Evaluation of a new serious game based multitasking assessment tool for cognition and activities of daily living: Comparison with a real cooking task

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Highlights:

• Performance on the virtual cooking task was associated with multiple cognitive measures.

• Performances in the virtual task were highly representative of what participants did in real life.

• This tool is a first step toward including ecologically valid measures for a comprehensive cognitive assessment.

• The serious game has the potential to be used as a multitasking assessment tool for cognition and daily living performances.

摘要

•Performance on the virtual cooking task was associated with multiple cognitive measures.•Performances in the virtual task were highly representative of what participants did in real life.•This tool is a first step toward including ecologically valid measures for a comprehensive cognitive assessment.•The serious game has the potential to be used as a multitasking assessment tool for cognition and daily living performances.

论文关键词:Multitasking,Serious games,Cognition,Activities of daily living,Elderly

论文评审过程:Received 5 August 2016, Revised 5 January 2017, Accepted 10 January 2017, Available online 16 January 2017, Version of Record 25 January 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.01.021