Graduation Year
2007
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Mathematics
Reader 1
Darryl Yong
Reader 2
Maria Klawe
Abstract
Cyberlink:Brainfingers is a human computer user interface that supports hands free computer access. This is especially valuable technology for disabled individuals who lack the motor skills necessary to use a keyboard and mouse easily. Over the course of two months, four students with cerebral palsy, a motor disorder, used Brainfingers to play a variety of spatial software. The primary aims were to see if use of Brainfingers with spatial software could improve the spatial motor abilities of students with cerebral palsy, as well as to assess any apparent behavioral changes. Two of the students showed a large increase in spatial abilities when assessed, and all students displayed improvement or no change in positive behavioral attributes. All students improved their control of Brainfingers over time, and expressed their desire to use Brainfingers in the future over other methods of accessing a computer. The implications of these results are discussed, as well as issues for further study.
Recommended Citation
Herman, Nicholas, "Investigating the Use of Brainfingers in Children with Cerebral Palsy for Spatial-Motor Education" (2007). HMC Senior Theses. 196.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_theses/196
