Method and system for incorporating physiological self-regulation challenge into geospatial scenario games and/or simulations

An apparatus comprising:

• a brain state sensor configured to measure brain state values representing cognitive engagement;
• a location-based sensor;
• a processor;
• and a
• non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to at least:
• provide a series of physiological self-regulation challenges for a participant, with each of the physiological self-regulation challenges separate but related to a respective one of a series of predefined activities for the participant, with the predefined activities each at a respective predefined spaced-apart location and related to a respective one of the physiological self-regulation skills;
• receive respective physiological self-regulation goals for the self-regulation challenges, wherein the physiological self-regulation goals comprise achieving by self-regulation a respective target brain state conducive to learning or problem solving, and wherein the target brain states are selected for enhanced performing of the respective predefined activities;
• receive a current location of the participant from the location-based sensor, and in response, determining that the participant is within a range of one of the predefined spaced apart locations,
• determine the predefined activity corresponding to the predefined location and determining the respective self-regulation challenge for the determined one of the predefined activities;
• receive brain state values representing cognitive engagement from the brain wave sensor while the participant is at the predefined location prior to the participant participating in the predefined activity;
• compare the measured physiological brain state of the participant to the target brain state of the self-regulation physiological goal for the determined self-regulation challenge;
• cause a mobile communication device to communicate to the participant whether or not the participant has achieved the physiological self-regulation goal for the determined self-regulation challenge;
• and
• based upon a determination that the participant achieves the physiological self-regulation goal, provide the participant with a predefined reward that includes required information or required access for performing the predefined activity at the predefined location, location information for a next one of the predefined locations, or both,
• wherein the participant benefits from improvement in the physiological self-regulation skills and improvement in the ability to complete the predefined activities as the participant advances through the physiological self-regulation challenges and the predefined activities at the predefined spaced-apart locations.