A controversial trial has used a hi-tech headband to monitor the brains of schoolchildren in class to ensure they are concentrating.
Massachusetts-based start-up BrainCo says its Focus 1 headbands can help teachers identify pupils who need extra assistance.
It partnered with a Chinese school for the recent trial using schoolchildren between 10-17, and says it is also working with schools in the US, Mexico, Spain, and Brazil.
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Massachusetts-based start-up BrainCo says its Focus 1 headbands can help teachers identify pupils who need extra assistance
Teachers monitored pupils' attention using an app which received information from the headbands.
Lights on the front of the devices also show different colours for varying concentration levels, flagging to staff if students are not paying attention.
'With BrainCo's brainwave-detecting headbands and software platform, educators can track student engagement and class attention levels as they're happening,' the firm behind the headband boasts.
However, neuroscientists have questioned the devices' effectiveness and the technology has also raised privacy concerns.
The headbands use electroencephalography (EEG) sensors to detect brain activity when the wearer is engaged in a task.
The devices were worn by 10,000 schoolchildren aged between 10 and 17 during a recent 21 day trial in China, according to New Scientist.
Students also played a smartphone game aimed at improving their concentration for 25 minutes at home each day.
BrainCo founder and chief executive Bicheng Han told New Scientist the trial led to improved grades among participants, who also needed to spend less time on homework.
The company has signed a deal to provide 20,000 headbands to a Chinese distributor.
'Our goal with the first 20,000 devices, each of which will be used by multiple students in schools, is to capture data from 1.2 million people,' Mr Han.
However, the China study's results have not been published in an academic journal and scientists have voiced doubts about the technology.
The firm is also running a pilot study at a Boston-based high school to offer focus and relaxation neurofeedback training to students to enhance their learning efficiency and education outcomes.
Russell Barkley, clinical professor of psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University, said any improvements were likely to be caused by the placebo effect.
'It's from parents' expectation, not the products, he said.
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Massachusetts-based start-up BrainCo says its Focus 1 headbands can help teachers identify pupils who need extra assistance.
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