The Shiva Neural Stimulation Software
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Not all functions perform online – this demo is here so you can learn how it works. It can’t be used to run actual sessions.
Legal: Shiva signals are based on templates licensed by Stan Koren and Dr. Michael A. Persinger.
◊ ONLINE SOFTWARE DEMO ◊ CLICK IMAGES TO VIEW CLOSE-UP.
Not all functions perform online – this demo is here so you can learn how it works. It can’t be used to run actual sessions.
Legal: Shiva signals are based on templates licensed by Stan Koren and Dr. Michael A. Persinger.
Some Shiva Sessions Use A Wave Form Derived from the Hippocampus.
Question:
What does the Hippocampus do?
It turns short-term memories into long-term ones.
This is one of the best-understood hippocampal functions. See any neurology text or even an encyclopedia listing for the hippocampus.’
It recognizes objects
Wood, Emma, R. ; Mumby, Dave G. Pinel, John P.J.; Phillips, Anthony G. “Impaired Object Recognition Memory in Rats following ischemia-induced damage to the hippocampus” Behavioral Neuroscience v107, n1 (Feb, 1993) : 51 (12 pages)
It helps us think (do “Cognition”), both verbal and nonverbal.
Muller, Robert U.; “The Hippocampus as a cognitive Graph.” Journal of General Physiology v107 n6 (June, 1996) : 663 (32 pages)
It processes music, and recognizes patterns.
This is one of the better-understood hippocampal functions. See any neurology text or even an encyclopedia listing for the hippocampus for more information
It responds to childhood abuse as it grows.
(The left hippocampus is typically 12% smaller than the right in childhood abuse victims.)
Bremner, J. Douglas; Randal, Penny; Vermetten, Eric; Staib, Lawrence; et.al. “Magnetic Resonance imaging-based measurement of hippocampal volume in post traumatic stress disorder related to childhood physical and sexual abuse: A preliminary Report.” Biological Psychiatry, 1997, Jan, v41 (n1) : 23-32
It helps us to remember faces.
Gary, Smith, Michael E, Halogen, Eric. “Neural Encoding of individual words and faces by the human hippocampus and amygdala.” Nature, v333, n6175 (June 23, 1988) : 773 (3 pages)
It retrieves long-term memories of events and places.
Kesner, Raymond P. “An attribute analysis of memory: The role of the Hippocampus.” Physiological Pychologgy, 1980, Jun, v8, (n2) : 189-197
It atrophies under stress.
Sapolsky, Robert M. “Why stress is bad for your brain” Science, 1996, Aug, v273 (n. 5276) : 749-750
It supports the experience of novelty, so that new things are exciting.
Knight, Robert T, “Contribution of the Human Hippocampus to novelty detection” Nature, 1996, Sep, v383 (n6597) : 256-259
On the left, it helps with verbal learning.
Lee, Gregory P. Loring, David W. Smith, Joseph R.; Flanigan, Herman F., “Material specific learning during electrical stimulation of the Human Hippocampus.” Cortex 1990 sep v26 (n3) : 433-442
On the right, it helps spatial learning.
Bower, B. “Brain region takes a hack at navigation. (Navigational information is processed in the right hippocampus…)” Science News v152 n13 (sept 27, 1997) : 198
On the right, it produces pleasant experiences under magnetic signal stimulation (including inner visual imagery in some subjects)
Persinger, Michael A., ; Richards, Pauline M.; Koren, Stanley A. “Differential ratings of pleasantness following right and left application of low-energy magnetic fields that stimulate long-term potentiation” International journal of neuroscience , 1994 Dec, v79 (n3-4) : 191-197 –and– Unpublished lab results
Additional Information:
Use of the Hippocampal signal sometimes creates headaches and lethargy. If this happens, lower the volume for the Shiva System by about 1/3. It’s a very rare occurrence, but safety always comes fist, so we mention it whenever its relevant.
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