Entertainment and Training Effect features of a Biofeedback Game

• Project/Area Number: 25730211
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Entertainment and game informatics 1
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: MUNEKATA Nagisa 北海道大学, 情報科学研究科, 助教 (30552351)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: バイオフィードバックトレーニング / てんかん治療 / エンタテインメント性 / てんかん発作 / バイオフィードバックゲーム / 発作抑制効果 / てんかん / 患者 / ゲーム / 発作回数の減少 / てんかん学会での発表

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a biofeedback game "The ZEN" using a reaction to changes in skin conductance response as a training system. We have conducted a long-term experiment to investigate the entertainment and training effect features of “The ZEN”. And we also investigated the effectiveness of biofeedback training using a game for an epilepsy patient as a therapeutic application.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] バイオフィードバックゲーム“The ZEN”の トレーニング効果とエンタテインメント性－長期実験観察と治療応用の一症例の報告－ (2015)
  • Author(s): 棟方渚，櫻井高太郎，中村光寿，吉川浩，小野哲雄
  • Journal Title: デジタルゲーム学研究論文誌 Volume: 7 Pages: 63-74
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] インタフェースの外観や触感がユーザに与える影響 (2015)
  • Author(s): 棟方渚，小野哲雄
  • Journal Title: ヒューマンインタフェース学会論文誌 Volume: 17 Pages: 171-178
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] ExciTube:鑑賞者の興奮を共有する動画鑑賞システム (2013)
  • Author(s): 代蔵巧，棟方渚，小野哲雄
  • Journal Title: 日本バーチャルリアリティ学会 Volume: 18 Pages: 247-254
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] バイオフィードバックゲームの医療応用 (2014)
  • Author(s): 棟方渚
  • Organizer: 情報処理学会エンタテインメントコンピューティング研究会
  • Place of Presentation: くらま温泉（京都府）
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-22 – 2014-08-23
• [Presentation] AffectiView: mobile video camera application using physiological data
  • Author(s): Takumi Shirokura, Nagisa Munekata, Tetsuo Ono
  • Organizer: 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
  • Place of Presentation: Sweden, Lurea, Lulea University of Technology
• [Presentation] Does the Audience Hear My Heart? - Comparing the Physiological Responses of Listeners with Those of the Composer
  • Author(s): Benjamin Luke Evans, Nagisa Munekata, Tetsuo Ono
  • Organizer: 2nd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems
  • Place of Presentation: Portuguese, lisbon, SANA Lisboa Hotel
• [Presentation] Video Player for Sharing Viewer's Excitement・2nd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems
  • Author(s): Takumi Shirokura, Nagisa Munekata, Tetsuo Ono
  • Organizer: 2nd International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems
  • Place of Presentation: Portuguese, lisbon, SANA Lisboa Hotel
• [Presentation] Entrainment Effect Caused by Joint Attention of Two Robots
  • Author(s): Takashi Ichijo, Nagisa Munekata, Kazuo Hiraki, Tetsuo Ono
  • Organizer: 9th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
  • Place of Presentation: Germany, Bielefeld, Bielefeld University