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Video Game Brainwaves Used to Fight ADD

Video Game Brainwaves Used to Fight ADD Researchers studying Attention Deficit Disorder are lauding the development of video games that reward focus and concentration by using electrodes to monitor players' brainwaves. While these games may be fun, as NPR's Laura Sydell reports, they are also helping people with Attention Deficit Disorder. SYDELL: That's Stanley Yang, CEO of NeuroSky, a Silicon Valley startup that's developed its own brainwave reading technology for playing video games. SYDELL: The brainwave measurement won't replace the handheld gaming controls, but NeuroSky's CEO Stanley Yang thinks it will add another dimension to game playing.

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