The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality

Chihiro Hosoda; Kyosuke Futami; Kenchi Hosokawa; Yuko Isogaya; Tsutomu Terada; Kazushi Maruya; Kazuo Okanoya

doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02957-x

The structure of the superior and inferior parietal lobes predicts inter-individual suitability for virtual reality

Chihiro Hosoda, Kyosuke Futami, Kenchi Hosokawa, Yuko Isogaya, Tsutomu Terada, Kazushi Maruya, Kazuo Okanoya

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The global virtual reality (VR) market is significantly expanding and being challenged with an increased demand owing to COVID-19. Unfortunately, VR is not useful for everyone due to large interindividual variability existing in VR suitability. To understand the neurobiological basis of this variability, we obtained neural structural and functional data from the participants using 3T magnetic resonance imaging. The participants completed one of two tasks (sports training or cognitive task) using VR, which differed in the time scale (months/minutes) and domain (motor learning/attention task). Behavioral results showed that some participants improved their motor skills in the real world after 1-month training in the virtual space or obtained high scores in the 3D attention task (high suitability for VR), whereas others did not (low suitability for VR). Brain structure analysis revealed that the structural properties of the superior and inferior parietal lobes contain information that can predict an individual’s suitability for VR.

Original language	English
Article number	23688
Journal	Scientific reports
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02957-x
Publication status	Published - 2021 Dec
Externally published	Yes

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