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ArticlePloS one2023

Assessment of goal-directed behavior with the 3D videogame EPELI: Psychometric features in a web-based adult sample.

Jussi Jylkkä, Liisa Ritakallio, Liya Merzon, Suvi Kangas, Matthias Kliegel, Sascha Zuber, Alexandra Hering, Juha Salmi, Matti Laine

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Jussi JylkkäDepartment of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-0655-5977
Liisa RitakallioDepartment of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Liya MerzonDepartment of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
Suvi KangasDepartment of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8701-8929
Matthias KliegelFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sascha ZuberCentre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Alexandra HeringFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Juha SalmiDepartment of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
Matti LaineDepartment of Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.

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Abstract

EPELI (Executive Performance in Everyday LIving) is a recently developed gaming tool for objective assessment of goal-directed behavior and prospective memory (PM) in everyday contexts. This pre-registered study examined psychometric features of a new EPELI adult online version, modified from the original child version and further developed for self-administered web-based testing at home. A sample of 255 healthy adults completed EPELI where their task was to perform household chores instructed by a virtual character. The participants also filled out PM-related questionnaires and a diary and performed two conventional PM tasks and an intelligence test. We expected that the more "life-like" EPELI task would show stronger associations with conventional PM questionnaires and diary-based everyday PM reports than traditional PM tasks would do. This hypothesis did not receive support. Although EPELI was rated as more similar to everyday tasks, performance in it was not associated with the questionnaires and the diary. However, there were associations between time-monitoring behavior in EPELI and the traditional PM tasks. Taken together, online adult-EPELI was found to be a reliable method with high ecological face validity, but its convergent validity requires further research.

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GoalsMemory, EpisodicActivities of Daily LivingAdultChildHumansInternetNeuropsychological TestsPsychometrics

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PMCPMC10030028

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