Development of a system for the identification of ADHD in children: attention monitor

Abstract

The level of attention in people is associated with efficiency in their intellectual activities, in their level of understanding and in the development of their creative ability. It is essential to know the behavior of the physiological variables involved in this process, with these variables the states of attention of a person can be determined with greater precision. Several disorders affect the level of attention of people both in their childhood and in adulthood. One of the most recognized disorders is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and is usually diagnosed for the first time in childhood, and the symptoms persist in adolescence and adulthood. Some ways of knowing if a person presents ADHD are through questionnaires, intellectual tests, types of behavior, medical diagnoses, among others. These tests require a long period where an observation and analysis process is performed in order to obtain a reliable diagnosis. In this work, we present the development of an experiment for the identification of ADHD. In addition, we develop the application of a non-invasive system for the identification of the level of attention in people based on the brain waves of type alpha and beta to determine the differences between the level of attention in children with ADHD and the level of attention in children without ADHD.