HIRREM™: A noninvasive, allostatic methodology for relaxation and auto-calibration of neural oscillations

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-205

  Gerdes, Lee ^a   Gerdes, Peter ^a   Lee, Sung W ^a   Tegeler, Charles H ^b  

^a Brain State Technologies   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Auto calibration; Biofeedback; Electroencephalography; Hemispheric asymmetry; HIRREM; Insomnia; Neural oscillation; Relaxation; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXERCISE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION RELATIONAL RESONANCE BASED ELECTROENCEPHALIC MIRRORING; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MEDICAL DEVICE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84893485848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.116     Document Type: Article

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