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These can be low or high tech and may be designed to affect vision, sound, touch, or other aspects of the human experience. High level abstract umbrella terms include "neuromodulation", "neurostimulation", "bioelectronics", and many others. </div> </div> </div>  <table class="topic-chart-surround" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr class="topic-surround"> <th class="topic-chart-title">COMMON NAME</td> <th class="topic-chart-title">OTHER NAMES</td> </tr> <tr class="topic-surround"> <td class="topic-name"><a href="floatation/floatation.shtml">FLOATATION TANKS</a></td> <td class="topic-common">Sensory Deprivation, Isolation</td> </tr> <tr class="topic-surround"> <td class="topic-name">LIGHT TECHNOLOGIES</td> <td class="topic-common">.</td> </tr> <tr class="topic-surround"> <td class="topic-name">MIND MACHINES</td> <td class="topic-common"></td> </tr> <tr class="topic-surround"> <td class="topic-name">NERVE SIGNAL PLAYBACK</td> <td class="topic-common">Electroceuticals</td> </tr> <tr class="topic-surround"> <td class="topic-name">SOUND TECHNOLOGIES</td> <td class="topic-common">.</td> </tr> <tr class="topic-surround"> <td class="topic-name">TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION</td> <td class="topic-common">TES</td> </tr> <tr class="topic-surround"> <td class="topic-name">TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION</td> <td class="topic-common">TMS</td> </tr> <tr class="topic-surround"> <td class="topic-name">TRANSCRANIAL ULTRA SOUND</td> <td class="topic-common">TUS</td> </tr> <tr class="topic-surround"> <td class="topic-name">VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION</td> <td class="topic-common">VNS, Electroceutical, gammaCore</td> </tr> </table>  <div class="index-links-int"> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">ARTICLES & WRITINGS <a href="#articles" name="articles" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-int"><a href="neurotheology_article1.shtml">Neurotheology and the Scientific Investigation into Spirituality</a>, by A. James <img src="/images/new.gif" width="36" height="9" border="0" alt="May"></div> <div class="link-int"><a href="devices_sound1.shtml">Sound Technologies</a></div> <div class="link-int"><a href="mind_machines1.shtml">Mind Machine Info</a></div> <div class="link-int"><a href="devices_article1.shtml">Introduction to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation</a>, by G. Balfour</div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES <a href="#research" name="research" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/references/refs_view.php?C=ref&ID=9201">Transcranial ultrasound (TUS) effects on mental states: a pilot study</a> 2013</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/references/refs_view.php?ID=7358">[...] Binaural beat audio and pre-operative anxiety [...]</a>, 2005</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/references/refs_view.php?ID=6119">Modulation of slow (theta) wave EEG enhanced musical performance</a>, Egner 2003</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/references/refs_view.php?ID=7359">Binaural beat induced theta EEG activity and hypnotic susceptibility</a>, 2003</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/references/refs_view.php?ID=7357">Binaural auditory beats affect vigilance performance and mood</a>, 1998</div> </div>  <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">EXPERIENCES <a name="experiences" href="#experiences" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/experiences/exp.php?ID=14863">Luxury Meditation</a>, by HeWhoLives</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/experiences/exp.php?ID=42391">Very Interesting Tool</a>, by Spiraline</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/experiences/exp.php?ID=57261">First a Feeling of Weightlessness</a>, by bozo baton rouge</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/experiences/exp.php?ID=64148">Out of Body Without Drugs</a>, by DemonicDreamer</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/experiences/exp.php?ID=118044">The Smirking Four Dimensional Entity</a>, by Clarens <img src="/images/new_box_wht.gif" width="34" height="10" alt="new"></div> <div class="more"><a href="/experiences/subs/exp_Devices.shtml">» » » &nbsp MORE &nbsp » » »</a></div> </div>     <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">BOOKS <a href="#books" name="books" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/library/books/more_than_human.shtml">More Than Human</a>, by Ramez Naam</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/library/books/playful_world.shtml">The Playful World</a>, by Mark Pesce</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/library/books/techgnosis.shtml">Techgnosis</a>, by Erik Davis</div> </div> <div class="links-list" id="vagus-nerve-stimulation-ish-surround"> <div class="ish">VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION <a href="#vagusnervestimulation" name="vagusnervestimulation" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/tech/vagus_nerve_stimulation/vagus_nerve_stimulation_document1_clinical_executive_summary_2004">FDA's Executive Summary Approving the use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression</a> (2004)</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/tech/vagus_nerve_stimulation_document2_summary_of_safety_and_effectiveness_2004">FDA's Summary of Safety and Efficacy of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Depression</a> (2004)</div> <div class="link-int"><a href="/tech/vagus_nerve_stimulation_document3_patient_manual.pdf">FDA's Patient Manual for using VNS Devices to treat Depression</a> (2004)</div> </div> </div><div class="index-links-ext"> <div class="offsite-outer"><div class="offsite-inner">OFF-SITE RESOURCES</div></div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">PRIMARY RESOURCES <a href="#ext_primary" name="ext_primary" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.ists.unibe.ch/">International Society for Transcranial Stimulation</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://142.51.14.1/Laurentian/Home/Departments/CHRD/Faculty/M.+Persinger/M.A.+Persinger.htm">Michael Persinger's Home Page</a> (pioneer in TMS)</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/persinger.html">This is Your Brain on God</a>, Jack Hitt Wired.com</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1932000/1932709.stm">Reawakening the Creative Mind</a>, BBCOnline</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="https://borderlandsciences.org/journal/vol/46/n03-4/Walonick_Effects_6-10hz_ELF_on_Brain_Waves.html">David S. Walonick on his ELF Generator experiments</a></div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">SECONDARY RESOURCES <a href="#ext-secondary" name="ext-secondary" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.barbelith.com/topic/16658#post322772">Barbelith: Temporal Lobe Microseizure and the Involuntary Conjuration of Spirits</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.zoe7.com/brain_tech.php">Zoe7 : Neuro-Technology</a></div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">BINAURAL BEATS <a href="#ext_binaural" name="ext_binaural" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_beats">Wikipedia: Binaural Beats</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.web-us.com/">Intelegen : The Science of Audio Based Brainwave Entrainment</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.healingbeats.com/">Healing Beats</a>, Binaural Beat Downloads</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://diydharma.org/keywords/binaural-beats">D.I.Y. Dharma: Binaural Beats</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://gnaural.sourceforge.net/">Gnaural Open Source Binaural Beat Generator</a></div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">HEMI-SYNC <a href="#ext_hemi-sync" name="ext_hemi-sync" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.hemi-sync.com/">Hemi-Sync</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.monroeinstitute.com/content_summary.php?section=Research%20Papers">Monroe Institute Research Index</a></div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">NEWS & MEDIA COVERAGE <a href="#ext_media" name="ext_media" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/hallucination-machine-gives-users-experience-trip-without-drugs-722607">Hallucination Machine Gives Users Experience Of Trip Without Drugs</a>, Nov 2017, Newsweek</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2083126-thync-piece-do-mind-altering-wearables-live-up-to-the-billing/">Thync piece: Do mind-altering wearables live up to the billing?</a>, Apr 2016, New Scientist</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=musicophobia-when-your-fa">When Your Favorite Song Gives You Seizures</a>, Jun 9, 2008, Scientific American</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/19/080519fa_fact_halpern?currentPage=all">Virtual Iraq</a>, May 19, 2008, The New Yorker</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/this-sound-of-music-will-make-you-feel-happy-and-high/65376-11.html">This sound of music will make you feel happy and high</a>, May 16 2008, CNN/IBN</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/29/BUGUEQ1V0V1.DTL">Brainstorming about the Brain (about Zack Lynch)</a>, May 29 2007, sfgate.com</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/neuro/neuronewswk.htm">Your Brain on Religion</a> - Begley S, 2001</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi?object=/chronicle/pictures/2002/05/06/mn_braingrf.jpg&paper=chronicle&file=MN136466.DTL&directory=/chronicle/archive/2002/05/06&type=news">Electrodes Permanently Implanted in Brain</a>, SF Chronicle May 6, 2002</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041206/full/041206-10.html">Swedish Scientists Dispute Persinger Findings</a>, Dec 2004</div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">SEX-RELATED <a href="#ext_sex" name="ext_sex" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3241138.stm">Spine Implant Called Orgasmatron</a>, Nov 26 2003</div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">GAMES & GAMING <a href="#ext_games" name="ext_games" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://mentalhopenews.blogspot.com/2007/06/gaming-junkies-get-no-diagnosis-los.html">Gaming Junkies Get No Diagnosis</a>, Jun 2007, LA Times (archived on Mental Hope News)</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/467/csaph12a07.doc">American Medical Association's Report on Addictive Potential of Video Games</a>, Jun 2007, AMA</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2005/08/09/video-games050809.html">Man dies after marathon video game session</a>, Aug 9 2005, CBC News</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2120472/second-gamer-dies-massive-binge">Second Gamer Dies After Massive Binge</a>, Oct 22 2002, vnunet.com</div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE <a href="#ext_interface" name="ext_interface" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041011/full/041011-9.html">Paralysed man sends e-mail by thought</a>, Oct 2004 nature.com</div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div clas="ish">DRUG REPLACEMENT <a href="#ext_drugreplacement" name="ext_drugreplacement" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://nsweb.nursingspectrum.com/NurseNewsEzine/item.cfm?ID=1710">Game Boy zaps tranquilizers in keeping kids calm before surgery</a>, Dec 2004</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.biegler.com/pstim.en.html">p-stim electronic analgesic</a></div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">PAIN MANAGEMENT <a href="#ext_pain" name="ext_pain" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4795287.stm">TV 'can numb pain for children'</a>, Aug 2006, BBC.co.uk</div> </div> <div class="links-list"> <div class="ish">ELECTRICAL STIMULATION <a href="#ext_electric" name="ext_electric" class="pa">#</a></div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/05/05/san-francisco-giants-brain-electricity/">The SF Giants Are Zapping Their Brains With Electricity. Will It Help?</a>, KQED San Francisco, May 2017</div> <div class="link-ext"><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110413/full/472156a.html">Boost Your Brain's Power With a 9-Volt Battery and Some Wet Sponges</a>, Nature Neuroscience, Apr 2011</div> </div> </div> </div>  </div></div> <div id="footer-frame"> <div class="footer-backto"> [ <a href="/tech/">back to tech</a> ]</div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="footer-bar"><tr> <td width="10" background="/includes/headers/images/bar_solid_footer.gif"> </td> <td width="140" background="/includes/headers/images/bar_solid_footer.gif" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="140"><tr> <td valign="top" id="footer-menu"><script language="JavaScript">PlaceMenu("footer")</script></td> </tr></table> </td> <td align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" background="/includes/headers/images/bar_solid_footer.gif" height="22"><tr> <td align="center"><div class="footer1">Created by Erowid - Apr 02, 2006</div></td> </tr></table> </td> <td width="10" background="/includes/headers/images/bar_solid_footer.gif"> </td> <td width="140" background="/includes/headers/images/bar_solid_footer.gif" align="right"><div class="footer2">Modified - Jul 29, 2023</div></td> </tr></table> <div class="footer-copyright">Content & design © 1995-2023 Erowid.org. 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