Brainwaves
One of our body’s most mysterious functions is the electrical activity in the brain. The electrical activity in the brain can be measured and defined as four distinct electrical levels. These brainwaves are known as Beta, Alfa, Theta and Delta. The electrical activity is defined in “Hz” and as your can see from the chart below, is directly related to your physical and mental activity.
These brainwaves can be measured and give us great insight to our current state of mind. You can tell a lot about a person simply by observing their brainwave patterns. For example, anxious people tend to produce an overabundance of high Beta waves while people sleeping would have little Beta brainwaves.
Researchers have found that not only are brainwaves representative of physical and mental state, but they can be stimulated to change a person's mental state, and even help treat a variety of mental disorders. Certain Brainwave patterns can even be used to access exotic or extraordinary experiences such as "lucid dreaming" or ultra-realistic visualization.
Here is a little history on the study of brainwaves:
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By 1908 the Austrian Psychiatrist, Hans Berger discovered brainwaves.
The first ones appropriately were named Alpha waves (8-12hz). He kept his discovery secret for almost 20 years, believing he was unraveling the secrets of ESP. In the 1920s Berger obtained his first results in subjects who had skulls with gaps under the skin where bone was missing. He made recordings on moving photographic paper with a wavy spot of light!!
To learn more Hans Berger and his studies and research follow this link: http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/history/berger.html
We have come a long way since Hans Berger’s research and discoveries. Many researchers have continued his work and what they revealed has changed what was once just a very crazy and unaccepted science. Today this science is not only accepted but is a very useful medical and clinical tool in the health industry. Work continues into the world of brainwaves today. Back when researches were first starting to measure brainwaves the machines clumsy and often inaccurate. Along with the research on brainwaves was the need for better and more accurate machines. These machines are called “EEG” or Electroencephalograph machines.
Until the late 1990's brainwave biofeedback practitioners had been limited by grossly inadequate equipment, and knowledge of proper brain wave training protocols. Only a few years ago brainwave recording equipment was ludicrously expensive, time consuming and only in hospitals or research centers.
Today, nexNeuro is able to bring you the latest in EEG technology for home use.
With the knowledge and research of many, today the mystery of brainwaves is bit clearer, the machines used to measure brainwaves are easier to use and the acceptance of using brainwaves for a multitude of purposes more common place.
At nexNeuro, we not only have found a simpler solution to the clumsy and complicate clinical use EEG machine but also have design graphs that are simple and easy to understand.
This is a typical brainwave reading using a clinical EEG machine.
As you can see, there are lines of information that only a clinician or doctor could read.
Below is a sample of nexNeuro’s simplified version.
Note that the colors of each brainwave that are used:
Red Beta
Yellow Alpha
Green Theta
Blue Delta
Because brainwaves are constantly changing, the clinical graph is constantly recording the changes. A typical EEG graph can be pages and pages of readings.
Our nexNeuro graph is not designed to show you the constant changes, but to take snapshots of the readings at specified times during your session. The sessions will show you if in fact your brain had responded to the binaural beat embedded in the music. The nexNeuro session menu will show you the expected result of the music and timed session. This gives you confidence that your sessions with nexNeuro are in fact effective.