Assessing visual perception in virtual reality environments.

Abstract

Recent trends in cognitive psychology have highlighted the significance of the situated context with which individuals must carry out cognitive processes. Understanding the cognitive and biological mechanisms which permit people to negotiate their environment is therefore of paramount importance. Considering this with the widely establishing relationship between STEM educational success and spatial ability, this study aimed to develop authentic psychometric assessments of visual perception in virtual reality environments. It is envisioned that the development of such tests could be used in the determination of a potential relationship between visual perception and success in STEM. The findings of this study offer significant insight into the progression of this agenda from a methodological approach. The pertinent cognitive implications are