O’Brien, DonalKnapp, R. BenjaminThompson, OonaghCraig, DavidBarrett, Suzanne2017-11-292017-11-292012http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80521The overall goal of this project is to design, develop, and validate a mobile phone-based ‘brain training’ software suite targeted at senior users, using iterative person-centered design methodologies, that will permit a subsequent clinical trial of cognitive stimulation efficacy known as theSONIC²S Study (Stirling-Oregon-Northern Ireland-Chicago Cognitive Stimulation Study). The SONIC²S Study will represent a long term (c. 15 year), very large scale (n=12,000), embedded clinical trial that aims to definitively establish whether or not brain training acts to prevent dementia or cognitive decline. It is anticipated that participant compliance in such a study will be a significant concern. This study reports on a series of focus groups, usability studies and field trials which sought to identify the key motivational factors influencing seniors’ engagement with mobile brain-training technology in order to inform the design of a bespoke tool which is acceptable/enjoyable to target users.en-USIn CopyrightUser-centred designbrain-trainingtechnology acceptanceConference proceedinghttps://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246148