A serious game – a new training addressing particularly prospective memory in the elderly

Laskowska, Ilona; Zając-Lamparska, Ludmiła; Wiłkość, Monika; Malicki, Michał; Szałkowska, Agnieszka; Jurgielewicz, Anna; Lewandowski, Paweł; Węgrzyn, Paweł; Roterman-Konieczna, Irena; Izdebski, Paweł

doi:10.1515/bams-2013-0016

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“…In [10,32,36,64], 2D serious games are proposed to support those with neuropsychological dysfunctions. In [10], different real-life daily routine scenarios are created as therapeutic tasks beneficial to those with cerebral dysfunction.…”

Section: Gameful Cognitive Rehabilitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, this may increase their cognitive load and cause them to lose interest in the game. Another study [32] attempts to improve prospective memory (PM) within the elderly by comparing traditional paper-and-pen tests with their digital versions in terms of the various elements provided by each. Digital training was found to beneficially provide realistic scenarios which contain distractors and model real-life situations, creating a sense of familiarity in users while undertaking the digital training.…”

Section: Gameful Cognitive Rehabilitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A framework and immersive serious game for mild cognitive impairment

Lau

Agius

2021

Multimed Tools Appl

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Cognitive decline is common in the elderly. As a result, a range of cognitive rehabilitation games have been proposed to supplement or replace traditional rehabilitative training by offering benefits such as improved engagement. In this paper, we focus on mild cognitive impairment (MCI), an initial stage of cognitive decline that does not affect functioning in daily life, but which may progress towards more serious cognitive deteriorations, notably dementia. Unfortunately, while a variety of serious game frameworks and rehabilitative serious games have been proposed, there is a distinct lack of those which support the distinctive characteristics of MCI patients. Consequently, to optimise the advantages of serious games for MCI, we propose the MCI-GaTE (MCI-Game Therapy Experience) framework that may be used to develop serious games as effective cognitive and physical rehabilitation tools. The framework is derived from a combination of a survey of related research literature in the area, analysis of resident profiles from a nursing home, and in-depth interviews with occupational therapists (OTs) who work with MCI patients on a daily basis. The conceptual framework comprises four sectors that may be used to guide game design and development: an MCI player profile that represents the capabilities of a player with MCI, core gaming elements that support gameful and playful activities, therapeutic elements that support cognitive and physical rehabilitation through tasks and scenarios according to the player’s abilities, and motivational elements to enhance the player’s attitude towards the serious tasks. Together, they provide support for rehabilitation needs and may also serve as a set of comprehensive and established criteria by which an MCI serious game may be evaluated. To demonstrate the use of MCI-GaTE, we also present A-go!, an immersive gesture-based serious game that exploits the framework to enable MCI-diagnosed players to undertake therapeutic tasks supported by an assigned OT. Evaluation with OTs revealed that the immersive game potentially offers more effective support to MCI patients than traditional methods, contributing new possibilities for enhancing MCI rehabilitative training, while a comparative assessment of MCI-GaTE demonstrated that it provides a comprehensive approach not currently offered by state-of-the-art rehabilitative frameworks.

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Section: Gameful Cognitive Rehabilitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Gameful Cognitive Rehabilitationmentioning

confidence: 99%

A framework and immersive serious game for mild cognitive impairment

Lau

Agius

2021

Multimed Tools Appl

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“…Psychotherapy through games require mental concentration, memory, and quick motor reaction in simulating brain to work and gain memory back [46]. Current non-pharmacological treatment games trains them with simple daily activities like cooking and house chores in order to train and simulate their memory which also known as serious games [7]. Serious games include other apps like mobile games for encouraging medical treatments and recovery, exploring the world, fostering a healthier lifestyle or opening up new creative possibilities.…”

Section: Psychotherapy Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cognitive or neuro-psychological rehabilitation process is prescribed as to improve the mental or cognitive function of an injured, dysfunction or neuro-degenerated brain [6]. It is assumed that by using active simulation and engaging part of the brain are pertaining to cognitive functions can lead to recovery of its functions which is believed to effect positively on other cognitive areas of a patient [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Criteria of Mobile Psychotherapy Games for Memory Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review

Sie-Yi

ChePa

2020

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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Games have been widely used in many domains including medical for therapy purposes. With the advancement of technology, mobile psychotherapy games have essential role in improving memory among elderly patients. There are numbers of psychotherapy games that have been developed for elderly with memory disorder. However, at one point most of the developed games are still questionable since there is lack of game development guides for this particular purpose. Designing the optimum design for the psychotherapy games, which emphasizes the users in it will be able to maximise the effectiveness of the games. Thus, this study aims to review the literatures systematically in identifying the criteria for mobile psychotherapy games specifically for memory disorder. To achieve this, three databases were used in searching literatures which are Scopus, Web of Science and ACM Digital Library. The search identified 992 articles altogether;69 papers remains for further selection process while 909 were excluded due to irrelevancy of the focus. The selection process later refrained to 16 articles being analysed and synthesised. The selection incorporated all articles which focused directly on the psychotherapy games for memory disorder elderly patients concentrated on mobile devices. As a result, a set of important criteria for different themes on designing mobile psychotherapy game has been identified. Significant features of psychotherapy games were found in majority of the reviewed articles. These criteria will be beneficial in forming a guideline for designing and developing mobile psychotherapy games for memory disorder patients.

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A serious game – a new training addressing particularly prospective memory in the elderly

Cited by 2 publications

References 30 publications

A framework and immersive serious game for mild cognitive impairment

A framework and immersive serious game for mild cognitive impairment

Criteria of Mobile Psychotherapy Games for Memory Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review

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