Background: Attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder ({ADHD}) is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders, defined by persistent patterns of inattention, hyperactivity, and\/or impulsivity that impair academic, social, and occupational functioning across the lifespan. Affecting approximately 5\\% of children and adolescents worldwide, {ADHD} frequently persists into adulthood, contributing to long-term psychosocial difficulties.<\/p>\n
Objective: To outline the limitations of current {ADHD} diagnostic approaches and highlight how immersive virtual reality ({VR}) may strengthen ecological relevance, subtype differentiation, and contextual sensitivity.<\/p>\n
Methods: We reviewed the shortcomings of existing diagnostic tools, including their restricted ecological validity and limited ability to capture real-world attentional demands. We then examined immersive {VR} as a platform capable of standardized, realistic testing environments and simultaneous acquisition of multimodal behavioral and physiological data.<\/p>\n
Results: Evidence suggests that {VR}-based assessments can enhance the precision of {ADHD} subtype profiling, support individualized behavioral characterization, and overcome several constraints of traditional diagnostic methods. Common {VR} paradigms and prior examples of {VR}-based diagnostic platforms are summarized.<\/p>\n
Conclusion: Immersive {VR} offers a promising approach for advancing {ADHD} assessment by improving ecological validity, enabling objective multimodal measurement, and supporting more personalized subtype differentiation. Further research may refine its integration into clinical workflows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Background: Attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder ({ADHD}) is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders, defined by persistent patterns of inattention, hyperactivity, and\/or impulsivity that impair academic, social, and occupational functioning across the lifespan. Affecting approximately 5\\% of children and adolescents worldwide, {ADHD} frequently persists into adulthood, contributing to long-term psychosocial difficulties. Objective: To outline the limitations of current {ADHD} diagnostic approaches and highlight how immersive virtual reality ({VR}) may strengthen ecological relevance, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"publication-type":[30],"class_list":["post-32190","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry","publication-type-article"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamarr-institute.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/32190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamarr-institute.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamarr-institute.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamarr-institute.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lamarr-institute.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/32190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamarr-institute.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamarr-institute.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication-type?post=32190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}