality for the Cognitive Sciences: The Case of Context-Dependent Memory

Tycho T. de Back, Angelica M. Tinga, Rens van Hoef, Erwin M. Peters, Max M. Louwerse

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Immersive virtual reality (VR) offers important benefits over non-immersive displays, such as increased ecological validity and high experimental control. Studies in cognitive science using immersive VR are however still rather limited in number. The current paper illustrates the opportunities to apply VR in the cognitive sciences by using an immersive adaptation of a classic study by Godden and Baddeley (1975) on environmental context-dependent memory (ECDM). In this memory study, retrieval was facilitated when the context between learning and testing matched. In line with the literature showing small effects for context-dependent recall, the current study indicated a marginally significant ECDM effect for one virtual context, but when deep processing was controlled, a significant ECDM effect was obtained. In demonstrating the applicability and benefits of immersive VR, this study at last opens a doorway to the large-scale implementation of immersive VR for the cognitive sciences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2018
Publisher	The Cognitive Science Society
Pages	293-298
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9780991196784
Publication status	Published - Jul 2018
Event	40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Changing Minds, CogSci 2018 - Madison, United States Duration: 25 Jul 2018 → 28 Jul 2018 Conference number: 40

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Conference	40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Changing Minds, CogSci 2018
Abbreviated title	CogScie 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Madison
Period	25/07/18 → 28/07/18

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Learning strategies
Virtual Reality (VR)

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de Back, T. T., Tinga, A. M., van Hoef, R., Peters, E. M., & Louwerse, M. M. (2018). The Applicability and Benefits of Virtual Reality for the Cognitive Sciences: The Case of Context-Dependent Memory. In Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2018 (pp. 293-298). The Cognitive Science Society. https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2018/papers/0367/index.html

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de Back, TT, Tinga, AM, van Hoef, R, Peters, EM & Louwerse, MM 2018, The Applicability and Benefits of Virtual Reality for the Cognitive Sciences: The Case of Context-Dependent Memory. in Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2018. The Cognitive Science Society, pp. 293-298, 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Changing Minds, CogSci 2018, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 25/07/18. <https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2018/papers/0367/index.html>

The Applicability and Benefits of Virtual Reality for the Cognitive Sciences: The Case of Context-Dependent Memory. / de Back, Tycho T.; Tinga, Angelica M.; van Hoef, Rens et al.
Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2018. The Cognitive Science Society, 2018. p. 293-298.

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