neurofeedback

One of the more exciting possibilities, Powers said, is to develop interventions based on neurofeedback — a technique that teaches patients how to intentionally change their brain activity — that could help people develop control over voices without engaging with them.

To compare reactions, the listeners were played a recording of the same music performed by the same musician, but without the neurofeedback loop.

At Inception, Mr McCullar has designed boot camps and circuit training featuring equipment to help the brain relax: infrared saunas, zero-gravity chairs, flotation therapy tanks and neurofeedback therapy.

Rather than stimulating the brain directly, they are using a method called neurofeedback, in which individuals learn to observe and control their own brain activity; this is measured using methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging.

“We don’t know,” said Jeff Tarrant, director of the NeuroMeditation Institute in Eugene, Ore., and a contributor to Healium, a VR meditation app that can pair with neurofeedback and biofeedback devices and prioritizes interactive, enhanced images of real-world imagery.