Analysis of skin temperature change using facial thermal infrared images before and after doing e-sports for the elderly

Abstract

Japan has the highest proportion of elderly people in the world, and the incidence of dementia is also increasing. As a physical exercise, cognitive training, and social participation are being promoted to prevent dementia. Because e-sports can be enjoyed while interacting with many people, and it is possible to obtain greater emotional changes than the emotions evoked in daily life, it is expected to be an initiative to prevent dementia and extend healthy life expectancy in the elderly. In addition, if it is possible to obtain fluctuations in the amount of heat at the facial skin temperature by implementing e-sports, it is expected that the brain will be activated due to changes in blood flow. Therefore, with the aim of scientifically clarifying the effects of e-sports in the elderly, we examined the amount of change in skin temperature before and after doing e-sports in facial thermal infrared images.