Developed within the En-NOISIS project and is based on a virtual shopping exercise.

The Virtual Super Market (VSM), uses a complex set of metrics to assess the user’s performance (navigation in the virtual space, time needed for completion, mistakes etc.). In its latest version is self-administered. The VSM can provide a detailed assessment of cognition and detect subtle cognitive impairment such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI). It has been validated in 7 published studies and has been found to maintain its diagnostic accuracy across different populations. Performance in the Virtual Supermarket Test has been found to correlate with performance in neuropsychological tests and electroencephalography (EEG) band power.

Virtual Super Market serves as an assessment tool for the cognitive status of patients by measuring a multitude of cognitive processes:

  • visual & verbal memory

  • executive function

  • attention

  • spatial navigation