Digital video games for older adults with cognitive impairment

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 8547 LNCS, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 264-271

  Astell, Arlene ^a,b   Alm, Norman ^c   Dye, Richard ^c   Gowans, Gary ^c   Vaughan, Philip ^c   Ellis, Maggie ^d  

^a ONTARIO SHORES CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Engagement; Enjoyment; Games

Indexed keywords

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

AUDITORY CUES; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; DEMENTIA; DIGITAL VIDEOS; ENGAGEMENT; ENJOYMENT; GAMES; OLDER ADULTS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84904168711     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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