Mindball!

Science Alive came to visit us in the Kowhai Team on Tuesday. Each child had the opportunity to challenge a classmate in a game called Mindball. 

Mindball takes real-time brain data and displays it in an easy to understand way so that participants can see changes in their focus and calmness as they manipulate their own mind. Wearing a headband with three sensors, participants relax and focus their mind which in turn lowers the level of biofeedback recorded by the Mindball trainer.

The low brainwave activity causes a small ball to move away from the participant, towards the end target. However, become distracted or agitated and the ball regresses to its starting place. Mindball helps visualise an otherwise invisible activity and gives immediate feedback on whether you are on the right track – it’s the heart-rate monitor for your mental treadmill.