Tunnel Runner: a Proof-of-principle for the Feasibility and Benefits of Facilitating Players' Sense of Control in Cognitive Assessment Games

Cognitive assessment games attempt to improve cognitive assessment’s experience and data quality by implementing game-like features, e.g., points and narratives. However, cognitive games maintain the repetitiveness and restricted control common in traditional cognitive assessment tasks, which thwart players’ sense of control and impair their motivation and experience. Leading to only modest improvements over traditional tasks.