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NeuroVideo Software
For The
Peak Achievement
Trainer® |
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Now you can actually see and improve what your brain and body are doing
as you strive for peak performance! It's called NeuroVideoFeedback™.
You can turn on any DVD, CD,
or an animation file with your Concentration or Alertness.
When you "lose it", going below the threshold, the show
stops. This boosts your interest and
motivation.
The new challenge to "Beat
Your Mean" enhances your performance.
Here's a screenshot of a typical Peak
Achievement Trainer® VR session showing its
features:
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Use
NeuroVideoFeedback™ to Discover the Optimal Patterns of Focus and
Alertness
The new
key feature is the video window. In that window:
· You can play back a video file of a
user performing a mission critical activity, While its playing, ask the
user to visualize himself doing the activity, while you record his Focus
(yellow) and Alertness (orange).
· You can also record video (with a webcam) and simultaneously
record both concentration and alertness, as the user performs or
visualizes the activity. He can close his eyes and listen to a flute
in his left ear for concentration, and/or strings in his right ear for
alertness. The higher the pitch, the more intense the concentration
or alertness.
· Later, play back a selected session--with video--for discovery
and comment. Pause it to discuss what you see. Then compare
and contrast sessions from excellent and mediocre performances to find the
key differences. Use these differences as a basis for
training.
Each
activity has its own optimal pattern of Focus and Alertness. With
this new video software, it will be far easier to discover optimal
patterns that accompany peak performance and to reinforce them. The
new software includes the FocusedAlert protocol, an improved ConAlert
protocol, which was previously sold separately for $395.
For
example, this screenshot is a recording of a golfer’s pre-shot routine and
his putt, shown at the top, lasting 28 seconds. If you were able to
see the video, it would be clear that he started out kneeling down.
From the left, you see him focusing briefly several times as he lined up
his shot. His Focus (yellow) and Alertness (orange) rose even
higher just before he took each practice swing, corresponding to the
moment when he set his intent, creating the visual/kinesthetic image of
his planned shot. The last broad peak of Focus and Alertness
occurred just before he began his shot. Next, the record is
interrupted by the last of several blinks—vertical green lines, followed
by an artifactual decrease in Focus and Alertness. (Our new software
can correct for these false readings, showing both the corrected solid
areas and the uncorrected lines.) Then we see the brief moment of
intense Focus on the ball’s sweet spot (quiet eye?) just before he hits
the ball. Notice that he did not use as much mental energy—his
Alertness was lower--when he struck the ball as he did when he was
remembering his plan and looking at the hole. Information like
this is very helpful in understanding and improving the client’s mental
processes.
Use
DVDs and CDs to Motivate the Client
You can
control the playback of DVDs or CDs, so that they respond to the user's
Focus or Alertness by moving forward or getting louder. Use this
later in a session to maintain their interest. Children will train
for hours given this type of incentive.
Beat
Your Mean: A New Way to Enhance Focus and
Alertness
There is
also a new, highly motivating approach to improving a user's performance
while adjusting automatically for his initial level, which is far better
than automatic threshold adjustment. It's called "Beat Your Mean". The
Trainer encourages the user to increase his last 10 second average to
better than their session average, or their last 60 second average. With
this approach, the Concentration (yellow) and Alertness (orange) both
increase markedly and remain steadier. This lowers their Standard
Deviation, another indicator of attention control. .
Learning The Microbreak: An Instant Relaxation
Technique
Of
course, a user can't maintain this forever, but the effort enhances
learning, and he will soon discover that the brain needs a microbreak
every so often. Training to develop and control the microbreak has been
one of the major principles of Peak Achievement Training® since its
inception. Dr. Barry Sterman showed that Air Force pilots, who are truly
peak performers, take these short breaks between tasks. The Trainer
includes audiotaped lessons on developing and practicing the microbreak.
It's
Easy to Adjust
Almost
every setting is adjustable on the fly, so that you can make changes as
you see fit. You can adjust the volumes of each sound, or mute them,
to make the Neurovideofeedback™ ™ as simple or complex as
necessary. You can change the size of the windows.
Zoom
In and Print Out Your Results
The new
software includes a session review package which produces printed
results.. It can zoom in on particular parts you wish to highlight and
print them out in detail.
Supports a Wide Variety of Neurovideofeedback™ ™
Approaches
It
includes a Windows program for real-time biophysical data acquisition,
processing, and display. This object-oriented approach can be configured
by the user to carry out a wide variety of more traditional
protocols.
You may not use the VR
Protocols for measuring or recording the
responses of individuals to advertising, web pages, video, film,
television, lectures, or any other media presentations of any type for
purposes of studying or improving the effectiveness of such
presentations. Special licensing is available for this
purpose.
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