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Before you bite on "Mindball", "Brainball", or related products, I suggest
you have an independent neuroscientist (with EEG experience) assess what it
actually does.  I don't know what "Mindball" really measures - and its
makers seemed reluctant to share such basic info - but in two different
science centers, I've won games of "Mindball" with the electrodes attached
to my fingers, playing against conscious humans with electrodes on their
heads.  (Fingers have sweat glands, but no EEG waves.)

A few years ago, Eric Siegel posted to this listserv a critique of Mindball
from Slate, which (as far as I know) is still pertinent:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/gaming/2006/12/bowling_with_brain_waves.html

You might consider offering a related relaxation experience (or game) based
on skin conductance, which is  much easier to measure than EEG.  And you
can couple that with a video microscope, so visitors can watch individual
sweat gland pores in their skin secreting drops of sweat, to help
understand what's being measured.

-Richard

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Richard O. Brown, PhD
Staff Neurobiologist / Curator of Perception
The Exploratorium, A Musuem of Science, Art and Perception
San Francisco, CA 94111
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On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Herbert, Jessie <
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> Hello,
> Does anyone know of a vendor that has a used or reasonably priced Mind
> Ball exhibit for a Neuroscience Exhibition?  We use the Mind Flex and
> MindFlex Duel at our Brain exhibit, but they break frequently.  We would
> like a more durable exhibit.  Any information would be helpful, thanks.
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