Turbelab: Serious Game on Sciences for the Development of Executive Functions

• Alice C. Bagdzius UPM
• Pedro H. P. Soares UPM
• João P. Cyrillo UPM
• Elthon D. S. Bicudo UPM
• Silvana M. B. de Assis UPM
• Bruno S. Rodrigues UPM
• Ana G. C. Dionísio UPM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbgames_estendido.2022.225409

Abstract

The creation of Serious Games for the development of Executive Functions (EFs) (inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility) can be a great strategy to engage patients. The main of this work was to design, develop and test the usability of a serious game, called T urbeLab, to support the training of EFs in children and adolescents. The project had stages of analysis of the needs of the target audience, game design and the pilot usability study, using the System Usability System (SUS) and a questionnaire developed by the authors, in which high usability scores were obtained, demonstrating that the TurbeLab is suitable for the target audience. A futher study of aplicability will be conducted with children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Keywords: executive functions, serious games, game development, therapy

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