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A Game-based Neurofeedback Training System For Cognitive Rehabilitation in the Elderly

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255448,
        author={Suwicha Jirayucharoensak and Pasin Israsena and Setha Pan-Ngum and Solaphat Hemrungrojn},
        title={A Game-based Neurofeedback Training System For Cognitive Rehabilitation in the Elderly},
        proceedings={REHAB 2014},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={REHAB},
        year={2014},
        month={7},
        keywords={cognitive rehabilitation neurofeedback training system brain-computer interface},
        doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255448}
    }
    
  • Suwicha Jirayucharoensak
    Pasin Israsena
    Setha Pan-Ngum
    Solaphat Hemrungrojn
    Year: 2014
    A Game-based Neurofeedback Training System For Cognitive Rehabilitation in the Elderly
    REHAB
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255448
Suwicha Jirayucharoensak1,*, Pasin Israsena1, Setha Pan-Ngum2, Solaphat Hemrungrojn3
  • 1: National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
  • 2: Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University
  • 3: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
*Contact email: suwicha.jirayucharoensak@nectec.or.th

Abstract

There is a strong relationship between sustained attention and cognitive performance. The ability to sustain attention potentially leads to enhance cognitive functions. Attention Training provides a promising alternative therapy to enhance cognitive ability and it can be efficiently implemented with Neurofeedback Training (NFT) system. The purpose of this research is to develop a NFT system for attention training to enhance cognitive performance in older adults. The efficiency of the system was evaluated by establishing a clinical trial for healthy elderly and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) patients to perform cognitive rehabilitation. There were totally 24 older adults, age 55-70 yrs, enrolled to this trial. Both healthy and MCI groups performed NFT interventions in 12 half-hour sessions, two sessions a week. Experimental results showed it is possible to train older adults to modify their amplitude of certain brain wave ranges using a neurofeedback protocol targeting several wave ranges for cognitive performance improvement. Most participants succeeded to increase the ratio of their beta/alpha power band in both groups. The relations between specific patterns of EEG activity and levels of cognitive performance can be investigated with the NFT system as a training technique. The system is aimed to encourage older adults to produce specific patterns of cortical activity in connection with an improved level of cognitive performance.

Keywords
cognitive rehabilitation neurofeedback training system brain-computer interface
Published
2014-07-23
Publisher
ICST
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255448
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