Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 3984: Improving Cognitive Visual-Motor Abilities in Individuals with Down Syndrome

Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 3984: Improving Cognitive Visual-Motor Abilities in Individuals with Down Syndrome Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19183984 Authors: Torres-Carrión González-González Toledo-Delgado Muñoz-Cruz Gil-Iranzo Reyes-Alonso Hernández-Morales Down syndrome causes a reduction in cognitive abilities, with visual-motor skills being particularly affected. In this work, we have focused on this skill in order to stimulate better learning. The proposal relies on stimulating the cognitive visual-motor skills of individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) using exercises with a gestural interaction platform based on the KINECT sensor named TANGO:H, the goal being to improve them. To validate the proposal, an experimental single-case study method was designed using two groups: a control group and an experimental one, with similar cognitive ages. Didactic exercises were provided to the experimental group using visual cognitive stimulation. These exercises were created on the TANGO:H Designer, a platform that was designed for gestural interaction using the KINECT sensor. As a result, TANGO:H allows for visual-motor cognitive stimulation through the movement of hands, arms, feet and head. The “Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA)” was applied to both groups as a pre-test and post-test in its four reference sections: visual comprehension, visual-motor sequential memory, visual association, and visual integration. Two ch...
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