Using Computer Games as a Strategy for Maintaining the Cognitive Capacity of the Elderly

摘要：

　　The Promoting Cognitive Performance - ProDC system was created for serving like an instrument for therapeutic intervention by health professionals working with cognitive rehabilitation.The ProDC seeks to train cognitive functions by means of computer games with graded levels of difficulty.The target audiences are the elderly aged 60 or more who have a deficit cognitive impairment diagnosis.So,nine games have been implemented for therapeutic intervention.The ProDC is being evaluated in the Institution Long- Permanence in Distrito Federal,Brazil.

关键词： computer games cognitive rehabilitation cognitive disabilities cognitive training serious games

作者: L.M. Brasil L.I.B. Santos M.F. Calixto J.P.L da Silva G.C. Peron K.V. P. de Meneses F. Bombonato

作者单位: Post-Graduation Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Brasília at Gama, Gama, Brazil University of Brasília at Ceilandia, Ceilandia, Brazil Graduation Course in Engineering, University of Brasília at Gama, Gama, Brazil

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (2012年医学物理及生物医学工程国际会议(IFMBE))

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 2046-2049

在线出版日期: 2012-05-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）