At first the computer game looks awfully easy for an eight-year-old--like something out of the Stone Age of arcades in the 1980s. A red triangle "arrow" appears on the monitor's blue screen, and then the nose of a cartoon airplane glides into view from the left. If the arrow points upward, Ben must make the plane climb. When he succeeds, a spiky yellow sun beams.

A second glance shows that all is not as it seems. For one thing, Ben has no joystick. Instead several electrodes glued to the boy's face and to the skin under his hair let him pilot the plane by thought alone.

This article was originally published with the title Train Your Brain.

3 Comments

1. 1. ShawnM 05:34 PM 4/15/08

   is there such a theory a to genetic brain wave heredity. If so where can I find out more

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2. 2. tzvibraun 07:36 AM 10/11/08

   Scp and smr reinforcement may be a good way for controlling a the bipolar disorder, are there any studies in this direction?
   Also may neurofeedback be used to discover a way of the imminence of bipolar episode?
   

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3. 3. srabaa 02:12 PM 2/20/10

   Is there a real way to realy improve you brain capability?
   

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