Eloisa VargiuBarcelona Digital
Technology Center
Cognitive Rehabilitationthrough Serious Games
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Outline1. BackHome
2. Cognitive Rehabilitation in BackHome
3. Serious Games
4. Closing Remarks
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The Project BackHome is the first European research project
aimed at delivering the ambitious, but critical, step to bring BNCI systems to mainstream markets
The Objectives To study the transition from the
hospital to the home To learn how different BNCIs and
other assistive technologies work together
To reduce the cost and hassle of the transition from the hospital to the home
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BackHome is aimed at… …producing applied results, developing
o new and better integrated practical electrode systems
o friendlier and more flexible BNCI softwareo better telemonitoring and home support tools
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Cognitive Rehabilitation in BackHome Therapists
o Plano Scheduleo Telemonitoro Personalizethe prescription of cognitiverehabilitation tasks
Cognitive rehabilitation tasks are given in form of serious games
The user performs those tasks inside her therapeutic range
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Cognitive Rehabilitation in BackHome
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Cognitive Rehabilitation – Perception
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Cognitive Rehabilitation – Perception Daily-life activities
o Level 1: Teeth brushing (6 actions)o Level 2: Frying an egg (8 actions)o Level 3: Buying the bread (10 actions)
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Cognitive Rehabilitation – Attention & Concentration
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Find a categoryo Level 1: High level categories (e.g., Plant)o Level 2: More specific categories (e.g., Kitchen)o Level 3: Abstract categories (e.g., Something that walks)
Cognitive Rehabilitation – Attention & Concentration
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Cognitive Rehabilitation – Memory
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Memory cardso Level 1: Shapes (8 cards)o Level 2: Fruits (12 cards)o Level 3: Animals (20 cards)
Cognitive Rehabilitation – Memory
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A user centered approach has been adopted
The find-a-category game and the memory-cards game have been validated by a therapist focus group and are currently under testing by people with trauma in Belfast
The daily-life-activities game will be validated by a therapist focus group this month in Belfast
The overall approach has been fully integrated in the overall BackHome system
Closing Remarks
Thanks for your
attention!
Web• www.Backhome-FP7.eu
LinkedIn• BackHome-FP7-Research-Innovation
Twitter• @BackHomeFP7
Youtube• BackHomeFP7
