Silver gaming: Serious fun for seniors?

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Silver gaming: Serious fun for seniors?
 
Loos, Eugène; Zonneveld, Annemiek
(2016) Zhou, J., Salvendy, G. (eds.), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging, pp. 330 - 341
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 330 - 341
2nd International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2016 and held as a part of 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2016, pp. 330 - 341
(Part of book)
Abstract
This exploratory qualitative study provides insight into the role that exergames play for seniors. 15 participants (aged 53–78) engaged in playing Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2 on the Xbox 360 Kinect, after which we conducted a semi-structured interview with each participant. We found that in all cases, the innate psychological ... read more
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Keywords: Autonomy, Competence, Digital games, Exergames, Meaningful play, Older adults, Self-determination theory (SDT), Seniors, Taverne, General Computer Science, Theoretical Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39949-2_32
ISSN: 0302-9743
ISBN: 978-3-319-39948-5
978-3-319-39949-2
Publisher: Springer
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