Casual gaming to encourage active ageing

IEEE Latin America Transactions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1940-1950

  Cornejo, R ^a   Hernandez D ^b   Tentori, M ^b   Favela, J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ambient games; exergame; older adults; social networks

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ACTIVE AGEING; AMBIENT GAMES; COGNITIVE SKILL; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; EXERGAME; NATURAL INTERFACES; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSICAL HEALTH;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84938365144     PISSN: 15480992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2015.7164221     Document Type: Article

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