The challenge
Many families notice attention or activity concerns but hesitate because of stigma, uncertainty, or limited access to qualified child specialists.
About Mahiyab
A multidisciplinary team bringing psychology, research, game design, and technology together to help families understand children more clearly.
Every child deserves to be understood with curiosity and care—not fear or labels.
The Mahiyab story
How a familiar family concern became a playful, science-informed idea
Our response
Mahiyab uses a serious-game format informed by continuous-performance concepts to observe behavioral patterns in an approachable environment.
Product overview
Introducing Mahiyab
A visual overview of Mahiyab’s idea, intended audiences, and key product features. Open the full-size brochure to read the Persian text.
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Our values
Principles that shape product, research, and communication decisions
Scientific integrity
Claims should follow reliable evidence and qualified review.
Playful by design
A child’s experience should be calm, understandable, and age-appropriate.
Privacy first
Child data requires restraint, transparency, and meaningful protection.
Accessibility
Families deserve information they can understand and use.
No labels
The goal is informed observation—not diagnosis or judgment.
Multidisciplinary work
Psychology, research, design, and engineering are stronger together.
Our journey
From research question to a public product
Initial research
Reviewing attention tasks and the feasibility of a game-based experience.
Early game design
Shaping child-centered mechanics around attention and response control.
Prototype development
Implementing and testing early versions across devices.
Serious Games Festival
Participating in Iran’s sixth national Serious Games Festival.
Public-release preparation
Preparing the experience for distribution through Iranian app stores.
Our team
Different disciplines working toward child-centered mental-health support
Dr. Ehsan Rezayat
Scientific directorA child and adolescent clinical psychology specialist focused on ADHD and screening methods.
Engineering and design
Product teamDevelopers, visual designers, and user-experience specialists shaping the game and website.
Research team
Research and developmentContributors with interests in cognitive neuroscience and psychometrics.
Recognition and foundations
Milestones and principles supporting the project
Selected by Iran’s Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults
One of Mahiyab’s two recognitions at the sixth Serious Games Prize.
Second-place recognition from the Cognitive Sciences and Technologies Council
A second-place title at the sixth Serious Games Prize.
Informed by IVA-2 concepts
Conceptual inspiration—not psychometric equivalence to the test.
Research-led direction
Independent validation and transparent limitations remain central.
Ready to learn more?
Explore Mahiyab and keep the responsible-use guide nearby.