Preliminary validation of CCRacer serious game for assessing executive function after acquired brain injury
研究了CCRacer这款严肃游戏在评估获得性脑损伤患者执行功能时的有效性，发现其与工作记忆和规划的传统测试有中等相关，可作为传统神经心理评估的补充工具。
Acquired brain injuries can profoundly impact executive functioning, yet traditional neuropsychological assessments often have limitations, such as being time-intensive, lacking ecological validity, or failing to engage patients effectively. To address these challenges, CCRacer, a serious game, was developed as a novel tool for assessing executive functions in clinical populations. This study evaluated the convergent and discriminant validity of CCRacer by applying it alongside established neuropsychological tests to a sample of 78 participants with acquired brain injury. Results revealed varying levels of convergent validity across tasks, with stronger correlations for measures of working memory (0.28-0.51) and planning (-0.46 to 0.34) and weaker correlations for inhibitory control (0.22). These findings suggest that CCRacer has the potential as a complementary tool in the neuropsychological assessment of an acquired brain injury, combining engaging and ecologically valid testing with the possibility of future use in cognitive training.