Attention Control Systems Inc., was founded in 1996. The Company's founder, Richard Levinson has developed automatic planning software for 12 years as a senior robotics research scientist at NASA. Mr. Levinson began studying the neuropsychology of human planning in order to make robots more independent. In 1995 he proposed a computer model of frontal lobe function and began to apply that model to help persons with brain disorders. Mr. Levinson has published articles in both computer science and neuropsychology journals and pioneered an interdisciplinary approach to the study of cognitive rehabilitation that combines those two fields.
PEAT was designed to overcome the limitations of paper memory notebooks. Our unique computer model of brain function allows PEAT to simulate human executive functions and to compensate for a wide range of frontal lobe dysfunction. Peat has helped users with a variety of brain disorders including brain injury, Attention Deficit Disorder, multiple sclerosis, developmental disorders, and anoxia.