Wouldn’t it be neat if this light intervention could cause the phase and frequency of the person’s alpha waves to change in a predictable way?
What if flashing this pattern at 11 Hz at a particular phase, for example, could cause the subject’s alpha waves to change to 11 Hz and in-phase? If that in turn caused the effect on learning to improve, then you could potentially make a device like this that wouldn’t require measuring the user’s alpha waves. It would just synchronize the alpha waves with the flashes, enforcing the learning benefit without requiring observation. That might make this a scalable tool, since then you could have a browser app to deliver this stimulation and wouldn’t require electrodes at all.
Edit: emailed the lead author to ask if this is a thing, will post a followup if I hear back
If I was interested in this line of research, that’s what I’d focus on: figuring out how to control the user’s alpha wave frequency and phase.
A further thought:
Wouldn’t it be neat if this light intervention could cause the phase and frequency of the person’s alpha waves to change in a predictable way?
What if flashing this pattern at 11 Hz at a particular phase, for example, could cause the subject’s alpha waves to change to 11 Hz and in-phase? If that in turn caused the effect on learning to improve, then you could potentially make a device like this that wouldn’t require measuring the user’s alpha waves. It would just synchronize the alpha waves with the flashes, enforcing the learning benefit without requiring observation. That might make this a scalable tool, since then you could have a browser app to deliver this stimulation and wouldn’t require electrodes at all.
Edit: emailed the lead author to ask if this is a thing, will post a followup if I hear back
If I was interested in this line of research, that’s what I’d focus on: figuring out how to control the user’s alpha wave frequency and phase.