Serious games for mental health

Reynolds, Lisa; Hodge, P R; Simpson, Alan

doi:10.1111/jpm.12385

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“…Moreover, various educational games have been rigorously investigated through studies and proven to be effective tools to increase motivation of participants in learning a specific topic such as computer programming [30]. As serious games hold relatively low risk of experiential learning curves, they are being used in a wide variety of fields from mental health to even crisis management [31], [32]. It is clear that there is a huge potential in using games both as learning tools and a motivator particularly in education, health and training.…”

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An Analysis of a Video Game on Cognitive Abilities: A Study to Enhance Psychomotor Skills via Game-Play

Kazimoglu

Bacon

2020

IEEE Access

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Psychomotor skills are a series of cognitive abilities often linked with physical movement, coordination and speed that individuals use, to progress through cognitive stages in order to demonstrate fine motor skills. This paper investigates whether or not playing a video game could potentially influence and improve the psychomotor skills of adolescents, particularly their eye-hand coordination, visual response and attention competence, the aim being to provide statistical evidence that video games can be potentially used to enhance psychomotor skills. A total of 62 participants were invited to participate in an experimental study where these participants were divided into two groups, the control group and the experimental group. The participants were aged between 16 and 19 years, and they were asked to complete a building block task that is closely associated with using psychomotor skills, and they did not have any prior experience of. A prepost study design was used in both groups in order to measure participants' level of confidence in using their psychomotor skills. Furthermore, the study investigated if the participants in the experimental group integrated elements of video game play into intentional and automatic real-life reactions within the building block task they undertook. The findings of the study suggest that those participants who played the video game were more confident in using their eye-hand coordination and visual response, and managed to complete the natural building block task faster and more accurately than the participants who did not play the video game. INDEX TERMS psychomotor skills, video games, eye hand coordination, game-play and skill acquisition, game-play behavior and cognitive skills

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An Analysis of a Video Game on Cognitive Abilities: A Study to Enhance Psychomotor Skills via Game-Play

Kazimoglu

Bacon

2020

IEEE Access

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“…This game has been offered via a cell phone application, with some elements of reality (1). According to the literature, there may be some benefits of using Pokémon GO, including combating obesity and diabetes (2), changing a sedentary lifestyle (3,4), promoting physical activity (5), lowering the risk of cardiovascular diseases (6), greater bonding with other people or family members (7), and combating stress and other mental health problems (8,9).…”

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Compulsive gaming in secondary school students from five Peruvian cities: Usage and addiction to the Pokémon GO game

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Introduction: Some years ago, the Pokémon GO game became incredibly popular. However, no studies on the subject have been conducted in Peru involving vulnerable populations, such as adolescents. Objective: To determine if the number of hours playing the Pokémon GO game is associated with Internet and/or video game addiction, as well as to other factors in secondary school students from five Peruvian cities. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional, analytical, and multi-centric study, with a sample of 944 school students. General characteristics, including socio-educational aspects, and Internet and/or video game addiction were analyzed, as well as variables related to the use of the game, such as problems at home, with teachers, accidents, and theft. Results: We found statistical associations between the assessed variables and increased playing time. 409 (44%) students had an Internet addiction, 215 (23%) were addicted to video games, and 336 (49%) spent a significant number of hours per day playing Pokémon GO. A greater number of hours playing Pokémon GO was associated with having a video game addiction (prevalence ratio (PR): 1,33; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.07-1.65), greater use of cell phone applications

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“…Reflecting the opportunities of Serious Games (SGs) in the field of personal health, a systematic review of twenty-one serious games for health and education, described at scientific papers and 7th Framework Program Projects, is explored in [1]. In this way, motivated by the recent and increased adoption of SGs in health care interventions sector [2][3][4][5], an alternative approach is presented here, as part of the H2020 i-PROGNOSIS project (www.i-prognosis.eu), consisting of a game-based suite, defined as Personalized Game Suite (PGS), in order to mitigate the PD symptoms in a personalized and gamified environment. Targeting intelligent early detection and intervention in PD area, the PGS design introduces the integration of different serious games in a unified platform, namely: ExerGames, DietaryGames, EmoGames, and Handwriting/Voice Games, targeting the PD symptoms.…”

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Serious games as a means for holistically supporting Parkinson's Disease patients: The i-PROGNOSIS personalized game suite framework

Dias

Konstantinidis

Diniz

et al. 2017

2017 9th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games)

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Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a well-known progressive and neurodegenerative disorder, resulting in motor and non-motor symptoms that significantly reduce the quality of life. Motivated by the increased adoption of serious games in health care interventions sector in the last years, an unobtrusive approach is explored here, realised via the i-PROGNOSIS interventions platform (www.i-prognosis.eu), consisting of a game-based suite. In this way, targeting intelligent early detection and intervention in PD area, the Personalised Game Suite (PGS) design approach is presented, integrating different serious games in a unified platform. Overall, this comprehensive review gives an overview of studies examining motor and non-motor symptoms for PD along with the PGS design approach, in order to inform researchers and game designers for its consideration in the self-management of PD.

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Serious games for mental health

Cited by 7 publications

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An Analysis of a Video Game on Cognitive Abilities: A Study to Enhance Psychomotor Skills via Game-Play

An Analysis of a Video Game on Cognitive Abilities: A Study to Enhance Psychomotor Skills via Game-Play

Compulsive gaming in secondary school students from five Peruvian cities: Usage and addiction to the Pokémon GO game

Serious games as a means for holistically supporting Parkinson's Disease patients: The i-PROGNOSIS personalized game suite framework

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