They create a device to train the brain

Spanish researchers has developed a new system that improves cognitive abilities through the recording of brain signals

A team of Spanish researchers has developed a new device that improves cognitive abilities through the recording of brain signals and guided training through software.

The prototype consists of an adaptive headband, the status and evolution of the brain of each person and a cap connected to a computer system, which serves as a training for patients with cognitive loss due to mental disorders.

By placing the headband on the patient's head, the system records the signals on the screen of a computer - in blue when brain activity decreases and in red when it increases - so that the person visualizes how his brain works and must achieve Means of thoughts and mental strategies that the figure continue red.

The research has been coordinated by researchers from the University of Zaragoza, the Institute of Sciences of Aragon and the company specialized in neuroscience BitBrain Technologies.

The studies applied to more than 400 people of different profiles have shown that "this technology manages to change the rhythms that mediate human cognitive capacities and thus improve the memory capacity, the speed of information processing and the sustained attention, necessary for the concentration, "said María López, founder of the company.

Lopez pointed out that this device and its corresponding software "are for the mind the same as a gym or a personal trainer are for the body" and manage to improve brain cognitive capacity by up to 25%.