Biometric Video Game Helps Kids Curb Their Temper

Kids generally have a short temper, especially when things don’t go their way. Luckily, the Boston Children’s Hospital has created a video game that will help them calm down and curb their anger.

RAGE Control, is a video game that lets players shoot enemy spaceships. A sensor has to be attached to the player’s finger to monitor their heart rate. Once their heart rate goes too high, they lose the chance to shoot. The player has to calm down to continue playing the game.

According to a study, the game is helpful to kids between the ages 9 to 17, an age where kids usually deal with anger management issues.

Dr. Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, Chief of Psychopharmacology at Boston Children’s and senior investigator on the study, explains:

“The connections between the brain’s executive control centers and emotional centers are weak in people with severe anger problems. However, to succeed at RAGE Control, players have to learn to use these centers and the same time to score points.”

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