An Agent-Based Game Platform for Exercising People's Prospective Memory

Abstract

Prospective memory, the ability to remember doing future tasks without being reminded, is a critical ability in everyday life. As the elderly are vulnerable to age-related declines in prospective memory, it is important to prevent this decline in advance. In this demonstration, we develop an agent-based game for practicing prospective memory. It can potentially provide a convenient and natural way to predictively monitor older adults' prospective memory and motivate the elderly to practice the ability. Furthermore, multiple agents were applied in the game to promote user experience and provide personalized training program.