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2007-08-09T15:13:00.002-07:00

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Simmer Down Sprinter - Biofeedback Arcade Game

2006-10-25T20:11:00.000-07:00

Simmer Down Sprinter is a two player, sit-down, arcade style video game I designed and programmed in which players compete to move runners around a track. The game is controlled by player’s bio-feedback. The more relaxed the player becomes, the faster the runner moves around the track. Essentially it is a game of competitive relaxation.take the role of the runners in the video game, complete with

Science finally tackles hypnosis

2006-10-24T23:42:00.000-07:00

from Seed Magazine:Neuroimaging studies may domesticate the long-controversial practice.It seems hypnosis has been nearly everywhere over the past few centuries: onstage with entertainers swinging fat, gold watches; on couches with reclining psychoanalysis patients; in movies, books, and even children's cartoons. But the one gig hypnosis couldn't get was the scientific laboratory. Until now.

Coming Soon: The PreSage Personal Biofeedback System

2006-10-24T15:28:00.001-07:00

The MindPlace PreSage Biofeedback Package will be available early 2007. More information will be posted here soon!

Coming Soon: The Procyon Audio Visual Synthesizer

2006-10-24T15:25:00.000-07:00

Full Spectrum Audio-Visual Synthesizer Introducing Procyon, a new kind of light and sound experience, melding a full spectrum of color choices with clean, pure digital sound. The resulting new mediaform can be used to modulate states of consciousness in rich new ways. Its state-of-the-art color synthesis elements can modulate smoothly between fields of pure color (

Healing Rhythms by Wild Divine

2006-10-24T15:11:00.000-07:00

Healing Rhythms by Wild Divine A 15-Step Guided Biofeedback Training Program Introducting Healing Rhythms: Biofeedback Training for a Happy Mind & Healthy Body. The first whole-body wellness program to bring together three of the most prominent leaders in the field of health and wellness - doctors Deepak Chopra, M.D., Dean Ornish, M.D. and Andrew Weil, M.D. Together

HeartMath Freeze-Framer 2.0 USB

2006-10-24T15:07:00.000-07:00

The Freeze-Framer® is an innovative and easy-to-use biofeedback system that guides you to achieve higher, more creative energy levels, less stress, and optimal health. With the simple fingertip pulse sensor that plugs into the USB port of your computer, you can watch in real time how thoughts and emotions affect your heart and autonomic nervous system. This is the Health Professional

The emWave Personal Stress Reliever

2006-10-24T14:28:00.000-07:00

Introducing the emWaveT Personal Stress Reliever® , an entertaining stress relief technology that analyzes your heart rhythms for coherence. The emWave then uses these measurements to guide you into a more coherent state. This helps balance your emotions, mind and body. It is a handheld, portable and convenient way to reduce stress and increase performance anytime, anywhere.

Boston University study: Less stress leads to a longer life

2006-10-20T12:41:00.000-07:00

NIH funds BU professors' research with centenariansLauren MagnusonNot sweating the small stuff can now lead to a longer life, according to a 12-year Boston University study that found people who live more than 100 years tend to handle stressful situations better than others."That ability to shed stress is an important factor to longevity," BU professor Tom Perls said. "How much of a factor -- we

MindBall

2006-10-13T16:12:00.000-07:00

MindBall: Living in a more connected and tech-focused world can result in added stress, and MindBall's biofeedback system may soon become a regular way to monitor and manage stress levels.If you're going to win MindBall, a game designed by the Interactive Institute, you've got to be relaxed. Two players sit across from each other at a table wearing headbands that monitor their brain activity.

Ghost in the room? It could all be in your brainwaves

2006-10-13T16:00:00.000-07:00

NEUROSCIENTISTS investigating a young woman with epilepsy believe they have stumbled on an explanation why some people feel a ghostly presence nearby or develop paranoia.The 22-year-old woman was being assessed for brain surgery for epilepsy but was otherwise psychologically healthy.Part of the evaluation pinpointed the area for surgery, using thin electrodes implanted into a region of the

Neurofeedback Training May Help Normalize Some Abnormal Brain Wave Patterns

2006-10-13T15:48:00.000-07:00

October 12, 2006 1:47 p.m. ESTLinda Young - All Headline News Staff Writer Salt Lake City, Utah (AHN) - A new study reveals that neurofeedback training may help normalize abnormal brain waves caused by some medical conditions.The study was published in the latest edition of Biofeedback a journal published by the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. According to Newswise,

Brain waves enable paralysed patients to communicate via PCs

2006-10-13T15:41:00.000-07:00

Severely paralysed people can find it extremely distressing to lose the ability to communicate. While much work has already gone into developing eye-tracking systems, these can be unreliable and tiring to use. An alternative approach is to use electrodes implanted in the brain, but this is costly and carries an element of risk. More recently, however, researchers in the USA have developed a

The Art of the Brain

2006-10-13T14:23:00.000-07:00

The mysteries of the brain inspire art as well as scienceBy Laura BuchholzNeuroscience is a predominantly left-brained activity. This is a good thing, as the logical, analytical gaze of the left-brained has revealed much of what we know about the three-pound wet blob that lives in our heads and directs our lives. But as brain imagery becomes commonplace, perhaps it was inevitable that the

Teenager plays Space Invaders with only his brain

2006-10-11T16:40:00.000-07:00

By Tony Fitzpatrick Now, a St. Louis-area teenage boy and a computer game have gone hands-off, thanks to a unique experiment conducted by a team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, and engineers at Washington University in St. Louis. The boy, a 14-year-old who suffers from epilepsy, is the first teenager to play a two-dimensional video game, Space Invaders, using only the signals from his brain to

Science has designs on your brain

2006-10-11T12:39:00.000-07:00

By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC NewsHow could your brain be developed in the future? Should technology be used to stimulate and improve the brain - improving grades for instance? These are just some of the questions posed by a new

Free your mind: a scientific approach to unleashing creativity

2006-10-11T12:36:00.000-07:00

A neuroscientist claims he can unleash creativity by boosting low-frequency brainwaves - and he's tested the theory on 100 students at the Royal College of Music. Genevieve Roberts reports How can musicians improve their performance skills without even picking up their instruments? It's not a trick question; in fact, neuroscience may have hit upon the answer. According to an

Teenager moves video icons by imagination

2006-10-11T12:28:00.000-07:00

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. boy has become the first teenager to play a two-dimensional video game using only the signals from his brain to make movements. Washington University researchers say the unidentified 14-year-old St. Louis boy's achievement might lead to creation of biomedical devices that can control artificial limbs, enabling the movement of a prosthesis by just thinking about

Meditation Gives Brain a Charge, Study Finds

2006-10-11T12:17:00.000-07:00

By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff WriterMonday, January 3, 2005; Page A05Brain research is beginning to produce concrete evidence for something that Buddhist practitioners of meditation have maintained for centuries: Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow

The StressEraser

2006-10-11T00:27:00.000-07:00

The StressEraser is a small, portable and accurate biofeedback stress reduction device. It works by helping you relax your body and calm your mind by guiding you to change your breathing and your focus. What you see on the screen is a wave which represents the pattern of your pulse rate. A series of triangles appear on the screen that work as cues to modify your breathing. The

Inner Tube Biofeedback Game for the Wild Divine LightStone

2006-10-11T00:24:00.000-07:00

The Inner Tube Biofeedback Game uses your thoughts and feelings to control a ship through a 3D environment. The software uses heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV) and galvonic skin response (GSR) to control the ship's speed and to alter the in-game environment. The Inner Tube includes 20 tunnel levels that vary in difficulty. Your object is to race through the tunnels as quickly as

Particle Editor 3 Software for the Wild Divine Lightstone

2006-10-11T00:20:00.000-07:00

Particle Editor 3 for the Wild Divine LightStone creates mind blowing 3D visuals that react in realtime to your mind state. The software uses heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV) and galvonic skin response (GSR) to control beautiful 3D particle environments. The Particle Editor 3 software includes 20 particle environments featuring snow, fire, energy effects and more. Hundreds of

Mind Modulations Thoughtstream GSR Biofeedback Device & Game

2006-10-11T00:14:00.000-07:00

Personal Biofeedback you can use at home. The ThoughtStream is the world's first complete personal biofeedback training system. Biofeedback allows you to see, feel or hear mind/body processes that we normally aren't consciously aware of or able to voluntarily control. It has long been accepted as one of the most effective tools available for stress control and other personal growth benefits. In

The Journey to Wild Divine - Thought Controlled Video Game Adventure

2006-10-11T00:10:00.000-07:00

Wearing three finger sensors that track your body's heart rate variability and skin conductance, you move through enchanting and mystical landscapes using the power of your thoughts, feelings, breath and awareness. Wise mentors guide you throughout the realm, empowering you with yoga, breathing and meditation skills needed to complete over 40 biofeedback 'energy' events. Build stairways with your

Mind Modulations Light & Sound Biofeedback Package

2006-10-11T00:02:00.000-07:00

The ThoughtStream measures the tiny changes in your skin resistance values associated with shifts in your mood, mental state and level of arousal. The Proteus uses specially patterned sequences of sound pulses and multicolored light pulses to alter your brain wave activity. When used together, these two devices give you the power of

Mind Modulations Sirius Light & Sound Mind Machine

2006-10-10T22:39:00.000-07:00

The Mind Modulations Sirius is the best value in light/sound mind machines available today. An ideal system due to its low price and rich set of features. The Sirius includes NEW PureWhite white-light LiteFrames, for enhanced visuals. A Sirius experience results from the machine gently guiding you into different mental states by stimulating your senses using special patterns of synchronized light

Mind Modulations Proteus Light & Sound Mind Machine

2006-10-10T22:26:00.000-07:00

The Proteus is the most effective and advanced Light and Sound Stimulation System available. A Proteus experience results from the machine gently guiding you into different mental states by stimulating your senses using special patterns of synchronized light and sound. Extraordinary kaleidoscopic patterns of color are seen behind your closed eyelids that dance with thick washes and pulses of