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WaveRider Operating Manual 100 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Beta/Theta makes use of the Reward Suppress Using Filters

WaveRider Operating Manual 101 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved SMR/ THETA Open Eye Concentration Configuration File: SM

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WaveRider Operating Manual 103 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved THINGS TO TRY Read a book. Look at the details in an intr

WaveRider Operating Manual 104 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved SMR/Theta makes use of the Reward Suppress Using Filters

WaveRider Operating Manual 105 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved THETA SUPPRESS Open Eye Concentration Configuration File:

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WaveRider Operating Manual 107 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved THIGS TO TRY Read a book. Look at the details in an intr

WaveRider Operating Manual 108 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Adjustable Parameters To change the audio output, double c

WaveRider Operating Manual 109 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved SMR/THETA FOR 2 CHANNELS SMRTHET2.CFG Use the smr/theta f

WaveRider Operating Manual 11 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Hardware Installation Notes Batteries EVER connect theWa

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WaveRider Operating Manual 111 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved BETA/THETA FOR 2 CHANNELS BETTHET2.CFG Use the beta/theta

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WaveRider Operating Manual 113 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved ASSESSMENT BRAIN REFLECTOR REFLECTR.CFG Use the Brain R

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WaveRider Operating Manual 115 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved CHECKER CHECKER.CFG Use the checker configuration to eva

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WaveRider Operating Manual 117 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved JUST FOR FUN BLUES ENSEMBLE Brainwave and Muscle Jam Con

WaveRider Operating Manual 118 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Things to Do Keep your arms still at your side. Flex your

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WaveRider Operating Manual 12 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Software Installation 1. Exit all applications. 2. Insert t

WaveRider Operating Manual 120 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved PROGRAMMING WAVEWARE

WaveRider Operating Manual 121 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved THE GENERAL GRAPHICS AND THE MIDI OPTIONS DIALOG BOXES The

WaveRider Operating Manual 122 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Which Numbers Get Mapped To What? The upper halves of both

WaveRider Operating Manual 123 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Signal Dynamics The slider bar represents a real time view

WaveRider Operating Manual 124 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved MIDI OPTIONS DIALOG BOX CHANNELS The lettered checkboxes pr

WaveRider Operating Manual 125 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved SLIDER The slider in the middle of the dialog box is an im

WaveRider Operating Manual 126 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved GENERAL GRAPHICS OPTIONS DIALOG BOX CHANNELS The checkbox

WaveRider Operating Manual 127 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved GRID You may choose a grid indicating the value of the par

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WaveRider Operating Manual 129 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved POWER IN PASSBAND Power in Passband measures the amount

WaveRider Operating Manual 13 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved SETUP USB TO SERIAL PORT CONVERTER CABLE INSTALL DRIVER, C

WaveRider Operating Manual 130 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved There are three settings in the Power in Passband sub-dial

WaveRider Operating Manual 131 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved RATIO OF POWER IN PASSBAND The Ratio of power in passba

WaveRider Operating Manual 132 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved There are four set of settings in the Ratio of Power in Pass

WaveRider Operating Manual 133 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved DIGITAL FILTER Digital Filter extracts certain frequen

WaveRider Operating Manual 134 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved There are three settings in the Digital Filter sub-dialog bo

WaveRider Operating Manual 135 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved RATIO OF TWO FILTERS Ratio of Two Filters measures the r

WaveRider Operating Manual 136 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved There are five settings in the Ratio of Two Filters sub-dial

WaveRider Operating Manual 137 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved REWARD/SUPPRESS RATIO Reward/Suppress Ratio outputs the

WaveRider Operating Manual 138 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Bands A, B and C each have the same settings. Filter A, B

WaveRider Operating Manual 139 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved REWARD/SUPPRESS Reward/suppress outputs filter A if thres

WaveRider Operating Manual 14 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved One Page Operational Overview Double clicking on any window b

WaveRider Operating Manual 140 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Filters A and B have the same settings. Filter A or B: Se

WaveRider Operating Manual 141 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved DOMINANT FREQUENCY Dominant Frequen

WaveRider Operating Manual 142 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved There are two settings in the Dominant Frequency sub-dialog

WaveRider Operating Manual 143 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved COHERENCE Coherence measures the phase relationship b

WaveRider Operating Manual 144 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved There are three settings in the Coherence Sub-dialog box. C

WaveRider Operating Manual 145 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved HEART RATE The Heart Rate Input measures the heart rate

WaveRider Operating Manual 146 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Beats to Average: specifies how many beats to average for ea

WaveRider Operating Manual 147 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved GSR GSR measures the conductivity of the skin. This varie

WaveRider Operating Manual 148 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved The GSR Sub-Dialog Box has one setting and one special butto

WaveRider Operating Manual 149 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved PEAK TO PEAK AMPLITUDE Peak to Peak Amplitude measure th

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WaveRider Operating Manual 150 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved There are three settings in the Peak-to-Peak Amplitude sub

WaveRider Operating Manual 151 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved NEUROSCIENCE: THE GENERATION OF BRAINWAVES THE AUTONOMIC N

WaveRider Operating Manual 152 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved The para-sympathetic system if stimulated causes the: pupils

WaveRider Operating Manual 153 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved On the parietal side of the rolandic fissure lies the senso

WaveRider Operating Manual 154 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved BRAINWAVE GENERATION Brainwaves typically range from 20-100

WaveRider Operating Manual 155 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved APPENDICES WHAT IS DDE AND THE DDE SDK? The WaveRider DDE S

WaveRider Operating Manual 156 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved MINDPEAK LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT Warranty Period Compute

WaveRider Operating Manual 157 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved WAVEACCESS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT ATTETIO: USE OF T

WaveRider Operating Manual 16 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Connecting Brainwave Electrodes Put a small amount of skin pr

WaveRider Operating Manual 17 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Put a dab of conductive paste (Ten20) in each head electrode

WaveRider Operating Manual 18 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Tips for Electrode Use • If you adjust the electrodes, wait

WaveRider Operating Manual 19 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Notes on Attaching Brainwave Electrodes Attaching electrode

WaveRider Operating Manual 2 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved NOTICE: The WaveRider is an experimental mu

WaveRider Operating Manual 20 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Insufficient amplitude: Environmental noise: Good signal

WaveRider Operating Manual 21 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Caring For Electrodes Ear and head electrodes should be care

WaveRider Operating Manual 22 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Brainwave electrodes can become oxidized from failure to clea

WaveRider Operating Manual 23 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Electrode Placement There is a standard pattern for placing

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WaveRider Operating Manual 25 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved LEARNING THE HEART, GSR, BRAIN AND MUSCLE MODES

WaveRider Operating Manual 26 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved HEART Use the Heart configuration to look and listen to your

WaveRider Operating Manual 27 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved CHANNELS USED FOR HEART MODE VARY BETWEEN MODELS AND MAY DI

WaveRider Operating Manual 28 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved GSR Use the GSR configuration to learn how to modify your st

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WaveRider Operating Manual 3 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to ma

WaveRider Operating Manual 30 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved BRAIN Use the ALFAKOTO configuration to use your brainwaves

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WaveRider Operating Manual 32 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved MUSCLE Use the muscle configuration to relax or play music

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WaveRider Operating Manual 35 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved KEY CONCEPTS

WaveRider Operating Manual 36 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved CHANNELS WaveRider collects data on biological channels that

WaveRider Operating Manual 37 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved FILE CREATION WaveWare can create three types of files: con

WaveRider Operating Manual 38 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved ASCII FILE OUTPUT (Exporting to a spreadsheet) Offline proces

WaveRider Operating Manual 39 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved WINDOWS The screens in WaveWare are composed of windows. E

WaveRider Operating Manual 4 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS...

WaveRider Operating Manual 40 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Strip Chart The STRIP CHART command in the BRAIN, HEART a

WaveRider Operating Manual 41 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Strip Chart Options Dialog Box CHAEL Choose among the Wav

WaveRider Operating Manual 42 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Fast Bars and Slow Bars The FAST BARS and SLOW BARS commands

WaveRider Operating Manual 43 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Bar Graph Options The Bar Graph Options dialog box allows yo

WaveRider Operating Manual 44 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Spectrogram The spectrogram display makes it possible to v

WaveRider Operating Manual 45 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Spectrogram Options Dialog Box The Spectrogram Options Dialo

WaveRider Operating Manual 46 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved GSR Graph Selecting GSR GRAPH from the GSR menu opens a windo

WaveRider Operating Manual 47 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved GSR Graph Options Dialog Box The GSR Graph Options Dialog Bo

WaveRider Operating Manual 48 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved MIDI MIDI stands for the Musical Instrument Digital Interfac

WaveRider Operating Manual 49 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved MIDI STRATEGIES When a scale is chosen in the MIDI OPTIONS D

WaveRider Operating Manual 5 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved MUSCLE ...

WaveRider Operating Manual 50 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved To play a blues riff start at the root and go to the fifth o

WaveRider Operating Manual 51 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved FFTS, DIGITAL FILTERS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING The Fast Fourier

WaveRider Operating Manual 52 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Transform controls the characteristics of the global FFT para

WaveRider Operating Manual 53 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved MINDGAMES: WAVERIDER LESSON PLANS

WaveRider Operating Manual 54 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Introduction The Mind Filled with confusion Who is its&apos

WaveRider Operating Manual 55 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved or listening to your spouse. One might think of it as a type

WaveRider Operating Manual 56 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved The Body: GSR, Heart & Muscle GSR Configuration File:

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WaveRider Operating Manual 58 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved THINGS TO TRY The Lying Game Hook up your friend and ask the

WaveRider Operating Manual 59 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Relaxation Close your eyes. Sink your shoulders Breathe dee

WaveRider Operating Manual 6 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BRAINWAVES AND CONSCIOUSNESS What is obse

WaveRider Operating Manual 60 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Adjustable Parameters The GSR uses dynamic offset adjustme

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WaveRider Operating Manual 62 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved PLAYING WITH THE HEART RATE Configuration File: Heart Us

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WaveRider Operating Manual 64 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved CHANNELS USED FOR HEART MODE VARY BETWEEN MODELS AND MAY DIF

WaveRider Operating Manual 65 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved THINGS TO TRY Questions • Which will lower your heart ra

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WaveRider Operating Manual 67 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved MUSCLE Configuration File: MUSCLE Use Category: MUSCLE

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WaveRider Operating Manual 7 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL The information in this manual is arr

WaveRider Operating Manual 70 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Things to Try If you are using the muscle configuration to

WaveRider Operating Manual 71 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Adjustable Parameters To change the audio output, double c

WaveRider Operating Manual 72 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved RELAX You can use the WaveRider to play with your alpha wave

WaveRider Operating Manual 73 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved PER CENT ALPHA Closed Eye Relaxation Configuration File:

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WaveRider Operating Manual 75 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Questions? What can you do to produce alpha? If you think

WaveRider Operating Manual 76 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Adjustable Parameters To change the audio output, double cl

WaveRider Operating Manual 77 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved PER CENT HI-ALPHA Open Eye Relaxation Configuration File:

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WaveRider Operating Manual 79 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Questions? What can you do to produce hi-alpha? What fee

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WaveRider Operating Manual 80 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Adjustable Parameters To change the audio output, double cl

WaveRider Operating Manual 81 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved ALPHA AMPLITUDE Closed Eye Relaxation Configuration File:

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WaveRider Operating Manual 83 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Questions? What can you do to produce alpha? If you think

WaveRider Operating Manual 84 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Adjustable Parameters To change the audio output, double cl

WaveRider Operating Manual 85 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved GSR / % ALPHA Deep Relaxation Configuration File: GSR-A

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WaveRider Operating Manual 87 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Things to Do Close your eyes. Breathe deeply. Drop your sh

WaveRider Operating Manual 88 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Adjustable Parameters The GSR uses dynamic offset adjustme

WaveRider Operating Manual 89 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved ALPHA/THETA ALPHA/THETA WITH 2 TONES ALPHTHET.CFG Use the

WaveRider Operating Manual 9 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved QUICK START

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WaveRider Operating Manual 91 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved Adjustable Parameters To change the audio output, double

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WaveRider Operating Manual 93 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved ALPHA/THETA FOR 2 CHANNELS A-T-2CH.CFG Use the alpha/theta

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WaveRider Operating Manual 96 Copyright  1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved FOCUS Use the WaveRider to learn how to improve concentratio

WaveRider Operating Manual 97 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved BETA/THETA Open Eye Concentration Configuration File: B

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WaveRider Operating Manual 99 Copyright 1997-2004 Jonathan Purcell All Rights Reserved THINGS TO TRY Read a book. Look at the details in an intri