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Headset uses tDCS to stimulate the brain

14th February 2018
Enaie Azambuja
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Created by Halo Neuroscience, a Silicon Valley firm founded by Dr. Daniel Chao and Dr. Brett Wingeier, the Halo Sport uses a process called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to stimulate the brain. It sends a low level electric current of around 1.4 to 2.2 milliamps to a targeted region of the brain to excite the neurons, effectively “priming” them to be more likely to fire and create new neural pathways. This means that the brain temporarily becomes better at hard-coding what you are doing.

In effect, this is what the Halo Sport headset created by Halo Neuroscience is supposed to do. This headset stimulates the motor cortex, the part of the brain that controls movement, and primes the brain to get better faster at exercises in a workout, playing the piano, or any other activity that may require trained physical movements.

The brain’s role in exercise is more than just the mechanics involved in precise movement-related skills: it is also involved the mastery of muscle groups and muscle memory. Therefore, it is not about how big your muscles are, but how well you can use those muscles.

Neuropriming therefore plays a role in accelerating gains in strength, endurance, and skill. In other terms, the technology temporarily increases the brain’s neuroplastic state, or state of 'hyperplasticity.'

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