The Use of a Serious Game to Assess Inhibition Mechanisms in Children

Crepaldi, Maura; Colombo, Vera; Mottura, Stefano; Baldassini, Davide; Sacco, Marco; Cancer, Alice; Antonietti, Alessandro

doi:10.3389/fcomp.2020.00034

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“…Playing touchscreen video games may maintain or improve EF ability and potentially contribute to other cognitive functions. In recent years, there has also been a growing body of research on the use of games to assess and train cognitive abilities in a variety of ways [38][39][40][41][42]. Specialized and standardized therapeutic applications of video gaming may help people with EF deficits to maintain cognitive functions [43].…”

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Short-Term Touch-Screen Video Game Playing Improves the Inhibition Ability

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Chen

et al. 2021

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There is mixed evidence regarding whether video games affect executive function. The inconsistent results in this area may have to do with researchers’ conceptualizations of executive function as a unified construct or as a set of independent skills. In the current study, 120 university students were randomly assigned to play a video game or to watch a screen record of the video game. They then completed a series of behavioral tasks to assess the shifting, updating and inhibiting subcomponents of executive function. Scores on these tasks were also used as indicators of a component-general latent variable. Results based on analysis of covariance showed that, as predicted, the inhibition subcomponent, but not the updating or the shifting subcomponent, was significantly enhanced after gaming. The component-general executive function was not enhanced after gaming once the results were controlled for other subcomponents. The results were unrelated to participants’ self-reported positive and negative affect. The findings add key evidence to the literature on executive function and potentially contribute to the therapeutic use of video games to maintain executive function in the aged population.

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Short-Term Touch-Screen Video Game Playing Improves the Inhibition Ability

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Chen

et al. 2021

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“…A common approach is to adapt current tests to children by replacing the stimulus with cartoons to prevent reading problems [ 40 ] or idiomatic problems [ 35 ]. Regarding other tests and scales, Crepaldi et al developed a game that includes variations of the go/no-go and Stroop tests recording impulsivity, omissions, anticipation, and position errors [ 41 ]. In a different work, Delgado-Gómez et al study found a significant correlation between the results of the SWAN scale and the measures registered during an infinite runner-based video game [ 42 ].…”

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Assessment Based on Patient Behavior Exhibited in a Car Video Game: A Pilot Study

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Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) include excessive activity, difficulty sustaining attention, and inability to act in a reflective manner. Early diagnosis and treatment of ADHD is key but may be influenced by the observation and communication skills of caregivers, and the experience of the medical professional. Attempts to obtain additional measures to support the medical diagnosis, such as reaction time when performing a task, can be found in the literature. We propose an information recording system that allows to study in detail the behavior shown by children already diagnosed with ADHD during a car driving video game. We continuously record the participants’ activity throughout the task and calculate the error committed. Studying the trajectory graphs, some children showed uniform patterns, others lost attention from one point onwards, and others alternated attention/inattention intervals. Results show a dependence between the age of the children and their performance. Moreover, by analyzing the positions by age over time using clustering, we show that it is possible to classify children according to their performance. Future studies will examine whether this detailed information about each child’s performance pattern can be used to fine-tune treatment.

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“…VR has been successfully employed in the neurorehabilitation of several disease in adulthood after brain injury or stroke [ 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 ] and in the case of neurodegenerative diseases [ 47 , 48 ]. In childhood, VR and AR have been found effective in several conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder [ 49 , 50 ], Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) [ 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 ], or cerebral palsy [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 ].…”

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The Virtual Challenge: Virtual Reality Tools for Intervention in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

2021

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This narrative review highlights the latest achievements in the field of tele-rehabilitation: Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) serious games aimed at restoring and improving cognitive functions could be effectively used in Developmental Coordination Disorder Training. Studies investigating the effects of the abovementioned tech applications on cognitive improvement have been considered, following a comprehensive literature search in the scientific electronic databases: Pubmed, Scopus, Plos One, ScienceDirect. This review investigates the effects of VR and AR in improving space/motor skills through mental images manipulation training in children with developmental coordination disorders. The results revealed that in spite of the spreading of technology, actually only four studies investigated the effects of VR/AR tools on mental images manipulation. This study highlights new, promising VR and AR based therapeutic opportunities for digital natives now available, emphasizing the advantages of using motivational reward-oriented tools, in a playful therapeutic environment. However, more research in this filed is needed to identify the most effective virtual tool set for clinical use.

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The Use of a Serious Game to Assess Inhibition Mechanisms in Children

Cited by 10 publications

References 52 publications

Short-Term Touch-Screen Video Game Playing Improves the Inhibition Ability

Short-Term Touch-Screen Video Game Playing Improves the Inhibition Ability

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Assessment Based on Patient Behavior Exhibited in a Car Video Game: A Pilot Study

The Virtual Challenge: Virtual Reality Tools for Intervention in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

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