scholarly journals Boosting Brain Waves Improves Memory

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Addante ◽  
Mairy Yousif ◽  
Rosemarie Valencia ◽  
Constance Greenwood ◽  
Raechel Marino

Have you ever wanted to improve your memory? Or have you struggled to remember what you studied? Memory uses special patterns of activity in the brain. This experiment tested a new way to create brain wave patterns that help with memory. We wanted to see if we could improve memory by using lights and sounds that teach the brain waves to be in sync. People wore special goggles that made flashes of light and headphones that made beeping noises. This trained the brain through a process called entrainment. The entrainment put the brain in sync at a specific brain wave pattern called theta. People whose brains were trained to be in theta had better memory compared to people whose brains did not get trained. We learned that entrainment is a cool new way to make memory better.

Author(s):  
Sally M. Essawy ◽  
Basil Kamel ◽  
Mohamed S. Elsawy

Some buildings hold certain qualities of space design similar to those originated from nature in harmony with its surroundings. These buildings, mostly associated with religious beliefs and practices, allow for human comfort and a unique state of mind. This paper aims to verify such effect on the human brain. It concentrates on measuring brain waves when the user is located in several spots (coordinates) in some of these buildings. Several experiments are conducted on selected case studies to identify whether certain buildings affect the brain wave frequencies of their users or not. These are measured in terms of Brain Wave Frequency Charts through EEG Device. The changes identified on the brain were then translated into a brain diagram that reflects the spiritual experience all through the trip inside the selected buildings. This could then be used in architecture to enhance such unique quality.


2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Straebel ◽  
Wilm Thoben

Alvin Lucier's Music for Solo Performer (1965), often referred to as the ‘brain wave piece’, has become a key work of experimental music. Its setup, in which the brain waves of a solo performer are made to excite percussion instruments, has given the work a central place in the discourse on artistic sonification. However, only a small number of the authors making reference to the work seem to have studied the score, and even fewer have given thought to the score's implications for performance practice and aesthetic reflection. This paper pays detailed attention to these yet overlooked aspects, drawing on accounts of early performances as well as the authors’ participation in a 2012 performance led by the composer. We also trace the history of live-electronic equipment used for Music for Solo Performer and discuss the work's reception in sonification research.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 963
Author(s):  
Lalu Arfi Maulana Pangistu ◽  
Ahmad Azhari

Playing games for too long can be addictive. Based on a recent study by Brand et al, adolescents are considered more vulnerable than adults to game addiction. The activity of playing games produces a wave in the brain, namely beta waves where the person is in a focused state. Brain wave activity can be measured and captured using an Electroencephalogram (EEG). Recording brain wave activity naturally requires a prominent and constant brain activity such as when concentrating while playing a game. This study aims to detect game addiction in late adolescence by applying Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). Recording of brain waves was carried out three times for each respondent with a stimulus to play three different games, namely games included in the easy, medium, and hard categories with a consecutive taking time of 10 minutes, 15 minutes, and 30 minutes. Data acquisition results are feature extraction using Fast Fourier Transform to get the average signal for each respondent. Based on the research conducted, obtained an accuracy of 86% with a loss of 0.2771 where the smaller the loss value, the better the CNN model built. The test results on the model produce an overall accuracy of 88% with misclassification in 1 data. The CNN model built is good enough for the detection of game addiction in late adolescence. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 05012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Koudelková ◽  
Martin Strmiska

A Brain Computer Interface (BCI) enables to get electrical signals from the brain. In this paper, the research type of BCI was non-invasive, which capture the brain signals using electroencephalogram (EEG). EEG senses the signals from the surface of the head, where one of the important criteria is the brain wave frequency. This paper provides the measurement of EEG using the Emotiv EPOC headset and applications developed by Emotiv System. Two types of the measurements were taken to describe brain waves by their frequency. The first type of the measurements was based on logical and analytical reasoning, which was captured during solving mathematical exercise. The second type was based on relax mind during listening three types of relaxing music. The results of the measurements were displayed as a visualization of a brain activity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
PRAVIN KUMAR

In modern scientific age everything including the traditional spiritual practices get accepted only after proper evidence or logic is provided. Ācārya Śrīrām Śarmā had proposed scientific spirituality for evolution of every person; this contains four pillars (4S) Sādhanā, Swādhyāya, Saṁyam and Śevā. Individual development is the basis for the development of the society and the entire humankind. Citta is purifed by Sādhanā of Cāndrāyana practice. Manas is purifed by Swādhyāya (Self study). One can change  the muscular tension  while speaking from muscle tension level 10µV to 2-3µV in EMG reading. Saṁyam of speech for 3 months changes the brain wave pattern in occipital region and left hemisphere Broca's and Wernike's area. 4. Śevā (Service) comes only after self transformation; as according to Ācārya Śrī, Śānti Kunj is a nursery where people come and practice spirituality and cultivate good character; when they go back in the society they change it. These practices are not based on any specific religion, but instead they are for the entire human kind, as Ācārya Śrī set a goal of Yug Nirmān (transformation of the era). Since early 1970s, this nursery has been cultivating ideal human character. It is hoped that eventually an ideal human society will be formed; as one candle can light every other candle without losing anything.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2-3 ◽  
pp. 261-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Eun Lim ◽  
Bo Hyeok Seo ◽  
Sun Hyun Kim ◽  
Soon Yong Chun

Since brain waves are expressed in a variety of frequency domains, they were used to analyze a correlation between colors and concentration. In this study, the brain wave reacting when exposed to colors was defined as a color brain wave (CBW). Also the colors on the table were changed during task performance to see colors’ influence on improving concentration and then the brave waves were measured for analysis on and comparison with the findings from the task performance. Based on the biometric data experiment conducted, it was confirmed that the findings during the task performance and those from EEG signals have a correlation and that human’s concentration is thus affected by changes of colors.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Essawy ◽  
Basil Kamel ◽  
Mohamed Samir

A sacred building is defined as a comfortable place that holds certain qualities similar to those originated from nature in harmony with its surroundings. The sacredness quality, though, usually pertains to Religious Buildings that allow for human comfort and a unique state of mind. This paper investigates the effect of sacred buildings on human brain. It concentrates on measurements of brain waves during the presence of the user at certain Paths (coordinates) in these buildings. The variation and intensity of these measurements indicate the effect of “sacredness” as a quality on the user along his/ her journey through the building. This could be used in architecture as evidence of the presence of the sacred quality; and to study the intensity of the positive effect of these buildings. This process is based on a scientific experiment to determine whether or not buildings affect the brain wave frequencies of users, and, measures these effects in terms of Brain Wave Frequency Charts through EEG Devices.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seong Chan Kim ◽  
Min Joo Choi

Abstract This study aims to verify if the beating sound of a singing bowl synchronizes and activates brain waves. The singing bowl sound used in this experiment strongly beats at the frequency of 6.68 Hz, while it decays exponentially and lasts for about 50 sec. Brain waves were measured for 5 min at the F3 and F4 region of the 17 subjects who heard the beating singing bowl sounds. Experimental results showed that the increases (up to ~ 251 %) in the spectral magnitudes of the brain waves were dominant at the beat frequency, compared to those of any other clinical brain wave frequency bands. The observed synchronized activation of the brain wave at the beating sound frequency supports that the singing bowl sound may effectively facilitate meditation and relaxation, considering that the beat frequency belongs to theta waves which increases in the relaxed meditation state.


Author(s):  
M. Ramasubramanian ◽  
TKS. Rathish Babu ◽  
VRS. Rajesh Kumar

Brain fingerprinting is based on finding that the brain generates a unique brain wave pattern when a person encounters a familiar stimulus use of functional magnetic resonance imaging in lie detection derives from studies suggesting that persons asked to lie show different patterns of brain activity than they do when being truthful. Issues related to the use of such evidence in courts are discussed. In the field of criminology, a new lie detector has been developed in the United States of America.This invention is supposed to be the best lie detector available as on date and is said to detect even smooth criminals who pass the polygraph test (the conventional lie detector test) with ease. The new method employs brain waves which are, useful in detecting whether the person subjected to the test, remembers finer details of crime. According to the experts, even if the person willingly suppresses the necessary information, the brain wave is sure to trap him.


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