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Yulia Gizatdinova, Vera Remizova, Antti Sand, Sumita Sharma, Kati Rantanen, Terhi Helminen, and Anneli Kylliäinen. 2022. PigScape: An embodied video game for cognitive peer-training of impulse and behavior control in children with ADHD. In The 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’22), October 23–26, 2022, Athens, Greece. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 4 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550401

PigScape : an embodied video game for cognitive peer-training of impulse and behavior control in children with ADHD

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Author: Gizatdinova, Yulia1; Remizova, Vera1; Sand, Antti1;
Organizations: 1Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland
2INTERACT Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
3Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland
4Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
Format: article
Version: accepted version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.3 MB)
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2023022428639
Language: English
Published: Association for Computing Machinery, 2022
Publish Date: 2023-02-24
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Abstract

This paper describes a therapeutic full-body controlled video game for children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The game supports a co-located gameplay with a depth-sensing camera and a large media screen. Children play the game in pairs for improved impulse and behavior control, self-monitoring, peer-communication, and emotion regulation. The gaming was implemented as a part of a neuropsychological group intervention for children with confirmed deficits in attention or diagnosed ADHD. We present a final design of the game and associated gaming routines, explain anticipated health benefits of the gaming, outline how the gaming can be used for research and therapeutic purposes, and provide directions for future research.

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ISBN: 978-1-4503-9258-7
Article number: 68
DOI: 10.1145/3517428.3550401
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550401
Host publication: ASSETS '22: Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Host publication editor: Froehlich, Jon
Shinohara, Kristen
Ludi, Stephanie
Conference: International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Type of Publication: A4 Article in conference proceedings
Field of Science: 222 Other engineering and technologies
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Funding: We thank the University of Tampere and the Academy of Finland [grant number: 326430] for financial support.
Copyright information: © 2022 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in The 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS ’22), October 23–26, 2022, Athens, Greece, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3517428.3550401