WASHINGTON, D.C.: A research lab is working on technology to develop mobile apps for the diagnosis of two very common brain disorders.
Their simple smartphone tool asks users to draw a rectangle 10 times, while accelerometers and sensors in their phone or their wearable track the movement. This helps identify and classify those individuals who have difficulty initiating and maintaining continuous motor activity.
The researchers first established a baseline from EEG headband tests on 17 subjects, four of whom have ADHD. Then they let them try the app. According to the researchers, the application provided preliminary evidence for a possible relationship between mental and motoric characteristics within 25 seconds of the subject drawing the rectangles.