Preliminary validation of CCRacer serious game for assessing executive function after acquired brain injury

Vidačić, Maja (avtor), Mlinarič Lešnik, Vesna (avtor), Politakis, Vida Ana (avtor), Podlesek, Anja (avtor), Čižman Štaba, Urša (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: brain injury, cognitive control, executive function, neuropsychological assessment
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Recenzirani rokopis
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 78-82
• Številčenje: Vol. 48, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-182243
• UDK: 159.95
• ISSN pri članku: 1473-5660
• DOI: 10.1097/mrr.0000000000000657
• COBISS.SI-ID: 226684675
• Datum objave v RUL: 05.05.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of rehabilitation research
• Skrajšan naslov: Int. j. rehabil. res.
• Založnik: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• ISSN: 1473-5660
• COBISS.SI-ID: 18050838

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: možganske poškodbe, kognitivni nadzor, izvršilne funkcije, nevropsihološka ocena

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0110
• Naslov: Psihološki in nevroznanstveni vidiki kognicije