A method of managing pain provides sensory stimuli to a person. The sensor stimuli include visual and/or auditory stimuli which are pulsed at the rate of various types of brain waves. The method is applicable for treating nociceptive or neuropathic pain and/or for improving the person's tolerance for pain. Treatment is provided for approximately 15 minutes using a portable headset.

A method of managing pain provides sensory stimuli to a person. The sensor stimuli include visual and/or auditory stimuli which are pulsed at the rate of various types of brain waves. The method is applicable for treating nociceptive or neuropathic pain and/or for improving the person's tolerance for pain. Treatment is provided for approximately 15 minutes using a portable headset.

Disclosed is a guided virtual reality system for relaxing body and mind, including a head-mounted display device, an audio play device, and a video processing device electrically connected the head-mounted display device and the audio play device. The guided virtual reality system employs a guiding voice and the corresponding virtual scene to guide a user to immerse into the virtual scene. The guiding voice actively changes the virtual scene for the user to deeply experience the sense of immersion, thereby greatly relaxing the body and mind of the user.

Disclosed is a guided virtual reality system for relaxing body and mind, including a head-mounted display device, an audio play device, and a video processing device electrically connected the head-mounted display device and the audio play device. The guided virtual reality system employs a guiding voice and the corresponding virtual scene to guide a user to immerse into the virtual scene. The guiding voice actively changes the virtual scene for the user to deeply experience the sense of immersion, thereby greatly relaxing the body and mind of the user.

Described is a system including a sensor and a processing arrangement. The sensor measures data corresponding to a patient's breathing patterns. The processing arrangement analyzes the breathing patterns to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of a REM sleep state. In another embodiment, the processing arrangement analyzes the breathing patterns to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of one of the following states: (i) a wake state and (ii) a sleep state. In another embodiment, a neural network analyzes the data to determine whether the breathing patterns are indicative of one of the following states: (i) a REM sleep state, (ii) a wake state and (iii) a sleep state. In another embodiment, the processing arrangement analyzes the data to determine whether the breathing pattern is indicative of an arousal.

Non-pharmaceuticals method of treating the effects of addiction withdrawal are described. The method includes providing a person with stimuli include visual and/or auditory stimuli which are pulsed at the rate of various types of brain waves. The use of the method lessens various withdrawal symptoms, such as anxiety, sleepiness, sweating, tearing of the eyes, running of the nose, goosebumps, shaking, hot flushes, cold flushes, bones aching, muscles aching, restlessness, nausea, vomiting, muscle twitching, stomach cramps, pain, the need to use an opioid, the desire to use an opioid, sleep disturbances. and the use of rescue medications.

Non-pharmaceuticals method of treating the effects of addiction withdrawal are described. The method includes providing a person with stimuli include visual and/or auditory stimuli which are pulsed at the rate of various types of brain waves. The use of the method lessens various withdrawal symptoms, such as anxiety, sleepiness, sweating, tearing of the eyes, running of the nose, goosebumps, shaking, hot flushes, cold flushes, bones aching, muscles aching, restlessness, nausea, vomiting, muscle twitching, stomach cramps, pain, the need to use an opioid, the desire to use an opioid, sleep disturbances. and the use of rescue medications.

Systems and/or methods for assessing the sleep quality of a patient in a sleep session are provided. Data is collected from the patient and/or physician including, for example, sleep session data in the form of one or more physiological parameters of the patient indicative of the patient's sleep quality during the sleep session, a subjective evaluation of sleep quality, etc.; patient profile data; etc. A sleep quality index algorithm, which optionally may be an adaptive algorithm, is applied, taking into account some or all of the collected data. Sleep quality data may be presented to at least the patient, and it may be displayed in any suitable format (e.g., a format useful for the patient to be appraised on the progress of the treatment, a format useful for a sleep clinician to monitor progress and/or assess the effectiveness of differing treatment regimens, etc).

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for memory recall and reactivation by targeted stimulation are provided. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for providing patterns of a reinforcing cue re-presentation during sleep. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are also described for determining patterns of a reinforcing cue for re-presentation during sleep. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are also described for determining reinforcing cues for re-presentation during sleep. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are also described for determining and predicting sleep intervals based only on sleep onset.

Computer implemented method and system for achieving a preferred state of mind of a user are disclosed. In a first aspect, the method comprises detecting a biological marker (biomarker) of a user utilizing one or more sensors; and inferring a state of mind of the user based upon data received from the one or more sensors that are provided to computational hardware. Finally, the method includes providing an antidote to the user if the inferred state of mind is different than the preferred state of mind utilizing an actuator. In a second aspect, the system comprises one or more sensors for detecting a biological marker (biomarker) of the user and computational hardware for inferring a state of mind of the user based upon data received from the one or more sensors. Finally, the system includes an actuator for providing an antidote to the user if the inferred state of mind is different than a preferred state of mind.