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Personal Neuro Devices:Medical applications of

mobile EEG

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Electroencephalography (EEG)

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Reads brain activity

Neurofeedback therapy

Can track aspects of thought, emotion

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Mobile EEG

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Not bound to lab

Links to smartphone

Makes EEG monitoring available anywhere

Currently mostly for games

PND: mobile EEG software

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Mobile EEG beyond games

Treatment, diagnostics, self-monitoring

Team neuroscientists software engineers biomedical engineers business development

experts

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PND technologies: BackupBrain

Stores EEG info online

Accessible anywhere

Deeper analysis

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PND technologies: Amygdala

Backend for non-game mobile EEG software

Streamlines mobile EEG development

Algorithms, built-in GUIs, links to BackupBrain, etc.

Proof-of-concept: Transcend

Neurofeedback-based mobile meditation app

Comprehensive meditation tracking & analysis

Reads relaxation, concentration, meditation uses in-house algorithms

Introspect

EEG self-monitoring

Records mental states via EEG waveform analysis

Introspect

Example waveformslinked to mental states

Detects: (e.g.)

Mood

Anxiety

Stress

Acute cognitive functioning

Sleep quality

Concentration

Pain ‘unpleasantness’

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Introspect

Detects problem areas

Built-in neurofeedback exercises to improve specific areas

PND neurofeedback game: psych showdown

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Neurofeedback

Training to directly alter EEG output

Mindfulness-based Meditation

Effective treatment ADHD depression Anxiety etc.

PND: Pharmaceutical uses

Based on adaptations of Introspect

Introspect malleable for Research Diagnostics Treatment Etc.

PND: Pharmaceutical uses

1) New drug testing

mobile real-time drug efficacy monitoring

E.g. observe mood in brain over time

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2) Aid patient-specific drug selection

EEG patterns linked to disorder etiologies

Help hospital funding

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3) Monitor patient progress

Ensure continued symptom control

Change treatments as needed

Example mood and anxiety chart

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PND: Pharmaceutical uses

4) Augment treatments

Raise overall efficacy

Neurofeedback

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PND: Pharmaceutical uses

5) New class of as-needed meds

Alarm for impending “attack”

Preventative drug used upon alarm

PND: Pharmaceutical uses

6) Preventative medicine

Catch “slipping” mental health before disorder develops

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7) Diagnostics

Link day-to-day mental states to disorders

Reduce reliance on self-report

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