REVIEW article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Human Developmental Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1583052
This article is part of the Research TopicThe use of video games and other technologies as intervention tools in neurodevelopmental disorders: perspectives and challengesView all 5 articles
A narrative review of virtual reality programs targeting executive functions and social cognition evaluation and/or rehabilitation in children with ADHD or ASD
Provisionally accepted
- Laboratoire Mémoire et Cognition, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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• This paper reviews 75 articles investigationg the use of virtual reality (VR) for the assessment or training of cognitive (e.g. executive functions) or social (e.g.. emotion recognition) skills in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.• Most of the studies involving children with ADHD focused on the assessment and training of attentional impairments, whereas interventions targeting social skills predominantly involved ASD participants.• A high variability was found across studies in both clinical design (number and duration of training sessions) and VR program characteristics including device, user perspective (first-vs third-person), level of immersion and interactivity.
Keywords: ADHD, ASD, assessment, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Pediatric Population, training, virtual reality Abbreviations: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD), Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Received: 25 Feb 2025; Accepted: 11 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Filippia DOULOU, Laboratoire Mémoire et Cognition, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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