Physiological-based Dynamic Difficulty Adaptation in a Theragame for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Adrien Verhulst, Takehiko Yamaguchi, Paul Richard

2015

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to provide a physiological-based Dynamic Difficulty Adaptation (DDA) for rehabilitation of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). In this paper, we present all the steps of the DDA development by going through (1) the acquisition of physiological signals, (2) the extraction of the physiological signals’ features, (3) the training of a learning classifier of physiological signals' features, and (4) the implementation of the DDA in a game-based rehabilitation system. As a result, we successfully implement a physiological-based DDA based on the user affective state (anxiety and boredom).

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Verhulst A., Yamaguchi T. and Richard P. (2015). Physiological-based Dynamic Difficulty Adaptation in a Theragame for Children with Cerebral Palsy . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems - Volume 1: PhyCS, ISBN 978-989-758-085-7, pages 164-171. DOI: 10.5220/0005271501640171


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@conference{phycs15,
author={Adrien Verhulst and Takehiko Yamaguchi and Paul Richard},
title={Physiological-based Dynamic Difficulty Adaptation in a Theragame for Children with Cerebral Palsy},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems - Volume 1: PhyCS,},
year={2015},
pages={164-171},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005271501640171},
isbn={978-989-758-085-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems - Volume 1: PhyCS,
TI - Physiological-based Dynamic Difficulty Adaptation in a Theragame for Children with Cerebral Palsy
SN - 978-989-758-085-7
AU - Verhulst A.
AU - Yamaguchi T.
AU - Richard P.
PY - 2015
SP - 164
EP - 171
DO - 10.5220/0005271501640171