ASSESSMENT & RESEARCH STUDY PARTICIPATION
Our online assessment includes a new generation of task that we have recently developed to identify individuals who may be affected by DTD. Your participation in the assessment will provide you with information about your orientation skills (and lack of), and at the same time provide us with measures that will help us to better understand DTD. The assessment is made up of two parts. The first part requires you to read our consent form and answer a series of questionnaires; the second part consists of a set of interactive tasks. You do not need to complete all the tasks at once, your progress is saved at the end of each task. After you have completed our online assessment, you will receive a feedback, and have access to our training program. Access to the online assessments is provided through an account on our forum. Click here to access the forums and testing platform (or click the tab forum above).
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TRAINING PROGRAM
Our training program consists of a series of sessions in which you will practice how to reach different locations within a virtual (video game like) town. Locations are identified with different environmental landmarks, and practice increases in difficulty as landmarks become more distant from one another. The training program simulates the development of orientation and navigational skills as it occurs in children. At this time, the training program is available only for Windows. We are currently working to make it available to Mac users. The training program is made available after completing the online assessment.
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The interactive online assessment and training program require you to download and unzip/extract a program to your desktop, and require an active internet connection to record your progress.
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PARTICIPATION IN OTHER RESEARCH STUDIES
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Sea Hero Quest and DTD - University College London (London, UK)
University College London (UCL) researchers are looking for volunteers to help understand the challenges faced by people with DTD. If you think you are affected by DTD, you could enrol in this research study. The study consists of playing the researchers' award-winning video game "Sea Hero Quest”, and it could be done online, or in person if you live in London (UK) and prefer to perform the study in the laboratory. The study is run by Professor Hugo Spiers, who has obtained ethics approval from UCL for this research study. If interested, please email LondonDTD@gettinglost.ca.
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