Using Biofeedback Sensors to Control Stress

Most of the time, when we realize that we’re stressed out about something, it’s after the fact — when it’s over and we find ourselves relaxing. Of course, the best way to fight stress is to prevent it, which is hard to do when you don’t recognize the warning signs. Enter the ancient art — and modern science — of biofeedback.

Rock Music, Silver/Silver Chloride Sensors, and Grinding Your Teeth

Milton Becknell, Michael Firmin, Chi-En Hwang, David Fleetwood, Kristie Tate, and Gregory Schwab, students at the University of Alabama, put together an experiment in 2008 designed to test the effects of rock and roll music on college students. Unlike many social experiments that examine behavior before and after listening to the music, they wanted to go a step further and see if rock and roll directly affected brain patterns.

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