The Technology Behind Mind Machines

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What is a mind machine?

Mind machines are brainwave entrainment tools.  The method by which entrainment occurs is know was the Frequency Following Response (FFR).  With audio (headphones) and visual (eye frames with LEDs) stimulation, listeners are gently guided into specific brainwave sates.  Each audio beat and pulse is a specific frequency.  Our minds “think” in terms of frequency.  Brainwaves change frequencies based on neural activity within the brain via hearing, touch, smell, vision, and/or taste.  These senses respond to activity from the environment and transmit that information to the brain via electrical signals.  Hearing + vision are considered the favorable senses for affecting brainwaves safely.  By introducing these beats and pulses to the brain, within a few minutes, the brain begins to mimic or follow the same frequencies as the stimuli (the beats and pulses). 

When the brain engages in FFR, it becomes entrained.  Entrainment means that the brainwaves take on the same rhythm of light or sound pulses.  When you take a walk by the ocean, the slow pulsing sounds of the surf slows down the brainwaves to that rhythm so the result relaxes you.  With a mindmachine, you can alter consciousness to quickly relax, enhance your ability to visualize, facilitate meditation, increase concentration, and memory sleep. 

In the 1800’s Nikola Tesla and others harnessed a new form of energy called electricity to build devices such as Tesla coils that had mind-altering effects.  Electricity quickly became a new tool for the medical application for healing and wellness.  In the 1880’s, dentist began using radio waves set at a specific frequency and amplitude (intensity) as an anesthesia.  In the 1920’s, intuitive healer, Edgar Cayce recommended a noble gas device called the Violet Ray to cure many ailments as the Violet Ray increased circulation on the skin bringing more oxygen to that area.  In 1949, Andrija Puharich founded the Round Table of Electro Biology, which became the springboard for modern Mind Machines, and spawned physicists like Ed Skilling and the late Bob Beck to re-engineer electrical healing technology that created a wave of new mind machines that began to flood the marketplace in the 1980’s.  Today Mind Machine are recognized and used worldwide. 

How to Use a Mind Machine 

You wear glasses with LEDs (light emitting diodes) on the inside that pulse at a specific rate while wearing headphones that product pulsed sounds that match the pulsed rate of the light.  For studying just use the headphones.

Binaural beat sound frequency technology slowly entrain you brainwaves.  Thus you create a specific state of mind.  Two different pitches occur while listening to different tones in each ear via headphones.  The difference in pitch generates a pulsed up and down shift in volume at a specific frequency, entraining you to enter a specific mind state for studying. 

The Brainwave States Are:

Alertness             Beta       13Hz                      Focus, concentration, energy, excitement, attention.

Relaxing               Alpha    8-12Hz                  Memory, learning, getting things done, stress reduction.

Dreaming            Theta    5-7 Hz                    Visualizing, creativity, out-of-body experiences, lucid dreaming.

Sleeping               Delta     0.5-4Hz                 Clearing your mind, rejuvenation, non-thought, rapid

                                                                         assimilation of what is around you.

How Mind Machines Stimulate Brain Wave Entrainment

Mind machines either deliver pulses of light, sound, vibration or combine them in ways that override the intrusion of external intrusions.  Essentially, you adjust the rate of the pulsed frequency to suit your needs (see the Brainwave Sates Chart above)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_machine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A mind machines (in some countries called a psychowalkman) uses pulsing rhythmic sounds and/or flashing light to alter the brainwave frequency of the user.  Mind Machines are said to induce deep states of relaxation, concentration and in some cases altered states of consciousness that have been compared to those obtained from meditation and shamanic exploration.  The process applied to these machines is also known as brainwave synchronization or entrainment. 

Use of auditory and visual stimulation to improve cognitive abilities in learning-disabled children

By Olmstead, Ruth, Ph.D., Walkden University, 2003, 118 pages; AAT 3144101

Abstract (Summary) 

This study examined the effect of auditory and visual stimulation (AVS) on four specific cognitive abilities known to be weak kin children diagnosed with Learning disabilities (LDs).  Learning disabilities comprise cognitive deficits in executive functioning; such deficits include working memory, encoding, visual-motor coordination, response inhibition, planning, and processing.  Aside from medication, educational remediation, and classroom interventions, no specific intervention has been found to rehabilitate such cognitive weaknesses, although previous studies using AVS demonstrated enhanced academic performance in children with learning disabilities. 

The Wechesler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) SCAD (Symbol Search, Coding, arithmetic, and Digit Span) was administered before and after 12 biweekly, 35 minute AVS sessions.  Two index scores from the SCAD profile were also assessed:  Freedom from Distractibility (FFD) and Processing Speed (PS).  The study design was quasi-experimental with repeated measures pre- and post- treatment.  Findings demonstrated that AVS produced significant changes in specific cognitive abilities as measured by the WISC-III SCAD profile.  Results suggest that this technology could greatly enhance the quality of life for learning-disabled individuals who, absent appropriate intervention, are at risk for social, psychological, and a multitude of personal disappointments and life-long failures.

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