Resumen de The assessment of visuospatial abilities with tangible interfaces and machine learning
Antonio Cerrato, Michela Ponticorvo, Onofrio Gigliotta, Paolo Bartolomeo, Orazio Miglino
Visuospatial abilities are framed in the capacity of perceiving,acting and reasoning in function of spatial coordinates, permitting to identify visual and spatial relationships among objects. They represent the set of skills conferring individuals the ability to interact with the surrounding world. Whenever spatial cognition is impaired it is important to correctly assess visuospatial abilities. Scientific literature, for this purpose, reports many diagnostic tools that have been adopted by clinicians and neuropsychologists.In this paper we present a prototype that aims to evaluate the visuospatial abilities that are related to how individuals explore their peripersonal space. In particular, the presented tool makes use of tangible interfaces and augmented reality systems.In the final part of this study we describe the implementation of an ecological test for the assessment of visuospatial abilities through our prototype by highlighting its advantage in terms of data collection and analysis.
