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Mental Health Research Centre develops mobile game for patients with cognitive impairments

10 Mar 2022

Research

Cognitive functions play a causal role in eliciting psychiatric symptoms. Team members of the Mental Health Research Centre has developed a mobile game in response to the living needs of patients with cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer's disease. The application integrates life scenes into mobile game, perform training in familiar virtual environment, and AI automatically adjust difficulty, making the game more challenging. It is effective in maintaining the patient’s brain functions, such as calculation and decision-making ability, and improving their safety awareness, thereby improving their mental health and reducing the chance of depression and anxiety disorders.The project has been granted HK$1.9 million from the Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living under the Innovation and Technology Bureau earlier to promote R&D and application. 

 



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