Navigator – professional mind machine
Navigator is multifunctional audio visual stimulation device (“mind machine”) for self development. It is for those who step on this difficult and thorny way and took the responsibility for their life, for those who is going uphill.
The light-sound controller with expanded functions is the cornerstone of the device. In comparison with all known analogs it has several unique functions. In addition it is supplemented by the built-in audio player/dictaphone with a possibility of synchronization with some AVS functions and by a timer/alarm clock.
We tried to considerably strengthen the pleasure of communication with this device for potential user what, certainly, has to affect desire to work with it regularly. Along with it, various opportunities, in respect of the choice of signal parameters, will satisfy even the most exacting professional and the researcher.
The Navigator is intended:
– for self-discovery and self-improvement,
– for improvement of memory and intellectual functions,
– for increases in physical and intellectual working capacity,
– for activation learning and creative opportunities,
– for corrections of psychoemotional states,
– for deep relaxation,
– for normalization of a sleeping,
– for safe achievement of altered states of consciousness,
– for rehabilitations after heavy physical and emotional activities,
– for corrections of psychophysiological states in sport,
– for diminish of effect of a jet lag after flights to other time zone,
– for professional psychologists and psychotherapists – as for self rehabilitation after working with hard people, and both for working with patients.
Medical and recovery effects are manifested indirectly, through activation of the central nervous mechanisms regulating vegetative functions, mental and physical activity, emotions and behavior i.e. through increase in nonspecific resistance of an organism. Is not the medical device.
The audiovisual stimulation technology gives the unparalleled opportunity for psycho-emotional state controlling without medicines, without impact of any suggestions and without dependence formation.
Mind Machine
Open glasses. Gives true physiological stimulation of both fields of vision. Has six RGB (red, green, blue) LEDs (light emitting diode) for each eye.
Each of complementary couple of light-emitting diodes can be programmed on the own frequency and color. Colors can also automatically change * (under the casual law) that creates additional entertaining component.
With this sign ‘*’ are marked singular features of Navigator. The compilation of useful options in Navigator has no analogs in the world.
There is a function filling of the period with other color * (instead of emptiness). That feature along with entertainment color effects allows to influence various brain zones more in a complex. Color can also automatically change * (under the casual law).
You can choose (when programming and before start a session) four types(forms)* of signal:
a) ‘rectangle’ with various on-off time ratio (duty circle) – gives the most interesting visual patterns during session, provides fast brain rhythm entrainment effect, but due to providing of high harmonics, is less effective for relaxation and not effective absolutely for theta- and delta- stimulations;
b) ‘bell’ *, with various duty circle – provides the most physiologic influence, has much less highest harmonicas in a range, provides brain wave synchronization quickly enough;
c) ‘asymmetric sine’* (first half of period). The maximum is shifted to the beginning of the period – to provide more exact and soft influence but decrease of highest harmonics. It is suitable for a relaxation much better and is quite effective for a theta- and the delta- sessions. It works rather fast in respect of frequency synchronization;
d) ‘sine’ (first half of period). It provides the most exact and soft influence in respect of brain wave frequency synchronization with light flashings and sound patterns. It is ideal for relaxation, theta- and delta- stimulations, but demands some extra time for entrainment;
Various options on installation of phases, both between lines of LEDs*, and between the right and left channels are provided.
Slow amplitude modulation (less then 1Hz)* are applied to brightness and loudness. Frequencies of this modulation are very specific to various functional shapes of a brain.
Open glasses, on the one hand, allow to easily manipulate with the console, with another, – give the opportunity to train, read and draw.
The third interesting possibility of our glasses – machine variant of EMDR – Eye Movement Direct Reprocessing.
Sound
It is synchronized with light and presented by six * independent generators of a signal and the generator of pink noise that allows to realize binaural and monoural beats, amplitude and phase modulation of various form of signals: a rectangle (the fashionable term – isochronous tone), a bell *, an asymmetric sine *, a sine;
Various options of phases installation, both between lines of LEDs, and between the right and left channels are provided. Slow amplitude volume modulation.* There is an option to choice a signal form for carrier generation between a sine and an asymmetric sine * which, on the one hand, has interesting timbre characteristics, with another, – provides more exact values (with less harmonics) for the amplitude modulation of carrier especially with a rectangle and a bell.
Console
Has buttons which pressing is felt even without sound signal. A linear audioentrance for an external signal.
Has two pair of jacks for glasses and earphones for simultaneous connection of two people.
Simultaneous connection of two people to one session gives the interesting chance of the best mutual understanding for spouses and lovers.
There is a compartment for two Li-pol (lithium – polymeric) accumulators, a card slot for MicroSD *, an entrance for mini USB, the monochrome display 128х64 pixels, built in piezospeaker (for tonal signals of timer and alarm clock) and the microphone (for dictaphone).
There are numerous useful and facilitate of using settings and presets. For example, presets for comfortable maximum of brightness and loudness; inverting of the right and left channels (both for light, and for a sound) – for left-handed persons*.
Built-in audioplayer / dictophone
Playback of MP3 and WAV files (including 48000/16);
Modes:
a) Standard – playback in earphones of audiofile or folder* with audiofiles chosen from the library located on a flash card;
b) Synchrostart*. This mode allows to start playing at the same time a session and the MP3 audiofile. Time of audio playback is controlled by a session. Smooth reduction of audiofile loudness after the end of a session is provided if time of its playback exceeds session time;
Together with a session in this mode it can be chosen not only one audiofile, but the folder with audiofiles which will be playback one after another till the end of a session. If session is longer than the audiofile (or all files in the folder), then the file or the folder continue to be playback cyclically. It is made especially for short files with affirmation (aformation).
c) An audiostrobe – playback of the WAV files from library (or from the external device) having an audiostrobe signal at a frequency of 19200 Hz. The decoder provides a wide choice according to color schemes of playback *.
The strobe signal can be used as general – transferred to the left and right canals on all lines of LEDs (the traditional scheme) or the option “Chord” * when light-emitting diodes of a middle line flicker with a base frequency, but frequencies of top and bottom lines correlate to base frequency as chords. They change in a casual order in a number of values: 1:2(2:1), 5:3(3:5), 8:5(5:8), 3:2(2:3), 4:3(3:4), 5:4(4:5), 6:5(5:6), 9:8(8:9), 13:8(8:13), 15:8(8:15).
d) Lighting Rhythm * this mode is used in order to turn easily and simple any of your MP3 audiofile (music, the audioprogram for behavior modification, an affirmations (aformations), a training material, etc., etc. in an effective light-sound session). Feature of the mode is that the color scheme for a light stimulation depends on a frequency range of the playback file and reminds work of “light show”.
To red color there correspond the lower frequencies of an audio range, green – averages, blue – high. In each line of LEDs for the choice of color are used different values of frequencies. Level of brightness of light-emitting diodes in small limits changes depending on volume of sound in audiochannels.
For this mode three parameters one can choose (or set): range of frequencies for a light stimulation, the range of frequencies for audio stimulation and the mode (drawing) of frequency changing for a light stimulation. Stimulation lasts exactly as long as audiofile.
e) Dictaphone*. At the choice of the corresponding menu item monophonic record from the built-in microphone in the WAV format is carried out (sampling frequency – 8 kHz, bit depth – 16 bits). Names automatically are assigned to the created files on the basis of date and an order of record. Files can be playback in any mode of an audio-player.
Alarm clock/timer/calendar
Alarm clock *
Standard alarm clock with the choice of time and days of the week. It playbacks a melody by the built-in piezospeaker and simultaneously the alarm light-emitting diode begins to blink.
Timer *
Single operation through the set time, or cyclic, through the set interval is provided. At operation of the timer the signal from the built-in piezospeaker sounds and simultaneously the alarm light-emitting diode blinks, this timer can work in the background, including at reproduction of sessions or audiofiles.
The separate two modes of the timer are also provided: for start of a session through certain time, or for playback of the audiofile. Names of a session and an audifayl are chosen during setup of the timer.
Thus, the timer can be used as a motivator, a signaling device about need to take medicine, for lucid dreams and self-hypnosis during a dream.
Calendar
Allows to set and determine time and date.
Characteristic
– carrier – 20Hz-20Hz, with a step of 0,1Hz;
– Stimulation frequency – 0,5Hz-165Hz*, with a step 0,1Hz;
– The period of slow modulation * – 2-45 seconds, with a step 0,1 seconds;
– The adapted sessions from Nova Pro 100 (according to the license of Photosonix) and the sessions developed by Andrey Patrushev are installed in the Navigator. There are 169 sessions with four variation to each.
New sessions will also be developed and to be uploaded free of charge to the website (to be translated in “Basic” at the next weaving). It is as easy to load sessions as to use a usual flash card (copy/past).
Let you be not frightened by all these technical details – they are intended for professionals.
For the ordinary user everything, on the contrary, became much simpler: the habitual intuitively clear menu similar to phones and players, convenient settings, all sessions are divided and grouped in daily tasks.
As you can see, we tried to concentrate as much as possible in this device of useful ideas from area of a light-sound training, having added them with our ideas of what there has to be a device for self-development.
As both the software and hardware did not exhaust still the opportunities for improvement, in process of emergence of the new ideas (and completions to the practical level of a number of old), the Navigator will become even more interesting and more useful …
The combined sessions. *
The combined sessions is absolutely unique feature in maindmachine Navigator.
They represent the light-sound session combined with any audio material – with music, affirmation and aformation, sessions for hypnosis and self-hypnosis, for the guided visualization and meditations. They give the opportunity to professionals to build very precisely dynamics of frequency and light-color changes according to changes of music or sessions.
At the same time, any user of Navigator can easily make the combined session. With the help of free sessions editor it is possible to unite any favorite session of the Navigator in two clicks by a mouse (and to save this combination under an unique name) with the MP3 file (of any quality) which further is available for you subsequently to reproduce it one pressing the start-up button.
Thus, the combined sessions can not only expand the range of tools for experts in psychocorrection, but also be a perennial spring of creativity for any user of Navigator.
Now Andrey Patrushev has developed several psychocorrection combined sessions (in Russian) which are free of charge available to all users of mindmachine Navigator.
This collection periodically is replenished with new free sessions.
Andrey Patrushev is a psychologist and the psycho-physiologist having more than the 20 year experience of application and use of technologies of audiovisual stimulation.
Description of basic sessions
Sessions in the device mainly are sessions from Photosonix Nova Pro 100 (according to the license of Photosonix) which were appropriately modified under expanded opportunities of mindmachine “Navigator”.
Each session has four variants, depending on a signal form. The user can choose one of variants before start-up, from the console.
Basic sessions:
I. Rest/entertainments
1 Violet Kaleidoscope of paints and geometrical figures.
The body sleeps, mind is awake.
II. Relaxation
1 R01N RELAX BREAK
Beginning at 21 Hertz, ramping to theta in three minutes, staying there for nine, then returning to refreshed and energized awareness. Use instead of a coffee break.
2 R02N RELAX AND BACK
This session begins at 16 Hertz and ramps into alpha/theta for light to medium relaxation, then down to delta for deep relaxation. It ends with a return to relaxed awareness.
3 R03N POWER RELAXATION
This is relaxation for the physical body. Use after a workout or strenuous physical exercise.
4 R04N STRESS KILLER
A combination of pleasing tones and alpha/theta relaxation for relief from the feeling of being stressed out or emotionally upset.
5 R05N GATES OF CALMNESS
Classic alpha/theta relaxation in alternating modes. A “general purpose” relaxation session.
6 Evening ENDORPHINS EVENING
Evening session. Pleasant dreams. Good mood and intellectual working capacity next day: synthesis of serotonin, endorphins and enkefalin. Сarrier 91.5-105.5Hz, stimulation – from 15 Hz decreases to 7.5Hz
7 ndrfnE ENDORPHINS
Carrier 91.5-105.5Hz, stimulation – from 15 Hz decreases to 10Hz (relaxed awareness). Good mood and intellectual working capacity: synthesis of serotonin, endorphins and enkefalin.
8 SMR BODY SLEEPS MIND IS AWAKE
Soft stimulation mainly in SMR range (the body sleeps, mind is awake).
III. Learning
1 L01N QUICK PRE STUDY
The power of dual binaural beats allow this session to be short, but focussing and calming. Use to get into the mood for study.
2 L03N ASSISTED SUGGESTIVE ASSIMILATION
This session sets up conditions for the hypnogogic state in the alpha/theta region, close to sleep, the state of relaxed receptivity. Suggestions will be most effective after the first 12 minutes. Use with your favorite positive suggestion or behavior modification tapes.
3 MABS BODY SLEEPS MIND IS AWAKE
Soft stimulation mainly in SMR range (the body sleeps, mind is awake). Use to get into the mood for study.
IV. Visualisation
1 C01N MUSIC CREATIVITY
Pulsed chord progressions create a musical effect while providing creative alternating microloop stimulation. The latter part uses ramped tones with phase changes for inspiring effects. Use before playing your favorite musical instrument, or for general inspiration.
2 C02N HYPERALERT CREATIVITY
Beginning in mid-beta and moving to high beta, this session promotes a hyper-alert state of awareness. It is energizing while sharpening perception and stimulating creative thinking.
3 C03N PROBLEM SOLVING
Alternating stimulation in the alpha and beta range. Let the problem fall away during the session, and return to it at the end to see if a solution was inspired.
4 C04N IMAGINATION STIMULATION
Begins with a sequence of five second changes in pitch and moves into ramps and steps. Make an effort to stretch your imagination during this session.
5 C06N ACTIVE VISUALIZATION
Dual binaural beat sound with offset frequency and pitch ramps in a constant alpha/theta stimulation range. Use with or without goggles.
V. Meditation
1 D01N MEDITATION OF EARTH
Multimode meditation featuring the Schumann resonance frequency of 7.83 Hertz and its harmonics.
2 D04N MIND AWAKE BODY ASLEEP
This session creates a dynamic state in which the body is resting and the higher mind is awake. It is similar to sessions that have been used to promote oobe (out of body experience) states.
3 D06N KUNDALINI MEDITATION
The Kundalini in Yoga tradition is a life force believed to reside at the base of the spine, which when aroused triggers intelligence and spiritual insight. This session assists in creating a deeply relaxed state while stimulating the crown chakra and is similar to sessions that have been used to encourage a “no time” state.
4 AMed1 LIGHT TRANCE STATE
An opportunity to test phenomena of an existential continuum distortion. It is recommended for experienced users as for the correct perception it is necessary to expose full brightness.
5 AMed1cl The same, as AMed1, but with casual change of colours.
VI. Energize
1 E01N ENERGIZE/PRE WORKOUT
Dual binaural beats with beta offsets centered on low pitched tones for an energizing effect. Great for “psyching up” before a workout or physical exercise.
2 E02N A.M.PUMPER
Ramps from delta into beta stimulation, with goggles frequency peaks at 14 Hertz. Use after waking up for a gentle ramp into the day.
3 M_Awake POWER NAP
Soft alternative stimulation mainly in SMR range (the body sleeps, mind is awake) helps to have a rest and dump tension of the workday.
4 morning A CUP OF TEA
Soft stimulation mainly in SMR range together with low carrier frequency helps to wake up finally and to successfully begin new day.
VII. Sleep
1 S01N RELAX INTO SLEEP
A classic sleep session – starts at 12 Hertz and ramps to delta frequencies, while reducing stimulation levels. Use as a sleep trainer.
2 S02N PLEASANT DREAMS SLEEPY HEAD
Experience how quickly and easily you can drift off to sleep with the power of dual binaural beats. Feel free to remove the headphones and goggles when you become very drowsy.
3 S03N KNOCK OUT
A powerful sleep trainer. Use when an effect stronger than S02 is needed.
VIII. Special
1 OPN01 EMRD 1,2,3
Sessions OPN01,02,03are for work with EMDR method (with open eyes). Various color schemes for the choice of the most comfortable are provided.
2 OPN02
3 OPN03
4 P01N LOW RANGE AEROBICS JUMPER
Random frequency, tone and pitch changes at five second intervals in the alpha/theta range.
5 P02N MEDIUM RANGE AEROBIC JUMPER
Random frequency, tone and pitch changes at 5 second intervals in the alpha range.
6 P03N HIGH RANGE AEROBICS JUMPER
Random frequency, tone and pitch changes at 5 second intervals in the alpha/beta range of 10-18 Hertz.
7 P04N REMEDY SESSION
A relaxing mid-alpha session. Use to cancel effects of any other session.
8 P05N HUT-TEN-HUT!
The classic light/sound session for assistance in reducing distractions.
9 P06N BANISH THE WINTER BLUES
The lights come on slowly as the stimulation frequency reduces from 40 to 30 Hertz, then comes 15 minutes of 30 Hertz to help combat the winter blues.
10 P07N Left Brain
This session stimulates the left, logical hemisphere in beta while relaxing the right hemisphere. Try with math or other linear/logical thinking tasks.
11 P08N Right Brain
This session stimulates the right brain while calming the left. Helpful for creativity or other right-brained activity.
12 EMDR Sessions for work with the EMRD method with closed eyes.
13 ATr2 ALPHA TRAINER 2
Not later than 2 hours to a sleep. Jumps of frequencies in an alpha range promote a training of flexible and fast thinking and promote creation of good mood.
14 ATr3 ALPHA TRAINER 3
Not later than 2 hours to a sleep. Swing of frequency in an alpha range promote removal of mental blocks and problems solving.
15 OC1 LUCID DREAMING
To be engaged just before a sleep. If there are difficulties with falling asleep, then before 1.5-2 hour to a sleep.
16 Hlng HEALING
Work with negative emotions (EFT, Sedona, TAT, PEAT etc.). It is also useful to removal of effect of other programs.
17 MHlng MIND HEALING
Session for removal of the centers of pathological activity in a brain (after emotional traumas). Result — the cumulative improving effect, prevention of cardiovascular and cancer diseases. During the session it is optimum to be engaged in easy physical exercises on all groups of muscles.
Bonus.
Follow audio from CDs of Andrey Patrushev are recorded on the memory card.
Healing
The salutary music imposed on nature sounds contains the modulated sounds of high frequency plus the binaural rhythms which are precisely picked up (by means of the unique modern electronic equipment) promoting entry into special meditative states in which takes place self-healing of a human body.
“Endorphins”
Special sounds with binaural beets in alpha range plus Z-modulation. This disk is intended for restoration of own synthesis of endorphins and finding of good mood.
“Travel on inner worlds”
Special treatment of pink noise. Development of an intuition, resolving of the internal conflicts, finding of tranquility and pacification.
In a set:
• AVS console;
• AC/DC adapter / charger;
• the battery from two Li-pol (lities – polymeric) accumulators;
• full-color points of a svetostimulyation in a case – 1 piece;
• a cable for glasses connection – 1 piece;
• earphones – 1 piece;
• cable (USB A/mini USB) – 1 piece;
• an audiocable with two 3.5 mm stereosockets – 1 piece;
• the MicroSD 8GB memory card and the adapter for installation in the slot of SD cards – 1 piece;
• a carring bag – 1 piece;
• manual – 1 piece.
Software
Just simple replacement of the software with the user (reweaving) as far as will be release of new versions which will be posted free of charge in appropriate section on the website is provided.
The interface, is intuitively clear, besides, on each mode on the screen there is a hint to buttons functions.
Mind Machine Science
A prospective, randomised, controlled study examining binaural beat audio and pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing general anaesthesia for day case surgery
Summary
Pre-operative anxiety is common and often significant. Ambulatory surgery challenges our pre-operative goal of an anxiety-free patient by requiring people to be ‘street ready’ within a brief period of time after surgery. Recently, it has been demonstrated that music can be used successfully to relieve patient anxiety before operations, and that audio embedded with tones that create binaural beats within the brain of the listener decreases subjective levels of anxiety in patients with chronic anxiety states. We measured anxiety with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire and compared binaural beat audio (Binaural Group) with an identical soundtrack but without these added tones (Audio Group) and with a third group who received no specific intervention (No Intervention Group). Mean [95% confidence intervals] decreases in anxiety scores were 26.3%[19–33%] in the Binaural Group (p = 0.001 vs. Audio Group, p < 0.0001 vs. No Intervention Group), 11.1%[6–16%] in the Audio Group (p = 0.15 vs. No Intervention Group) and 3.8%[0–7%] in the No Intervention Group. Binaural beat audio has the potential to decrease acute pre-operative anxiety significantly. See more
Pilot feasibility study of binaural auditory beats for reducing symptoms of inattention in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the potential for the use of binaural auditory beat stimulation to reduce the symptom of inattention in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Methods: This pilot study had a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design. Twenty participants were randomly assigned to listen to either an audio program on compact disk that contained binaural auditory beats or a sham audio program that did not have binaural beats for 20 minutes, three times a week for 3 weeks. The Children’s Color Trails Test, the Color Trails Test, the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA), and the Homework Problem Checklist were used to measure changes in inattention pre- and postintervention.
Results: Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze pre- and postintervention scores on the Color Trails Tests, Homework Problem Checklist, and the TOVA. The effect of time was significant on the Color Trails Test. However, there were no significant group differences on the Color Trails Test or the TOVA scores postintervention. Parents reported that the study participants had fewer homework problems postintervention.
Discussion: The results from this study indicate that binaural auditory beat stimulation did not significantly reduce the symptom of inattention in the experimental group. However, parents and adolescents stated that homework problems due to inattention improved during the 3-week study. Parents and participants stated that the modality was easy to use and helpful. Therefore, this modality should be studied over a longer time frame in a larger sample to further its effectiveness to reduce the symptom of inattention in those diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. See more
Do Binaural Beats Have Health Benefits?
What are binaural beats?
When you hear two tones, one in each ear, that are slightly different in frequency, your brain processes a beat at the difference of the frequencies. This is called a binaural beat.
Here’s an example:
Let’s say you’re listening to a sound in your left ear that’s at a frequency of 132 Hertz (Hz). And in your right ear, you’re listening to a sound that’s at a frequency of 121 Hz. Your brain, however, gradually falls into synchrony with the difference — or 11 Hz. Instead of hearing two different tones, you instead hear a tone at 11 Hz (in addition to the two tones given to each ear). See more
Key words: audio visual stimulation, AVS, brain wave synchronization, BVS, light-sound device, LSD, mind machine.
Dorsal and Ventral Attention Systems: Distinct Neural Circuits but Collaborative Roles
Abstract
The idea of two separate attention networks in the human brain for the voluntary deployment of attention and the reorientation to unexpected events, respectively, has inspired an enormous amount of research over the past years. In this review, we will reconcile these theoretical ideas on the dorsal and ventral attentional system with recent empirical findings from human neuroimaging experiments and studies in stroke patients. We will highlight how novel methods—such as the analysis of effective connectivity or the combination of neurostimulation with functional magnetic resonance imaging—have contributed to our understanding of the functionality and interaction of the two systems. We conclude that neither of the two networks controls attentional processes in isolation and that the flexible interaction between both systems enables the dynamic control of attention in relation to top-down goals and bottom-up sensory stimulation. We discuss which brain regions potentially govern this interaction according to current task demands.
Keywords: spatial attention, intraparietal sulcus, temporoparietal junction, spatial neglect, attentional networks More