Tue, October 8, 6:30pm – 9:00pm

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Abstract

Barton Fiske, from zSpace, will be speaking at BostonCHI on Tuesday October 8 at Constant Contact, starting at 6:30pm.

Come join fellow Boston entrepreneurs, tech-enthusiasts and zSpace users at the zSpace BostonCHI event:

• Experience zSpace live and explore exclusive demo applications applicable to your industry.
• Learn how zSpace is a part of the UI evolution of making computing more approachable and usable.
• Discover how to develop new zSpace applications that change the way people learn, play and create.
• Special invite and free registration to zCon East: The zSpace Special Interest Group Conference taking place in Boston on October 21, 2013

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Wednesday, September 11

Fresh Tilled Soil
480 Pleasant Street (Suite A310 at the Riverworks) Watertown, MA 02472

6:30pm to 9pm

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Tue, June 11, 6:30pm – 9:00pm

Abstract

Many young children have clinical levels of anger and aggression that lead to problems with their families, peers, and teachers. The treatments available have been psychotherapy and or psychopharmacological medications. These approaches can be effective, but have considerable limitations.

Drawing from recent findings in neuroscience and constructivist principles (that is,learners construct meaning from experience individually, and learning derives from being actively engaged in experience), it is possible to design new technology that can help emotionally dysregulated children develop their skills in emotional self-regulation.

We have been developing video games to help these children by using active biofeedback, which requires simultaneous attention and relaxation. In pilot studies in both outpatient and inpatient settings, we have found that using our video game leads to reduced symptoms of anger in children. We have started developing toys that use the principles derived from these findings.

Continue reading Jason Kahn: Helping Children Control Their Emotions via Neurofeedback Games →