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A Web Platform of Serious Games for Cognitive Rehabilitation: Architecture and Usability Study

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In recent years Serious Games have gained a new importance, very driven by the proliferation of video games and its application in diverse areas. Cognitive rehabilitation is a major area where Serious Games can assume a relevant role. Traditional cognitive therapies quickly become repetitive and discouraging for patients. To mitigate these problems, Serious Games based tools are necessary to create more dynamic rehabilitation processes, holding the attention of the patients throughout the process and motivating them during their road to recovery. This paper describes a web platform for Serious Games in cognitive rehabilitation that integrates a set of features that include natural and multimodal user interfaces and social features (collaboration, competition and handicapping) which can be used to augment the motivation of patients during the rehabilitation process. Results observed in a study with healthy subjects indicate that the platform offers good usability.

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  1. DSI/EEUM - Departamento de Sistemas de Informação, Escola de Engenharia Da Universidade Do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Rui Rocha & Luís Paulo Reis

  2. ESTG/IPVC - Escola Superior de Tecnologia E Gestão, Instituto Politécnico de Viana Do Castelo, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal

    Paula Alexandra Rego & Pedro Miguel Moreira

  3. ESTSP/IPP - Escola Superior de Tecnologia Da Saúde Do Porto, Instituto Politécnico Do Porto, Gaia, Portugal

    Brígida Mónica Faria

  4. LIACC - Laboratório de Inteligência Artificial E Ciência de Computadores, Porto, Portugal

    Paula Alexandra Rego, Brígida Mónica Faria, Luís Paulo Reis & Pedro Miguel Moreira

  5. INESC-TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas E Computadores, Tecnologia E Ciência, Porto, Portugal

    Brígida Mónica Faria

  6. Centro ALGORITMI, Universidade Do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

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Rocha, R., Rego, P.A., Faria, B.M., Reis, L.P., Moreira, P.M. (2016). A Web Platform of Serious Games for Cognitive Rehabilitation: Architecture and Usability Study. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Mendonça Teixeira, M. (eds) New Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 444. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31232-3_103

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