SDr actually gave me his research-edition Emotiv EPOC, but… I haven’t actually gotten around to using it because I’ve been busy with things like Coursera and statistics. So, eventually! Hopefully.
Hm. Do you know of any resources on how to use EEG information to improve your thought processes?
(I’m highly tempted to put some of my tax return to trying it out; partially for improvement purposes, partially because I’m curious how much is going on inside my mind I’m unaware of.)
Do you know of any resources on how to use EEG information to improve your thought processes?
Anything labeled ‘neurofeedback’ seems like a good place to start. I presently have few ideas about how to use it, aside from seeing if it’s a good way to quantify meditation quality and hence have more direction in meditation than random books and ‘well, it seems to be helping a little’.
EEG machines measure frequency of neuronal firing in the cortex. The greater the frequency, the more asynchronous the firing and thus the more active the brain. Learning how to read EEG output requires training, but there might be computer programs for that. To use the machine effectively, identify an activity for which you’d like to measure your brain waves, exempli gratia:
Measure degrees of neuronal firing asynchrony during work periods (pomodoros) - useful for calibrating an accurate feeling of focus; measure success of meditation (gamma wave output), as gwern noted; measure which break activities actually induce a relaxed state; and of course check quality of sleep.
SDr actually gave me his research-edition Emotiv EPOC, but… I haven’t actually gotten around to using it because I’ve been busy with things like Coursera and statistics. So, eventually! Hopefully.
Hm. Do you know of any resources on how to use EEG information to improve your thought processes?
(I’m highly tempted to put some of my tax return to trying it out; partially for improvement purposes, partially because I’m curious how much is going on inside my mind I’m unaware of.)
Anything labeled ‘neurofeedback’ seems like a good place to start. I presently have few ideas about how to use it, aside from seeing if it’s a good way to quantify meditation quality and hence have more direction in meditation than random books and ‘well, it seems to be helping a little’.
EEG machines measure frequency of neuronal firing in the cortex. The greater the frequency, the more asynchronous the firing and thus the more active the brain. Learning how to read EEG output requires training, but there might be computer programs for that. To use the machine effectively, identify an activity for which you’d like to measure your brain waves, exempli gratia:
Measure degrees of neuronal firing asynchrony during work periods (pomodoros) - useful for calibrating an accurate feeling of focus; measure success of meditation (gamma wave output), as gwern noted; measure which break activities actually induce a relaxed state; and of course check quality of sleep.