Researchers

Mareike Gabele

Visiting Ph.D. Student, Interaction Design, Motivation and Rehabilitation.

Publications

Year 2019

The Development of" Orbit" The Collaborative BCI Game for Children with AD (H) D

@inproceedings{arrambide2019development,
  title={The Development of" Orbit" The Collaborative BCI Game for Children with AD (H) D},
  author={Arrambide, Karina and Freiman Cormier, Lisa and Wehbe, Rina R and Nacke, Lennart E and Gabele, Mareike and Wagner, Sebastian and Hansen, Christian},
  booktitle={Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts},
  pages={341--348},
  year={2019}
}

Children with Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder or AD(H)D can require treatment for which they need to experience long-lasting neurofeedback sessions. Children might not adhere to at-home treatment activities because of the nature of these sessions; thus, not getting the benefits of the program. To increase adherence and effectiveness of the treatment itself, we propose neurofeedback gaming and social encouragement. Our hypothesis is that by playing a collaborative neurofeedback game, children will be more adherent to their treatment and therefore derive a stronger benefit. For this purpose we designed the game "Orbit", a first multiplayer prototype that was evaluated in a pilot study with five neuropsychologists. It was found that collaborative multiplayer games are suitable from a therapeutic standpoint and long-term use because of its higher social motivation and collaboration between children with AD(H)D; albeit there are some drawbacks including unreliability of electroencephalography (EEG) input and the risk for the collaborative environment to be distracting for the player.