Evaluating the Adoption of the Physical Board Game Ludo for Automated Assessments of Cognitive Abilities

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The Young Child’s Cognition

“…We adjusted the colour threshold parameters by hand to achieve a good detection performance. Still, during experiments as expected from past studies (Schmitt et al, 2018) we experienced that detection performance was highly dependent on lighting conditions. To remove invalid point coordinates, we removed those data points where the distance between the consecutive x and y coordinates were above a given distance threshold.…”

Analyzing Game Strategies of the Don’t Get Angry Board Game Using Computer Simulations

“…Gamification and various computer and mobile educational games have been popular recently. Carefully chosen or designed games can motivate students and improve their memories, language learning, mathematical thinking, strategic thinking, and many other skills [1]- [13]. Classical board games are not exempt from this paradigm; they can also be effectively used in education [9]- [13] or as occupational therapy for decreasing hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention in children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder [14].…”

“…Carefully chosen or designed games can motivate students and improve their memories, language learning, mathematical thinking, strategic thinking, and many other skills [1]- [13]. Classical board games are not exempt from this paradigm; they can also be effectively used in education [9]- [13] or as occupational therapy for decreasing hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention in children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder [14]. Winning in many classical board games usually depends on the randomness (dice roll) and the players' strategic thinking skills.…”

Intelligent Toys For Physical And Cognitive Assessments

“…One way is to utilize a tablet with a pen for serious games (Tong et Another way would be to use a tangible toy with an overhead video camera for data collection. We presented a study with young and healthy subjects where we evaluated a computer-vision based digitalization process that is necessary to turn a physical version of the board game "Ludo" into an automated assessment tool (Schmitt et al (2018)). In this study, we evaluated the digitization of the board game using computer vision by observing the participant through a video camera and to which extent this tool presents a valid alternative to assess the strategic cognitive capabilities of a person.…”