Its called electroencephalography (EEG) biofeedback -- the monitoring of brain wave activity. Its used as part of a system called Play Attention that teaches kids how to focus.

• Professor Karen Pine of the University of Hertfordshires School of Psychology, and her assistant Farjana Nasrin studied the systems effects on kids with attention deficit.
  
• They found that impulsive behavior, which is difficult for ADHD kids to control, was reduced after kids used the system three times a week for twelve weeks.
  
• Games for Life, which developed and owns Play Attention, plans to make the system available in the United Kingdom this month.

"The system involves the child playing a fun educational computer game whilst wearing a helmet similar to a bicycle helmet," the University of Hertfordshire reported. "The helmet picks up their brain activity in the form of EEG waves related to attention. As long as the child concentrates they control the games, but as soon as their attention waivers the game stops."

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