TY  - CONF
AU  - Sergio Alloza
AU  - Flavio Escribano
AU  - Sergi Delgado
AU  - Ciprian Corneanu
AU  - Sergio Escalera
A2  - COSECIVI; CEUR-WS
PY  - 2017//
TI  - XBadges. Identifying and training soft skills with  commercial video games Improving persistence, risk taking & spatial reasoning with  commercial video games and facial and emotional recognition system
BT  - 4th Congreso de la Sociedad Española para las Ciencias del Videojuego
SP  - 13
EP  - 28
VL  - 1957
KW  - Video  Games
KW  - Soft Skills
KW  - Training
KW  - Skilling Development
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Cognitive Abilities
KW  - Flappy Bird
KW  - Pacman
KW  - Tetris
N2  - XBadges is a research project based on the hypothesis that commercial video games (nonserious games) can train soft skills. We measure persistence, patial reasoning and risk taking before and after subjects paticipate in controlled game playing sessions.In addition, we have developed an automatic facial expression recognition system capable of inferring their emotions while playing, allowing us to study the role of emotions in soft skills acquisition. We have used Flappy Bird, Pacman and Tetris for assessing changes in persistence, risk taking and spatial reasoning respectively. Results show how playing Tetris significantly improves spatial reasoning and how playing Pacman significantly improves prudence in certain areas of behavior. As for emotions, they reveal that being concentrated helps to improve performance and skills acquisition. Frustration is also shown as a key element. With the results obtained we are able to glimpse multiple applications in areas which need soft skills development.
UR  - http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1957/
L1  - http://refbase.cvc.uab.es/files/AED2017.pdf
N1  - HUPBA; no menciona
ID  - Sergio Alloza2017
ER  -