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Home Monitoring of Mental State With Computer Games; Solution Suggestion to the Mental Modern Pentathlon Scoring Problem

Authors:
Pál Breuer
Gábor Csukly
Péter Hanák
László Ketskeméty
Béla Pataki

Keywords: mental wellness; home health monitoring; serious games, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), mixed data fusion

Abstract:
As society is aging, an increasing number of elderly people is affected by cognitive problems. Early detection of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is crucial for slowing down deterioration at an early stage. Improving detection would allow aging in place and thus more cost effective care. However, detection usually occurs too late. Clinical tests are expensive, not frequent enough, and give only a single snapshot of cognitive performance. Regular home monitoring of the changes in mental state would be important but clinical tests have not been developed for this purpose. In this paper, the use of computer games in measuring and maintaining mental wellness in a regular and voluntary way is proposed. Problems and potential solutions are presented, with special emphasis given on the sensor fusion problem caused by the various games present.

Pages: 101 to 107

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: February 22, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-382-7

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from February 22, 2015 to February 27, 2015