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Physical and Cognitive Training of Children with Down Syndrome Using Video Games

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In this study, a video-games based training platform that aims to provide user-specific physical and cognitive tasks is developed so that children with Down Syndrome can continue their training autonomously at home. For this purpose, a set of video games which addresses physical activities (balance and feet coordination) and cognitive tasks (abstraction, memory and word-forming) are being designed and implemented. During the gameplays, center of pressure, brain activity and electrodermal activity measurements are done to identify the specific needs of the child and to tailor a training programme that addresses these difficulties.

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This work is fully supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) under TÜBİTAK 2232 – Reintegration Research Fellowship Program and the Project ID is: 115C088.

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  1. Graduate School of Informatics, Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey

    Elif Surer

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  1. Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy

    Ombretta Gaggi

  2. Universitat Politècnica de Valéncia, Valencia, Spain

    Pietro Manzoni

  3. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy

    Claudio Palazzi

  4. Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy

    Armir Bujari

  5. Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Johann M. Marquez-Barja

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Surer, E. (2017). Physical and Cognitive Training of Children with Down Syndrome Using Video Games. In: Gaggi, O., Manzoni, P., Palazzi, C., Bujari, A., Marquez-Barja, J. (eds) Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good. GOODTECHS 2016. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 195. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61949-1_38

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