I read about it in this BBC article, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62060542, and I can’t see how it helps?
I have ADHD myself, and would like it know.
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I’m just taking this from that article.
“The Boston-based tech firm behind EndeavorRx, says the game has been designed to boost cognitive progressing.”
How” I dunno, but …. It’s “designed to **stimulate** and **improve** areas of the brain that play a key role in attention function.” So, brain training by playing a game that specifically involves stimulating (waking up) areas of the brain that are less active for ADHD people.
“The idea is that it trains a child with ADHD to both better multitask and ignore distractions, with a computer algorithm measuring his or her performance and customising the difficulty of the game in real time.” So, it measures how much of that stimulation you can handle, an customizes the difficulty.
“But it turns out that sensory stimuli can actually directly stimulate parts of the brain controlling cognitive function.” Doctors and scientist kinda knew this for a long time.
“Engaging with a game has the ability to remove aspects of feeling like we are being tested and measured,” so, the game aspect makes it easier to focus on in the first place, and makes it feel less like therapy, or that you are under the microscope.
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