VR technology could be a promising tool for assessing memory and cognitive abilities in people with WS. With computerized-assisted technological advancements in training, people with WS can improve their long-term memory and sentence comprehension abilities with a specific design and aim for the target issue.
• This study contributes to the potential rehabilitation of people with WS using advanced VR technology through navigation tasks.
• People with WS showed possible improvement via practice effects as their typically developing controls.
• This study identifies the possible causes of the impairment of lexical integration in sentences in people with WS.