User talk:Heatherjsb/sandbox

Hey Heatherjsb, what a fun read! Here's another use for gamification of learning - applying it to improving brain function, e.g concentration. Where video games have done much to create such disorders as ADHD there is a flip side to it through neuroscience and neurofeedback therapy that helps treat ADHD, autism, anxiety, etc through game-related training.

Here are some references:

https://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/conference-news/2013/society-for-neuroscience-2013/training-normalizes-imaging-patterns-in-autism-brains

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130896102

http://blog.neuroelectrics.com/blog/bid/331672/Immersive-3D-Games-for-ADHD-Neurofeedback-Training

http://hci.usask.ca/uploads/308-NFB_IDC2013_CameraReady.pdf

--AlienBreakfast (talk) 20:52, 27 February 2014 (UTC)