Link for this post "Relaxation key to winning meditation-like game" By Michael Blinn in the Portsmouth Herald.
This game uses actual brainwave EEG feedback to allow these children to play a game. Here is an excerpt from the article:
Travis Raynolds, a 6-year-old Portsmouth resident, sits in front of the large blue table, a smile on his face as he watches a small gray ball travel down its glass track. His hands, for an instant, fidget with the headband on his forehead. He looks for a split second at the screen to his left, the lines going across it jump up and down.
And then, it’s over. His mother, Petra, raises her arms triumphantly. Travis snaps his fingers in defeat.
They have just finished a round of Mindball, the center of the new permanent Play It Cool exhibit at the Portsmouth Children’s Museum. The exhibit aims to teach children (and their parents) about brainwaves and biofeedback.
With Mindball, the object of the game is to move the gray ball into your opponent’s circle with relaxation. An electroencephalograph (EEG) machine is attached by Velcro strap to a player’s forehead. Once the game starts, the EEG measures a player’s brainwaves and displays them on the screen. Each player can see his or her own alpha (listening, reading, and learning) and theta (learning and memory) brainwaves and a comparison to the other players. A computer interprets the brainwaves and determines who is more relaxed, then moves the ball down the track via a magnetic carriage.
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