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<h2 id="controversy">Controversy</h2>
<p>Despite the science behind the technology developed by Mattel, outside scientists have questioned whether the toy actually measures brain waves or just randomly moves the ball, exploiting the well-known <a href="/facts/Illusion_of_control/FVhvVUWd">illusion of control</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> However, despite the <a href="/facts/John-Dylan_Haynes/146U0b55">John-Dylan Haynes</a> experiments, supporters of the game stand behind the research that went into the development of Mindflex, and believe that the headset does indeed read EEGs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Consumer_brain%E2%80%93computer_interfaces/RTTrU4ql">Consumer brain–computer interfaces</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Brain-Computer_Interface/wdXWqFVr">Brain-Computer Interface</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151026-a-teens-mind-controlled-arm-could-make-prosthetics-cheaper">http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151026-a-teens-mind-controlled-arm-could-make-prosthetics-cheaper</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>MindFlex Games, archived from the original on 2009-01-16 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090116123850/http://mindflexgames.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090116123850/http://mindflexgames.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Scott Stein (June 26, 2009), "Moving objects with Mattel's brainwave-reading Mindflex", CNET News <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10274050-1.html" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10274050-1.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Eric Mika (April 7, 2010), "How to Hack Toy EEGs", Frontier Nerds Blog <a href="http://ericmika.com/itp/brain-hack" target="_blank">http://ericmika.com/itp/brain-hack</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Hilmar Schmundt (February 22, 2010), "Aberglaube im Kinderzimmer", Der Spiegel (In German) <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,679480,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,679480,00.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Hilmar Schmundt (May 11, 2011), "Wenn der Ball nicht macht, was der Kopf will", Der Spiegel (In German) <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/0,1518,761169,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/0,1518,761169,00.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Eric Mika (April 7, 2010), "How to Hack Toy EEGs", Frontier Nerds Blog <a href="http://ericmika.com/itp/brain-hack" target="_blank">http://ericmika.com/itp/brain-hack</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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