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Thync is a consumer product. And that's exactly how we're reviewing it – much like we would a new iPhone or laptop. We share our experience and make our recommendations, but we aren't writing any research papers or conducting any double-blind studies on it (though the company does link to some of those on its website).
After using Thync every day for the last week and a half, I'm convinced that it's one of the most exciting new tech products of 2015. Like taking a hit of Mary Jane, it can push me from an anxious, over-thinking mood to one where I'm cool, collected and laid-back like a THC-infused Rastafarian. And if I'm feeling sluggish or unmotivated, Thync can also peel that layer away, like the sun burning a morning fog off of my consciousness.
I heard about the brain-mod crowd a couple years ago at the New York Maker's Faire. A team from DARPA gave a talk on an electro-stimulation cap they said was meant to fight Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in veterans. This seems to follow. Has anyone from Soylent experimented with trans-cranial electro-stimulation?
(Score: 1) by jdavidb on Thursday July 30 2015, @02:22PM
I was taught the process on a psychologist's radio show, but I also looked into two other anger management curriculums. In the end I simply bought a GSR meter off of Amazon and worked through it at home.
This is the procedure I followed: http://www.marriagebuilders.com/graphic/mbi8122_neg.html [marriagebuilders.com] It can actually be done without the meter, or with other types of "biofeedback" devices that measure levels of frustration in various ways. The GSR meter just happens to be one of the cheapest options. At one point I read about a professional center in California that teaches children anger management by hooking them up to a meter that controls a videogame: the calmer they are able to be, the better they do in the game.
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