Daniel Pérez-Garín, Patricia Recio, Prado Silván-Ferrero, Encarnación Nouvilas, María José Fuster-Ruiz de Apodaca
How to cope with disabilities: Development and psychometric properties of the Coping With Disability Difficulties Scale (CDDS)
Rehabilitation psychology
spatial cognition plays crucial role academic achievement particularly science technology engineering mathematics stem domains immersive virtual environments vrs growing potential reduce cognitive load improve spatial reasoning however traditional methods struggle assess mental effort required visuospatial processes due difficulty verbalizing actions limitations selfreported evaluations neuroergonomics study aimed capture neural activity associated cognitive workload visuospatial tasks evaluate impact visualization medium visuospatial task performance utilized functional nearinfrared spectroscopy fnirs wearable neuroimaging assess cognitive effort spatialreasoningbased problemsolving compared vr computer screen physical realworld task presentation results reveal higher neural efficiency prefrontal cortex pfc 3d geometry puzzles vr settings compared settings physical world computer screen vr appears reduce visuospatial task load facilitating spatial visualization providing visual cues makes valuable tool spatial cognition training especially beginners additionally multimodal approach allows progressively increasing task complexity maintaining challenge throughout training study underscores potential vr developing spatial skills highlights value comparing brain data human interaction across different training settings