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Title:
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Wii GAME TECHNOLOGY FOR MUSIC THERAPY: A FIRST EXPERIMENT WITH CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS |
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Author(s):
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Samuel Benveniste , Pierre Jouvelot , Renaud Michel |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-63-8 |
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Editors:
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Yingcai Xiao and Eleonore ten Thij |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Group music therapy, behavioral disorders, serious games, Wiimote, motivation |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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133 |
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Last Page:
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137 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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We present a first, proof-of-concept experiment of the MAWii music therapy system, which uses Wiimotes as virtual
instruments. This experiment involves four groups of children suffering from behavioral disorders and currently treated
in a day hospital in Paris. Preliminary analysis shows that the system is robust, that patients were strongly motivated by it
and that their behaviors and verbal expressions had rich psychodynamic content. Future work will entail further
experimentation to explore new venues for game technology in music therapy, to assess the therapeutic value of our
approach and to automatically extract pertinent data from therapy session recordings. |
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