Brain training helps boy cope with ADHD

During a visit to the rehabilitation department of the Children's Hospital of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine earlier this month, a third grader identified as Pengpeng sat in front of a screen and participated in a race car "video game" — without using his hands.

He and his peers controlled the cars on the screen with their minds through electrodes attached to their bodies, with their brainwaves decoded via Bluetooth.

The video game method is part of an electroencephalograph biofeedback therapeutic treatment designed for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It's one of the novel treatment approaches offered at the rehabilitation department's Brain Regulation Attention Training Camp, an initiative by the medical school to translate successful research into clinical practice.