Developing and Evaluating a Game for the Assessment of Spatial Memory Using Auditory Stimuli

Loachamin Valencia, M. ; Juan, M.C. ; Mendez Lopez, M. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Perez Hernandez, E. ; Vicent Lopez, M.J.

Resumen: The combination of natural user interfaces and smart devices has become a new technological option to be exploited for the assessment of spatial memory. In this paper, we present an interactive game for assessing spatial memory using auditory stimuli. The distinct feature of our game is that it assesses the two types of information (i.e., acoustic and spatial) at the same time. We compared the performance of 100 children and 48 adults on the game with traditional neuropsychological tests. The performance on the game correlated with the performance on other traditional neuropsychological tests for the assessment of spatial short-term memory. Children and adults considered our game as easy to use, and all of them were satisfied with it. The results suggest that our game could be a valid tool for the identification of alterations in the spatial memory in both children and adults.

Idioma: Español

DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2019.8986443

Año: 2019

Publicado en: IEEE Latin America Transactions 17, 10 (2019), 1653-1661
ISSN: 1548-0992

Factor impacto JCR: 0.782 (2019)

Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC rank: 234 / 266 = 0.88 (2019) - Q4 - T3
Categ. JCR: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS rank: 145 / 156 = 0.929 (2019) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.334 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q2) - Computer Science (miscellaneous) (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/FSE
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/TIN2012-37381-C02-01-CHILDMNEMOS

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Psicobiología (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)