Augmented reality for the assessment of children’s spatial memory in real settings
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UAM. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la EducaciónPublisher
Public Library of ScienceDate
2014-12-01Citation
10.1371/journal.pone.0113751
Plos One 9.12 (2014): e113751
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1932-6203 (online)DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0113751Funded by
Funded by the Spanish Government (MINECO) and European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) in the CHILDMNEMOS project TIN2012-37381-C02-01, Gobierno de Aragón (Dpt. Industria e Innovación), Fondo Social Europeo, Fundación Universitaria Antonio Gargallo and Obra Social IbercajaProject
Gobierno de España. TIN2012-37381-C02-01Editor's Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113751Subjects
Augmented reality; Child psychology; Spatial memory; Cognitive psychology; Child mental health; PsicologíaRights
© 2014 Juan et al.Abstract
Short-term memory can be defined as the capacity for holding a small amount of
information in mind in an active state for a short period of time. Although some instruments have been developed to study spatial short-term memory in real
environments, there are no instruments that are specifically designed to assess
visuospatial short-term memory in an attractive way to children. In this paper, we
present the ARSM (Augmented Reality Spatial Memory) task, the first Augmented
Reality task that involves a user’s movement to assess spatial short-term memory
in healthy children. The experimental procedure of the ARSM task was designed to
assess the children’s skill to retain visuospatial information. They were individually
asked to remember the real place where augmented reality objects were located.
The children (N576) were divided into two groups: preschool (5–6 year olds) and
primary school (7–8 year olds). We found a significant improvement in ARSM task
performance in the older group. The correlations between scores for the ARSM task
and traditional procedures were significant. These traditional procedures were the
Dot Matrix subtest for the assessment of visuospatial short-term memory of the
computerized AWMA-2 battery and a parent’s questionnaire about a child’s
everyday spatial memory. Hence, we suggest that the ARSM task has high
verisimilitude with spatial short-term memory skills in real life. In addition, we
evaluated the ARSM task’s usability and perceived satisfaction. The study revealed
that the younger children were more satisfied with the ARSM task. This novel
instrument could be useful in detecting visuospatial short-term difficulties that affect
specific developmental navigational disorders and/or school academic achievement
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Méndez López, Magdalena
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Pérez Hernández, Elena
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Albiol Pérez, Sergio
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