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The Journal Pediatrics (PEDIATRICS Volume 133, Number 3, March 2014)
This peer reviewed journal discusses a six month follow up review of a study performed on Play Attention by the prestigious Tufts School of Medicine in the Boston Public Schools. Play Attention is termed “Neurofeedback” in the article. The researchers found that, ” Neurofeedback participants made more prompt and greater improvements in ADHD symptoms, which were sustained at the 6-month follow-up, than did CT participants or those in the control group. This finding suggests that neurofeedback is a promising attention training treatment for children with ADHD.”
Full article can be found at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2014/02/11/peds.2013- 2059.full.pdf+html
Journal of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics – January 2014
This peer reviewed journal article reviews the randomized clinically controlled study of Play Attention completed by Tufts School of Medicine in the Boston Public Schools. The results are very impressive and validate Play Attention’s efficacy.
Students enrolled were randomly selected to participate in either Play Attention (referred to in study as Neurofeedback or NF); or a computer based cognitive training system (referred to as CT); or no intervention.
Results: Parents of children who received Play Attention (NF) training reported significant improvements in attention and executive functioning. Parents of children who received cognitive training (CT) did not report significant improvements compared to those in the control condition.
The parent-reported improvements of participants in the Play Attention (NF) condition on the learning problems subscale might reflect important generalization of skills to the academic setting. It is noteworthy that parents of children in the Play Attention (NF) condition did not seek an increase in their children’s stimulant medication dosage, although these children experienced the same physical growth and increased school demands as their CT and control peers. Stimulant medication dosage in methylphenidate equivalencies significantly increased for children in the CT and control conditions.
Full article available at: http://journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/Fulltext/2014/01000/Neurofeedback_and_Cognitive_Att ention_Training_for.3.aspx
NASA Spinoff Magazine – 2013
The inspiration for this attention-training game, one of many specialized software programs available under the company’s Play Attention educational product line, began with NASA Langley Research Center scientist Alan Pope’s research in the late 1980s on pilots and automated flight systems.
The PDF file can be found at the following address: http://www.playattention.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SMSpinoff2013.pdf
Below are some articles that have been published about PlayAttention™ :
Not long ago, a manager at the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) nuclear plant outside Toronto was completing a routine drill. The manager had to demonstrate that he could accurately instruct a computer to open and close a series of simulated valves–valves crucial to controlling the water and pressure that keep radioactive material contained. But this particular demonstration was unusual, since Lanzanin was operating the valves with his mind. He never touched a keyboard. And when his brain was focused enough to tell the valves onscreen to open or close, they obeyed.
Full article available here: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2098588,00.html
Time Magazine – 11/14/2011