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BostonCHI Business

2012 – 2013 season wrap-up

Hi everyone,

BostonCHI would like to thank our speakers, our sponsors, and our members andmeeting attendees. We had a great lineup this year and a lot of support.

Over the course of the year, we transitioned to a new website, based on WordPress, a new membership management system, and a new newsletter system. Thanks for bearing with us through the quirks.

We’d like to announce that Todd will be staying on as Chair and Rachel and Carl will be staying on as Vice-Chair and Treasurer, respectively.

We look forward to seeing you at the Boston Interactions summer picnic, which will be in August, with details to be announced towards the end of July.

We’ve already started lining up a schedule for the fall and we think that you’ll love it just as much as you did this year.

Thank you for your support.

Todd, Rachel, and the BostonCHI steering committee.

Monthly Meetings

Jason Kahn: Helping Children Control Their Emotions via Neurofeedback Games

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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.


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