RT Journal Article
T1 A narrative video game for adults with subjective and objective cognitive impairment. Design and preliminary results on user-interaction and efficacy
A1 Nieto Vieites, Ana
A1 Mallo López, Sabela Carme
A1 Pérez Blanco, Lucía
A1 Felpete López, Alba
A1 Lojo Seoane, Cristina
A1 Facal Mayo, David
A1 Juncos Rabadán, Onésimo
A1 Pereiro Rozas, Arturo X.
K1 Cognitive training
K1 Mild cognitive impairment
K1 Subjective cognitive decline
K1 Narrative video game design
K1 Usability
AB The design of a narrative video game for cognitive training of memory and executive functions inolder adults with subjective and objective cognitive impairment is reported along with preliminaryresults on preferences (Study 1), user interaction experience (Study 2), and efficacy of the game(Study 3). A study of aesthetic preferences in backgrounds and avatars was implemented in 13older adults, who were asked for their opinion on the acceptability of the plot. After completionof the design, a user interaction study was conducted in a sample of 19 older adults. Inaddition, a Matched Paired Experimental Design (MPED) was implemented as a preliminary testof the efficacy of the narrative video game in a sample of 22 participants with SubjectiveCognitive Decline (SCD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Preferences for free violencecontent in videogames was supported in our sample of low-frequency adult gamers andacceptability of the plot was high. The video game was rated favourably by the older adults interms of user preferences and acceptability. The results of the preliminary MPED study suggestthat the video game could be a useful tool for cognitive training in SCD and MCI older adults.
PB Taylor & Francis Group
SN 0144-929X
SN 1362-3001
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32033
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32033
LA eng
NO Ana Nieto-Vieites, Sabela C. Mallo, Lucia Pérez-Blanco, Alba Felpete-López, Cristina Lojo-Seoane, David Facal, Onésimo Juncos-Rabadán & Arturo X. Pereiro (2023): A narrative video game for adults with subjective and objective cognitive impairment. Design and preliminary results on user-interaction and efficacy, Behaviour & Information Technology, DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2023.2220042
NO This work was financially supported through FEDER founds(‘A way to make Europe’) by the Spanish AEI (Doi:10.13039/501100011033; Refs. PID2020-114521RB-C21 andPSI2017-89389-C2-1-R) and by the Galician Government(Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria; axudas para a consolidación e estruturación de unidadesde investigación competitivas do Sistema Universitario deGalicia; GI-1807-USC: Ref. ED431C 2021/04).
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026