Gamification of Older Adults’ Physical Activity: An Eight-Week Study

Assistive Technology, Gamification, motivational affordances, Older Adults
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Image Credit: Christopher, Unsplash.com Publication: Kappen, D. L., Mirza-Babaei, P., & Nacke, L. E. (2018). Gamification of Older Adults ’ Physical Activity: An Eight-Week Study. In Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-51. Game-based technology that makes mundane tasks more interesting and playful by appealing to our emotions is becoming more popular. This

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Re-defining Exergaming

Assistive Technology, Older Adults

Older Adults’ Physical Activity and Exergames: A Systematic Review Dennis L. Kappen ,Pejman Mirza-Babaei  &Lennart E. Nacke  Publication: Kappen, D. L., Mirza-Babaei, P., & Nacke, L. E. (2018). Older Adults’ Physical Activity and Exergames: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 0(0), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2018.1441253 An illustrated review of exergaming dates the advent of this concept of exergaming

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