scholarly journals Characterizing cognitive control abilities in children with 16p11.2 deletion using adaptive ‘video game’ technology: a pilot study

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. e893-e893 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Anguera ◽  
A N Brandes-Aitken ◽  
C E Rolle ◽  
S N Skinner ◽  
S S Desai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Adaptive Video ◽  
Video Game Technology

scholarly journals Technology consumption and cognitive control: Contrasting action video game experience with media multitasking

2015 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Cardoso-Leite ◽  
Rachel Kludt ◽  
Gianluca Vignola ◽  
Wei Ji Ma ◽  
C. Shawn Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Media Multitasking ◽  
Action Video Game

scholarly journals Active Video Game Program for People with Type 2 Diabetes- a Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 11046
Author(s):  
Han-Hung Huang ◽  
Brianna Gathright ◽  
Rachel Holik ◽  
Hannah Iverson ◽  
Emily Saville ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Video Game ◽  
World Health ◽  
Active Video Game ◽  
Active Video

The objective of this study was to assess the effects of an active video game (AVG) program in physiological parameters, fitness levels, motivation to physical activity, and quality of life on people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Eight T2D patients participated in the 8-week AVG program using Xbox Kinect and/or Nintendo Wii. Heart rate (HR) and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were monitored during exercise. Physiological and fitness assessment included hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c), HR, blood pressure (BP), body mass index, body composition, aerobic and muscular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility. Psychological outcome measures included the Physical Activity Measure-Revised (MPAM-R), Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS), and World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF. Participants demonstrated a moderate level of exercise intensity during AVG based on average HR and RPE. HbA1c, BP, and lower extremity muscle strength were improved, but were not statistically significant. The changes on psychological assessment were not significant. However, most participants demonstrated positive behavior and attitudes toward health and physical activity at one-month follow-up. This pilot study demonstrated that the AVG program might be an effective and alternative way of exercise for people with T2D. A future RCT is warranted to determine the physical and psychological effects of AVG on T2D population.

scholarly journals Video game training enhances cognitive control in older adults

Nature ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 501 (7465) ◽  
pp. 97-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Anguera ◽  
J. Boccanfuso ◽  
J. L. Rintoul ◽  
O. Al-Hashimi ◽  
F. Faraji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Video Game

The Way Ahead for Serious Games

2010 ◽  
pp. 305-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Cannon-Bowers
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
End Users ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Rigorous Evaluation ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Community Of Researchers ◽  
Video Game Technology ◽  
The Way

Despite the fact that people have been playing games since before recorded history, the field of Serious Games—as a scientifically valid and viable area of investigation and application—is really in its infancy. In fact, the rise in availability and popularity of video games is a relatively recent phenomenon and actual applications of video game technology to serious pursuits are relatively rare. That said, I believe that Serious Games are coming into their own, and predict that the next few years will witness an explosion of new games, design features and guidelines, success stories, and scientific findings regarding their effectiveness. How quickly and fruitfully this happens depends, in part, on how well the community of researchers, designers, developers, evaluators, and end users can come together to systematically conceive of, and deploy games for serious purposes. Haphazard attempts—i.e., those that do not build on the findings of others’ experiences—will retard the speed at which viable games are consistently produced. Likewise, rigorous evaluation of those games that are developed cannot be neglected or future developers will likely fall prey to the same problems and pitfalls as their predecessors.

Adaptivity within Games

2008 ◽  
pp. 227-238
Author(s):  
Darryl Charles ◽  
Colin Fyfe ◽  
Daniel Livingstone ◽  
Stephen McGlinchey
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Biologically Inspired ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Offline Learning ◽  
Game Ai ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Video Game Technology ◽  
Single Technique

This book centres on biologically inspired machine learning algorithms for use in computer and video game technology. One of the important reasons for employing learning in computer games is that there is a strong desire by many developers and publishers within the industry to make games adaptive. For example, Manslow (2002) states, ‘The widespread adoption of learning in games will be one of the most important advances ever to be made in game AI. Genuinely adaptive AIs will change the way in which games are played by forcing each player to continually search for new strategies to defeat the AI, rather than perfecting a single technique.’ However, the majority of learning techniques to date that have been used in commercial games have employed an offline learning process, that is, the algorithms are trained during the development process and not during the gameplay sessions after the release of the game. Online learning—that is, learning processes that occur during actual gameplay—has been used in only a handful of commercial games, for example, Black and White, but the use of learning online within games is intrinsically linked to adaptivity and the use of the algorithms in this way needs to be explored more fully.

Affective Games

2011 ◽  
pp. 344-358
Author(s):  
Jonathan Sykes
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Affective State ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Video Game Technology

Video-games, like movies, music and storybooks are emotional artifacts. We buy media to alter our affective state. Through consumption they impact our physiology and thus alter our affective world. In this chapter the authors review the ways in which playing games can elicit emotion. This chapter will discuss the increased power of video-game technology to elicit affect, and show how the mash-up of traditional and interactive techniques have delivered a richness of emotion that competes with film and television. They then conclude by looking forward to a time when video-games become the dominant medium, and the preferred choice when seeking that emotional fix.

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