Biofeedback video game helps kids control anger
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital had the bright idea that, since kids with anger-control problems tend to resist psychotherapy but enjoy video games, the researchers should develop a game that sneakily helps kids practice emotion-control skills — and in the process perhaps reduces the need for medication.
Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich and his team created RAGE Control.
(Credit: Boston’s Children Hospital)
The game, called RAGE Control (short for Regulate and Gain Emotional Control), employs a finger heart rate monitor; users with elevated heart rates actually lose the ability to shoot…
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