Passive resonator and method of use for brain wave entrainment
AssigneeUniversity of South Carolina
InventorsManuel F. Casanova, Estate M. Sokhadze
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Abstract
A system and method designed to encourage entrainment of brain waves with a therapeutic wave of a predetermined frequency. The system uses antennae to emit a modulated high frequency carrier signal that carries the therapeutic signal. The system can be utilized in modification of brainwave frequencies in a local or global scale and/or in establishing coherence between different cortical regions. The system can be utilized in treatment of individuals suffering from mental disorders and can be utilized to enhance/improve function in otherwise mentally healthy individuals.
Claims12
A method for entrainment of brain waves comprising:
- generating a carrier wave;
- modulating the carrier wave by an entrainment wave;
- emitting a resulting modulated carrier wave from a first antenna located 10 cm or less from a surface of a subject's head and directing the emitted modulated carrier wave from the first antenna to a first cortical region of the subject's brain;
- emitting an identical modulated carrier wave from a second antenna located 10 cm or less from the surface of the subject's head and directing the identical emitted modulated carrier wave from the second antenna to a second, different cortical region of the subject's brain;
- wherein
- the modulated carrier waves encourage sympathetic resonance between neurons of the first cortical region, neurons of the second cortical region, and the entrainment waves of the modulated carrier waves, and thereby establish coherence in neuronal firing frequency between the first cortical region and the second cortical region of the subject's brain.
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