Video games in therapy: a therapist's perspective

This paper describes a user and task analysis that was conductedin order to examine the role of therapists in the use of videogames in therapy. The results show that video games were usedoften, but improvements could be made to make them moreeffective for the therapist. From these results recommendationsfor video game design were derived. Recommendations includethat a therapeutic video game should be easy to startup andconfigure, should allow the therapist to support a patient duringplay, and should support the therapist in tracking a patient’sperformance.

Jaar van publicatie:2013