The Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE): A Novel Game for the Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment

Giorgio Colombo; Jascha Grübel

doi:10.1145/3544549.3583828

The Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE): A Novel Game for the Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment

Giorgio Colombo
, Jascha Grübel

Future Health Technologies, Singapore-ETH Centre
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

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Dementia is a leading cause of dependency and death among older adults and an economic burden to healthcare. In the fast-paced non-gaming environment of healthcare, the detection of dementia is limited to invasive and expensive procedures (e.g., PET) or less sensitive paper and pencil tests. Typically, dementia is preceded by Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) which is characterised by the loss of cognitive function including deficits in spatial ability. Spatial ability may be a sensitive marker for discriminating between healthy individuals and MCI patients. Virtual Reality now allows for spatial tests to be easily and safely deployed in clinics or at home. We introduce the Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE) as a transgressive, transformative gamified battery of spatial tests for tablets. SPACE is designed to identify differences in spatial ability to support clinicians in the early detection of dementia and offers a flexible ecosystem for immediate and longitudinal assessments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2023: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Albrecht Schmidt, Kaisa Väänänen, Tesh Goyal, Per Ola Kristensson, Anicia Peters
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450394222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583828
State	Published - Apr 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Cognition
Dementia
Health Game
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Spatial Ability

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Colombo, G., & Grübel, J. (2023). The Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE): A Novel Game for the Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment. In A. Schmidt, K. Väänänen, T. Goyal, P. O. Kristensson, & A. Peters (Eds.), CHI 2023: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 598 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583828

Colombo, Giorgio ; Grübel, Jascha. / The Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE) : A Novel Game for the Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment. CHI 2023: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. editor / Albrecht Schmidt ; Kaisa Väänänen ; Tesh Goyal ; Per Ola Kristensson ; Anicia Peters. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Colombo, G & Grübel, J 2023, The Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE): A Novel Game for the Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment. in A Schmidt, K Väänänen, T Goyal, PO Kristensson & A Peters (eds), CHI 2023: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 598, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Hamburg, Germany, 23/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3583828

The Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE): A Novel Game for the Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment. / Colombo, Giorgio; Grübel, Jascha.
CHI 2023: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Albrecht Schmidt; Kaisa Väänänen; Tesh Goyal; Per Ola Kristensson; Anicia Peters. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. 598 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Colombo G, Grübel J. The Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE): A Novel Game for the Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment. In Schmidt A, Väänänen K, Goyal T, Kristensson PO, Peters A, editors, CHI 2023: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery. 2023. 598. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3544549.3583828

The Spatial Performance Assessment for Cognitive Evaluation (SPACE): A Novel Game for the Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment

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