Company Description
Eight-year-old Jack liked to read the encyclopedia and share what he learned, so he clearly understood the words. Yet, he struggled to read longer passages due to weak attention skills… even short stories were a struggle. After training with the Attention Arcade for three months, Jack read the entire Harry Potter series over the summer – more than 4,000 pages. Attention skills are critical to being an efficient reader. And now there is a fun way to train attention skills! Founded by two leading neuroscientists in the areas of eye movements and attention, along with an experienced entrepreneur, BrainLeap is focused on changing the way that attention issues are addressed in schools and homes. Our mission is to empower one million children per year to train foundational attention skills through fun and engaging video games.BrainLeap’s attention training games were initially developed and tested at UC San Diego before launching the company. The games demonstrated measurable improvements in attention during the initial study and later in an independent study at the University of Florida – Gainesville.Our vision is a world where attention training is the norm for improving attention control, where every child has the opportunity to train attention skills and build the confidence that comes from working to improve their capacity to learn and engage with the world around them.