ThoughtStream Biofeedback System
Unique four-color visual display shows you exactly how you are doing Eight
sensitivity levels for beginning to advanced training Exceptionally smooth
audio feedback PC interface option Can interface with and control the Proteus
system.
Benefits of biofeedback
"Fine-tune" your ability to pay close attention.Stay calm in difficult situations.
Learn to manage your emotional reactions.Improve focus and concentration.
Enhance your meditation experience. Reduce or eliminate anxiety before exams,
meetings or public speaking
Simple and effective, our ThoughtStream personal
biofeedback system teaches you how to control your responses to psychological
stress.
The patterns of our response to emergencies probably emerged during the
time when all humans faced actual physical threats to their survival. Although
the "threats" we now live with are seldom physical, the body still reacts
as if they were. Actual and perceived stressful events can produce strong
emotions, which arouse certain physical responses from the sympathetic nervous
system - the network of nerve tissues that helps prepare the body to meet
emergencies by "flight or fight." Some of us are more sensitive to the flight-or-fight
response than others.
When we sense danger, our bodies release stress hormones, and our heart
rate, blood pressure, and muscle tension increase. While this response is
useful when we really are in danger and need to respond, it can be a problem
if we do not learn how to respond to ordinary stresses in a healthy way
and can lead to feeling chronically "stressed."
Behavior, thoughts, and feelings influence our whole mind/body system.
Individual physical responses to stress can become habitual. When the body
is repeatedly aroused, one or more functions may become permanently overactive.
Become more aware of your responses, and you can be more comfortable and in control - you can
learn to change inappropriate reactions.
The ThoughtStream personal Galvanic Skin Response (GSR)* biofeedback system
measures tiny, rapid fluctuations in skin moisture associated with the degree
of arousal via a compact palm sensor presents these changes to you by both
audio and visual means. You learn to lower the pitch of a sound heard through
headphones or make the LED's on the display console turn from red to green.
For more comprehensive training use the included Mental Games multimedia
software to fine-tune your ability to relax and focus at the same time.
*Galvanic Skin Response (GSR). Fluctuations in the skin's electrical
resistance often associated with emotional states.
Mental Games Software Introduction
Mental Games is a new concept in personal biofeedback training. With
it you can learn how to:
Quickly shift from relaxed to highly focused states of mind/body integration
and back again. Fine-tune your ability to pay close attention to selected
tasks. Stay calm in difficult/stressful situations. Achieve sustained states
of Zen-like mental clarity.
The current package ships with Level's 1 (Progressive Biofeedback Training)
and 2 ( "Sensomotoric", or mind/body integration). Future modules will include
a Personal Database and Level's 3 (Emotional Integration), 4 (Abstract Reasoning),
5 (Mental Design), 6 (Meta-Mental) and 7 (Trans-Mental). Early in 2001 we
will be adding advanced hardware with additional feedback modalities as well.
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