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1. Alpha 8 12Hz LowAlpha 8 10Hz Channel 1 HighAlpha 10 12Hz tional FEG Select a Feature Mu 8 13Hz Threshold A Dury ThresholdB Duuv 3 Select an item Time 15 HighAlpha Name Light6 Mu SMR 12 15 Hz Beta 12 35Hz OR Betal 15 18Hz Enter a value Beta2 18 22Hz Beta3 22 26Hz Beta4 26 30Hz Betas 30 35 Hz Figure 10 5 Light setting table select frequency band Gama 35 100Hz e Click on one of the predefined bands on the right side of the table or type your own frequency range e g 1 50 LowArtifact 43 59 Hz HighArtifact 1 2Hz e The number of frequency bins is changed to cover the range that you set as Bands Table 10 1 The Range of Fre quency Bands 10 4 Select Display Setting 67 10 4 3 Select Thresholds Values You need to select two thresholds for each Light panel to determine to com pare the FFT value of the selected band with them The value of the thresholds is important in training a client s brain waves and should be specific to each individual e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item ThresholdA ThresholdB on the left side of the table Select a Feature Threshold 6 15 uv Time 15 Mame Light4 Type the value here Figure 10 6 Light setting table Select threshold value Type the value you want Note that the value of ThresholdA should be less than ThresholdB 10 4 4 Select FFT Calculation Window Si
2. Alpha 8 12Hz LowAlpha 8 10Hz Click on the item Band on the left side of the table to change the frequency bands that you want to see in horizontal scale The frequency range of some predefined are shown in table 9 1 HighAlpha 10 12Hz Mu 8 13Hz SMR 12 15 Hz A Channel 1 Beta 12 35Hz cignal EEG sets Mo Mevel Threshold MANUAL Invert NO Beta2 18 22 Hz V D 1V Select a Feature Time 15 Mame Barh Beta3 22 26Hz Beta4 26 30Hz Beta5 30 35 Hz Gama 35 100Hz LowArtifact 43 59 Hz HighArtifact 1 2Hz Figure 9 5 Bar setting table select frequency band Table 9 1 The Range of Frequency Bands 9 4 Select Display Setting e Click on one of the predefined bands on the right side of the table or type your own frequency range e g 1 50 The number of frequency bins is changed to cover the range that you set as Bands 9 4 3 Select Threshold Value You need to select a threshold for each bar to determine whether the FFT value of the selected band is less or more than the desired value This threshold play role in other panels such as Game it determines whether the video or game is played or not which animation should be displayed or with which size the movie should be played The value of the threshold is important in training a client s brain waves and should be specific to each individual You have two ways to determine a threshold Manually or Automatically Ma
3. e Name You can change the name of the panel using this item 47 48 Bar scope Analyze FFT Image Light Text PlayBOX Page Val Game QEEG State Scene Figure 8 2 Edit Toolbar You can edit panel only when you are in Edit Mode 1 e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you can see Edit Toolbar in the page You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode Chapter 8 Val Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including e H You can change the height of the panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis 8 3 Make a New Val Panel e Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu e Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 8 2 is appeared in the left side of the page e Click on the item named Val This item is highlighted e Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel The Val panel is now made with default size You can change the size and position to the values you want 8 3 1 Changing Size and Position e Ifthe Edit Toolbar
4. 64 254 EG R3 11 3 1 Changing Size and Position 11 3 2 Change Text Properties 12 Analyze 12 1 12 2 12 3 12 4 Analyzedta Gladee cta a RC Ceo Analyze Setting Table ovocitos eo ERR Make a New Analyze Panel 12 3 1 Changing Size and Position Select Display SELLING unes honed Seb bbe ed eee ete 12 4 1 Select Data to Analyze 12 4 2 Select a Text to Show the Result 12 4 3 Change Text Properties cns 12 4 4 Select Channel to Display 12 4 5 Select Horizontal Scale 1246 Select Vertical Scale s s d 4x onu 44 8 eru seus 12 4 7 Implement Filter to Data 12 4 8 Select Frequency Band to Analyze 12 4 9 Select FFT Calculation Window Size 13 Image 13 1 13 2 13 3 13 4 Mage dba Glance umore E CECI RUSO RIETI ES ee Imase Seting Tables aa data id Make a New Image Panel o en 13 3 1 Changing Size and Position Select Display Seta it qe a Oe OS 13 4 1 Select the Image File Name to Display 63 63 63 64 64 65 65 66 67 67 69 69 69 70 71 71 79 79 79 11 71 18 18 79 8l 83 83 84 85 85 86 vi CONTENTS 14 Game 91 14 1 Gameata Glance 2 444668 ias somete aes da 91 14 2 Game Setting Table Properties 91 14 3 Make a Ne
5. GameFiles Invasion swf GameType FLASH Logic FullScreen OFF Mame Game Figure 14 7 Game setting table change Game Logic 96 Chapter 14 Game e Click on one or multiple items name of the bars that is appeared on the right side of the table or enter a name to select bars as logic 14 4 4 Select the Full Screen Mode You may want to use a separate monitor for the client to show him only game not other panels through full screen monitor To do this do the following and select full screen mode i dM bl AAA Til i T Figure 14 8 FullScreen Mode using second monitor for client e Push the plug on the end of the second monitor cable into your computer s video port and turn on the second monitor e Right click the label of the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item FullScreen on the left side of the table GameFiles Invasion swt Game Type FLASH Logic 1 Bar Mame Game Figure 14 9 Game setting table change FullScreen Mode e Click on ON to activate or OFF to deactivate this mode Chapter 15 QEEG 15 1 QEEG ata Glance QEEG Figure 15 1 QEEG 15 2 QEEG Setting Table Properties In the QEEG setting table you can see some items to change 97 98 Chapter 15 QEEG Method Gaussian a BiCubic Spline Band ALPHA 1 Linear Spline Time 15 p EE Channel 1 Pz Channel 2 04 Channel 3 C3 Channel4 None Channel5 Mone Channelb Mone Channel 7 Mone
6. SaveSample CE Type 50 PM File 20 PM File 27 PM File 28 AM File 03 AM File 19 AM File 29 AM File 59 PM File 48 PM File 16 PM File e Tr Save as type uama Hide Folders Gres Figure 5 14 Save dialog box save data e Click on Open e Click on Play button on the PlayBox panel to show data NOTE find your data based on the time you have recorded it Saving your data the software automatically adds date and current time to the name you enter So you can have multiple file with similar names and can 5 7 Get information from the PlayBox Panel 31 Look at the Information you can see the information about current saving status in the PlayBox Open Mode Offline Simulation File Name SampleData Saving Status Enable Recording File Name C Data SampleSav 9 2 2014 03 53 32 PM Figure 5 15 PlayBox panel e Save Status is Disable the data is not recording or Enable if it is recording Recording File Name shows the name of the file that you want to save It is shown only when save status is enable 5 7 Get information from the PlayBox Panel You can see the current status of your recording in the play box pannel using the following items e Play Button is Stop if you are playing and Play if not e Time shows the time of the data in second e Battery shows the percentage level of battery charge Open Mode is offline when you are playing a simulation data or eWave when you are r
7. T D You may need to see the details of the signal in us scale or see the whole signal in s So you can change how much the data is compact in horizontal scale HPF You can implement a high pass filter to eliminate the high frequency signals or noises You can select the cut of frequency of the high pass filter using item HPF LPF You can implement a low pass filter to eliminate the low frequency signals or noises You can select the cut of frequency of the low pass filter using item LPF Mode You can see the raw signal in time or see the instantaneous FFT of the signal by selecting the RAW or FFT mode respectively Name You can change the name of the panel using this item Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including e H You can change the height of the panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis Make a New Scope Panel Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 6 3 is appeared in the left side of the page Click on the item Scope to select it 6 3 Make a New S
8. e IEA Control Panel Hardware and Sound Devices and Printers Add a device Add a printer Remove device Windows can display enhanced device icons and information from the Internet Click to change 4 Devices 5 USB Optical eWave8b 0007 Mouse Control Create shortcut Troubleshoot Remove device Properties N y Microsoft XPS Document Writer eWave8b 0001 Category Other Figure 2 6 Properties Table e Click on Hardware e Under the Device Functions under the Name you can see the name of the comport Fig 2 7 2 3 Installing NeuroFeedBack 2 3 1 Minimum Requirements To work with NeuroFeedBack software you should have a computer setup with Requirements e Atleast a dual core CPU e Atleast 2G RAM e Windows Seven other windows like windows eight or windows XP is not supported 2 3 2 Installation Folder You get this software with two folders eProbe and Protocols The eProbe con sists of the installation program eProbe exe activation txt and other files that is internally used by software The Protocols Folder consists of some folders and text files that you need 10 You should put every new protocol file or folders that you want to add in the right folder Chapter 2 Getting Started LL eWave8b 0001 Properties iu ea eWavesb DD001 Device Functions Type _ Ports COM Device Function Summary Manufacturer Microsoft Location on Bluetooth Device RFCOMM Proto
9. e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it e Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it An Alternative Way If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item H to change height and type the value you want Content This is a sample text Enter your text Font Microsoft Sans Serif Color 255 0 255 Select an item Alignment CENTER Name TESTS X 843Pixel amp Select a Feature Y A44 Pixel OR Enter a value Figure 11 4 Analyze setting table change Size and Position e Click on the item W to change width and type the value you want Clickon the item X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want Clickon the item Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 11 3 2 Change Text Properties e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Right click on the text panel to open the setting table 71 You can edit panel only when you ar
10. e Y You can change the position in y axis Make a New Image Panel Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened If the Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 13 3 is appeared in the left side of the page Click on the item named Image This item is highlighted Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel The Image panel is now made with default size You can change the size and position to the values you want 13 3 1 Changing Size and Position If the Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it 13 4 Select Display Setting An Alternative Way If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following 1 If the Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item H to change height and type the value you want ImageFile Mandala1 jpg Mame lmage5 Select a Feature Select an item OR Enter a value
11. to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the name of the page e Right click the Page button to open the setting table e Click on Name in the left pane e Type the name you want Figure 4 6 Page setting table change the name of the page e Click on Ok e The name of the page is now changed Chapter 5 PlayBox 5 1 PlayBox at a Glance This panel helps you receive data through eWave hardware open a previously recorded data start playing games displaying signals and calculating FFT values You can get some information about the data such as the name of the data the type of data acquisition online or offline and the name of the recording file if it is saving You can also see the current time of the signal the level of the battery and the current comport in this panel Properties PlayBOX Open Mode eWave Current Comport COM7 Play button Saving Status Enable Recording File Name C Data record1 Current Time Battery Level Figure 5 1 PlayBox PlayBox Components Play Button starts playing games displaying signal and FFT value on the Scope Bar light and Val panels Current Time shows the current time of the data being displayed Battery Level Shows the percentage level of the battery charge OpenMode Offline shows you are playing a previously recorded data eWave shows you are receiving data through eWave Hardware Current Comport shows the comport that linked your hardware t
12. 16 2002 12 44 29 AM Saving St atus Disable Figure 2 13 Sample Protocol D i Ni li N Jm M Anl MU Np 13 Chapter 3 Working with a Sample Protocol In this Chapter we show you how you can open a sample protocol and use different panels We introduce you different components known as panels that you can later use in your own protocols to receive data show signals and analyze them play game and so on 3 1 Main Menu The first time you run the eProbe exe software a simple menu like Fig 3 1 opens You can open an existed protocol or create a new one using File eWavePlus A File Figure 3 1 Main Menu Click on File and then Open Protocol to open a txt file name as protocol 15 16 Chapter 3 Working with a Sample Protocol Organize v New folder Jt Favorites EE Desktop de Downloads Recent Places A Libraries Es Documents a Music Pictures EE Videos E Computer amp Local Disk C a Local Disk D O yv O yv BETA THETA 2741pV 8 61nV Sa Name test2 Copy test2 testl L test txt SMR txt scopeplusanalyze txt y scope2 txt LI j scope txt _ protocol5 protocol4 protocol3 _ protocol2 Date modified 9 1 2014 10 11 AM 31 2014 1 47 PM 9 2014 4 56 PM 7 14 2014 10 48 AM 1 2014 10 41 AM 31 2014 1 38 PM 31 2014 1 37 PM 2014 1 38 PM 25 2014 11 42 AM 8 2014 4 56 PM 10 2014 6 58 PM 23 2014 11 57 AM co
13. and type the value you want Band ALPHA a Threshold MANUALS Invert NO V D 1V Time 15 Mame Bar MF 94 Picel 232Pixel Type value here eet Select Feature Figure 9 3 Bar setting table change size and position Click on the item W to change Width and type the value you want Click on the item X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want Click on the item Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 55 Bar Scope Analyze FFT Image Light Text PlayBOX Page Val Game QEEG state Scene Figure 9 2 Edit Toolbar You can edit panel only when you are in Edit Mode i e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you can see Edit Toolbar in the page You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode 36 Chapter 9 Bar 9 4 Select Display Setting 9 4 1 Select Channel to Calculate Bar e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Channel on the left side ofthe table to change the channel Signal EEG Band ALPHA Threshold MANUALS Invert NO V D 1V lt I Select a Feature Time 15 Name Bar2 Figure 9 4 Bar setting table select channel e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table and select the channel you want to display Delta 1 AHz Theta 4 8Hz 9 4 2 Select Frequency Band Thalpha 6 10Hz E e Right click the panel to open the setting table
14. beyond their conscious awareness process more Figure 1 1 NeuroFeedBack can promote brain functionality Figure 1 2 Just like Gym that helps your muscles get stronger Neu roFeedBack helps your brain strengthen itself to work in a more efficient way Chapter 1 Introduction information than what their mind can handle from a software and constantly send commands to correct itself Interestingly enough this method has been both scientifically and empirically proved to be effective and has been increasingly practiced by specially trained psychotherapists 1 3 Who Can Benefit Everyone can benefit from NeuroFeedBack therapy just like going to the gym that can be useful for anyone It is practical for any age from children who suffer from learning problems to adults who like to be at their peak performance in their work and for elders who want to keep their brain abilities as they age NeuroFeedBack can be used to improve attention cognitive abilities and emotional regulations It has been used in numerous disorders including depres sion attention deficit disorder anxiety sleep disorders headaches and migraines and other emotional issues It can also be used for organic brain disorders such as autism cerebral palsy seizures stroke and traumatic brain injury it can also be helpful for people who struggle with drug and alcohol use and conditions like mood swings and PMS 1 4 How Does It Work Brain activities monitored b
15. does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it e Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it An Alternative Way If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Right click on the panel to open the setting table 8 4 Select Display Setting 49 e Click on the item H to change height and type the value you want Channel 1 Band Beta Time 15 Mame Val amp X 150Pixel AM Select a Feature H 5 Pixel W 21 Pixel Enter value here Figure 8 3 Val setting table change size and position Click on the item W to change Width and type the value you want Clickon the item X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want Clickon the item Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 8 4 Select Display Setting 8 4 1 Select Channel to Calculate Val e Right click on the panel to open the setting table Clickon the item Channel on the left side of the table to change the channel Select a Feature Figure 8 4 Val setting table select channel e Clickon oneofthe items on the right side of the table and select the channel you want
16. e H You can change the height of the panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis Make a New FFT Panel Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened If the Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 7 3 is appeared in the left side of the page Click on the item named FFT This item is highlighted Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel The FFT panel is now made with default size You can change the size and position to the values you want 7 4 Select Display Setting 7 3 1 Changing Size and Position e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it e Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it An Alternative Way If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on H to change height and typ
17. in every second then choose one second for FFT window size If not you can choose larger values Right click on the panel to open the setting table Clickon the item Time on the left side of the table to change FFT window size 45 46 Chapter 7 FFT Channel 1 Signal EE Band ALPHA Select an item V D 1V Mame FFT amp OR Enter a value Figure 7 8 FFT setting table change FFT window size e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or enter a value to select the window size Chapter 8 Val 8 1 Val ata Glance This panel displays the square of the FFT power of the band that you have selected You can select the band and the channel that you want to see the corresponding value Band Beta Time 1S Name Val6 25 53uV Figure 8 1 Val 8 2 Val Setting Table Properties In the Val panel The square of the FFT power of the band that you have selected is calculated In the Val setting table you can see some items to change e Channel You can see the output Val of only one channel at a time in each Val panel Here you can select the channel you want to see e Band You may want to see the FFT of specific EEG band or any other frequency band that you want You can choose one or multiple predefined EEG bands on the setting table or enter a band in the forms of StartBand StopBand e Time You can change the window size of the FFT calculation method
18. see Edit toolbar in the screen including e H You can change the height of the panel 5 3 Make a New PlayBox Panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis 5 3 Make a New PlayBox Panel e Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu Click File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or File gt New Protocol to create a new protocol An editable page opens Press E key on the keyboard The Edit Toolbar Fig 5 3 appears in the left side of the page e On the Edit Toolbar Click on PlayBox Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel e The PlayBox panel is now made You can change the size and position of the panel to the values you want pcmcia File PlayBOX Open Mode Offline Simulation File Name testsave2_219 9 10 2014 11 20 01 AM Saving Status Disable Figure 5 4 Making a PlayBox Panel 5 3 1 Changing Size and Position e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it e Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it 25 Bar Scope Analyze FFT Image Light Text PlayBOX Page Val Game QEEG State Scene Figure 5 3 Edit Toolbar 26 You can edit panel only when you are in Edit Mode 1 e
19. the item Time on the left side of the table to change FFT window size 8 4 Select Display Setting Channel 6 Band Delta Ga Select an item Mame Wal6 Figure 8 6 Val setting table change FFT window size e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or enter a value to select the window size ol Chapter 9 Bar 9 1 Barata Glance This panel calculates the square of the FFT power of the band that you have selected and displays it using a colored bar It also shows weather this value is beyond or less than your desired threshold and considers it as a logic for the Game panel This logic is used in Game panel as a command or rule that determines how the game should play You can see both the value of the FFT power and the value of the logic in the Bar panel The FFT power is displayed in lower part of the bar and the logic is displayed in color form Itis green red for upper than threshold and red green for lower than threshold in Non Inverted Inverted mode Signal EEG Band BETA Threshold MANUAL Invert NO V D 10uV Time 1S Name Beta 00 J OD Cn amp GO N Figure 9 1 Bar 9 2 Bar Setting Table Properties In the Bar setting table you can see some items to change e Channel You can see the output bar of only one channel at a time in each Bar panel Here you can select the channel you want to see 93 94 Chapter 9 Bar e Band You may want to see the FFT of
20. the light shows green color If it is less than both thresholds the color is red and if it is in the middle the color is orange Signal EEG Light4 Band ALPHA ThresholdA Ounv ThresholdB Oupv Time 1S Name Light4 Co OD Cn amp Gh Figure 10 1 Light 10 2 Light Setting Table In the Light setting table you can see some items to change Channel You can see the output Light of only one channel at a time in each Light panel Here you can select the channel you want to see Time You can change the window size of the FFT calculation method ThresholdA You can select the value of the first lower threshold using ThresholdA ThresholdB You can select the value of the second higher threshold using ThresholdB 63 64 Figure 10 2 Edit Toolbar You can edit panel only when you are in Edit Mode 1 e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you can see Edit Toolbar in the page 10 3 Chapter 10 Light Band You can consider the FFT of specific EEG band or any other frequency band that you want using the item Band You can choose one or multiple predefined EEG bands on the setting table or enter a band in the forms of StartBand StopBand Name You can change the name of the panel using this item Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including e H Y
21. train them to behave in normal way Hence you may need to increase some brainwaves while decreasing some other brainwaves In this software the fact that the objective for each band in each bar is decreasing or increasing is determined by Inverted or Non Inverted terms respectively Inverted and Non Inverted Terms e The term Inverted means that you expect the client to decrease undesired brainwaves hence the more he reduces that band the more he is eligible for reward 9 4 Select Display Setting 59 The term Non Inverted means that you expect the client to increase desired brainwaves hence the more he increases that band the more he is eligible for reward Inverted Non Inverted y Exceed Threshold 9 Color Red Exceed Threshold Q Green Color Figure 9 8 Example of Inverted and Non Inverted Bars To determine the type of the bar do the following e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Invert on the left side of the table Name Bar8 Figure 9 9 Bar setting table Select the type of the Bar inverted or not e Click on YES for Inverted or NO for Non Inverted type e Click on Ok 60 Chapter 9 Bar 9 4 5 Select Vertical Scale e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item V D on the left side of the table to change the Vertical scale e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or type your own value You should enter a v
22. undesirable frequency bands and increasing the desirable ones Providing distinct protocol for each individuals by a therapist NeuroFeedBack gives feedback to clients that how much they were successful in improving their brain waves by giving them a reward such as playing a movie or Game Receiving appropriate feedback about its behavioral patterns the automatic brain s self regulating organ is trained to correct itself and to strengthen its functionality 1 2 How Does It Affect Brain Is this like a fiction that a person can learn how to regulate his brain waves and promote his brain functionality But you have experienced it before when you first learned how to ride a bicycle That time your brain learned how to self regulate your state of balance during biking using the feedback it was being received from gravity Just like your eyes who helped your brain learn how to bike NeuroFeedBack send feedback to the person about his current brain status and how much it is in order using games and movies It needs no effort from you rather it is the central nervous system that decides to reorganize neural connections to modify the function of those parts While you are seeing movie or playing games your subconscious brain is going to modify itself based on the information it received during interruption in game or movie For clients it seems like a miracle when they saw how symptoms are diminished in their lives This is the power of their brain that
23. you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you can see Edit Toolbar in the page You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode If you do not know which comport to select see sec 322 Chapter 5 PlayBox An Alternative Way If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item H to change height and type the value you want COM COM Open Data e Wave Save Data Disable Saving Channels 1 Content Font Times New Roman Color 2755 755 755 Alignment CENTER M8 14Pbcel Y 573Pixel Dies Type the value here WW 50Pbeel Select Feature YP Figure 5 5 PlayBox setting table change the size and position e Click on W to change width and type the value you want e Click on X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want e Click on Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 5 4 Read Data through eWave Hardware e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on COM in the left pane and select the corresponding comport in the right COM COM3 Open Data e Wave Save Data Disable Saving Channels 1 Figure 5 6 PlayBox setting table select comport 5 4 Read Data through eWave Hardware 27 e Click on Open Data in the left pane and s
24. 01 PM Al Libraries SampleData manda Documents QEEG 7 22 2014 12 42 31 PM a Music qeeg 7 21 2014 11 45 13 AM 2014 11 45 AM 13 AM File amp Pictures ewavet 6 28 2014 10 48 49 AM 8 2014 10 49 AM 49 AM File B Videos ewavet 6 28 2014 10 43 14 AM 6 28 2014 10 43 AM 14AMFile ra ewave8_3076 8 11 2014 12 48 37 PM 8 11 2014 12 49 PM 37 PM File Computer ewave8_3064 8 23 2014 04 24 18 PM 8 23 2014 4 24PM 18 PMFile Local Disk C ewave8_3064 8 23 2014 02 13 16 PM 8 23 2014 215 PM 16 PM File Ga Local Disk D am A Favorites E 13 20141 36PM 41 PM File 13 20141 11PM_ 27 PM File 113 2014 1 10 PM 58 PM File 18 2014 12 05PM 01 PM File 11 20141 22PM File 22 2014 12 44 PM 31 PM File San N N e File name SampleData Figure 5 10 Open dialog box open a recorded file e Click on Open e Click on Play button on the PlayBox panel to display data 5 6 Save Data 29 Look at the Information you can see the information about current status of play in the PlayBox Open Mode Offline Simulation File Name SampleData Saving Status Disable Figure 5 11 PlayBox Panel Open Mode offline shows you are playing a simulation data e Simulation File Name shows the name of the file that you are playing It is shown only when OpenMode is Offline 5 6 Save Data e Right click the panel to open the setting table e Click on Save Data in the left pane and se
25. 10 12H pus pia L predefined Bands are shown in table 7 1 Mu 8 13Hz SMR 12 15Hz Beta 12 35Hz Betal 15 18Hz Beta2 18 22Hz Beta3 22 26Hz Beta4 26 30Hz Beta5 30 35 Hz Gama 35 100Hz LowArtifact 43 59 Hz HighArtifact 1 2Hz Figure 7 6 FFT setting table select band e Click on one of the predefined bands on the right side of the table or type Table 7 1 The Range of Frequency your own frequency range e g 1 50 Bands e The number of frequency bin is changed to cover the range that you set as Bands 7 4 Select Display Setting 7 4 3 Select Vertical Scale e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item V D on the left side of the table to change the Vertical scale e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or type your own value You should enter a value on volt scale e g 003 for 3mv Figure 7 7 FFT setting table change vertical scale e The vertical scale is instantly changed You can try different scales and select the best Each of the grid box in the scope is now equal to the value you set 7 4 4 Select FFT Calculation Window Size The FFT value is calculated online but it considers previous samples up to a specific window length Selecting FFT window size you can determine if you want to consider previous samples of one two four or eight seconds If your data has sharp changes and you want to track changes
26. 37 The values you see in hor izontal scale of the scope are not the current time of the data they are just Time Divisions If you want to see the current time look at the Time button on the PlayBox panel See sec 5 7 38 Chapter 6 Scope e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or type your own value You should enter a value on volt scale e g 003 for 3mv e The horizontal scale is changed Each of the grid box in the scope is now equal to the value you set as T D 6 4 4 Select Vertical Scale e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item V D on the left side of the table to change the Vertical scale e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or type your own value You should enter a value on volt scale e g 003 for 3mv HPF 1Hz LPF 400Hz Band ALPHA Mode RAVY Name Scopes Figure 6 9 Scope setting table select Volt Division e The vertical scale is instantly changed You can try different scales and select the best Each of the grid box in the scope is now equal to the value you set as V D e Click OK 6 4 5 Implement Filter to Data Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item LPF on the left side of the table to implement low pass filter or HPF for high pass filter Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or type your own value to determine cut of frequency of the
27. Channel None Channel9 Mone Channel 10 None Channel 11 None Channel 12 None Figure 15 2 Qeeg setting e Method You can select one of the Gaussian Cubic Spline or Linear Spline methods to calculate the QEEG e Band You may want to see the FFT of specific EEG band or any other frequency band that you want You can choose one of the predefined EEG bands on the setting table or enter a band in the forms of StartBand StopBand e Channell Channel2 You may use one or multiple channels and put the their leads on specific locations of the brain using 10 20 system You can set the active channels and joint them with their corresponding lead names using these items e Name You can change the name of the panel using this item Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including e H You can change the height of the panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis 15 3 Make a New QEEG Panel 15 3 Make a New QEEG Panel Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 15 3 is
28. Figure 13 4 Image setting table e Click on the item W to change Width and type the value you want Clickon the item X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want Clickon the item Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 13 4 Select Display Setting 13 4 1 Select the Image File Name to Display You need to select a file name of the image you want to display Right click the label of panel to open the setting table e Click on the item GameFiles on the left side of the table 89 You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode You should put the image file in Image Folder in the protocol directory or else you can not see it in the right side of the table Chapter 13 Image ImageFile 102 Deed j 10 20 paste jpg Name lmage5 1020c3 4p c4p2 jpg 1020 pz a1 jpg ME 102Deeg14z jpg 1 020eeg1 FzF3F4 jpg 1020eeg2 Cz jpg 1 020eeg4 Cz jpg 3dhead JPG 3dhead jpg 30NFB1 jpg ans jpg Figure 13 5 Image setting table change Image File e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table to select the image file e Click on Ok The image is displayed Chapter 14 Game This panel is for clients to play video movie or game It plays based on the client s brain waves that is reflected on Bar panels and according to the features that you specify You can select the type of the game and the file that you want to displa
29. LED has different colored each of which has a special meaning Green color when you turn the device on Blinker Green Color when the hardware connects and starts transferring data e Charge Pin Push the charger plug in this pin to charge the battery You need to charge it for 3 hours for every 10 hours work Note that you can only use or charge it at a time when you are charging the battery it automatically stops working e HDMI port A This port covers 8 channels from to 8 e HDMI port B In eWave 16b this port covers 4 channels from 5 to 8 that is similar to the 5 to 8 channels in port A In eWave 22b this port covers 8 9 Chapter 2 Getting Started channels from 9 to 16 e HDMI port C This port is for programming and connecting other devices 2 2 Setup eWave 2 2 1 Add Bluetooth Device e Press the power button for 3 second to turn on the device The LED is turned on with green color e Click Start in the windows and then Devices and Printers Add a device Add a printer Windows can display en evice icons and information from the Internet Click to change 4 Devices 5 SB 105 SB 107 USB Optical eWave8b 0001 Mouse 4 Printers and Faxes 2 Microsoft XPS Document Writer Figure 2 2 Add Device Window e Click Add a Device on the right top of the window e Wait for your device to be detected e When your device is detected click on the device and then Next 2 2 Setup eWave Select a device
30. NeuroFeedBack User Manual Science Beam Co November 15 2014 A Tutorial on How to Work with NeuroFeedBack Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 What Is NeuroFeedBack 1 2 How Does It Affect Brain 1 3 WhO Gan Benet desa do a ioe ela ek v aR LAE RECTA 14 How Does IC WOFK sisas sal ai ERREUR 2 Getting Started 2 1 eWaveataGlance 2 2 SCLUPCWdVE ob up pesi d Heu 6o Brkt ee a aaa 2 2 1 Add Bluetooth Device 2 2 2 Detecting the Number of Serial Comport 2 3 Installing NeuroFeedBack ln 2 3 1 Minimum Requirements 2 3 2 Installation Folder 2 3 8 Activate and Run NeuroFeedBack 3 Working with a Sample Protocol Sell Mann Meni eae io aria Elda UR ERE A Re A 3 2 A Sample Protocol Components 4 Page Zl Pase ata Glance eds ES dubai 4 2 Page Seine Tables ae the e e D ek Saad 4s iaa AS Make a New Page S o oen E a op Gee ean AA sumpto NeW bade uq rm doi d CRUS e HEINE IET 4 5 Change the Name ofthe Page 5 PlayBox ol PlayBoxata Glace paa ddr ed 5 2 Playbox Setting Tabl a 5 uut doy ira ae era 5 3 Make a New PlayBox Panel 5 3 1 Changing Size and Position 5 4 Read Data through eWave Hardware 5 5 Read Previously Recorded Data MeO Dave Date n
31. Senf e Color 255 0 128 al Alignment Center You can Enter your own text Mame Text3 X 285Pixel Y 361Pbcel H 231 Pixel W 379Pbeel Figure 11 2 Text Setting e Alignment You can select the text to be aligned in the Right Left or Center of the panel e Name You can change the name of the panel Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including e H You can change the height of the panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis Ba 11 3 Make a New Text Panel Scope Analyze l FFT e Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu Image Light Text PlayBOX e Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard Ps qe v i to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 11 3 is appeared in the left side of the Game page QEEG State Scene e Click on the item named Text This item is highlighted e Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel The Text panel is now made with default size You can change the size and position Figure 11 3 Edit Toolbar to the values you want 11 3 Make a New Text Panel 11 3 1 Changing Size and Position
32. Setting A Band ALPHA Time 15 Channel 2 MNone Channel 3 None Channel None Channel None Channel6 None Channel None Channel8 None Channel9 None Channel 10 None Channel 11 None Channel 12 None Channel 13 Mone Select a Channel Figure 15 6 QEEG channel selection 15 4 3 Select the Frequency Band to Display Right click the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Band on the left side of the table to change the frequency bands that you want to see in horizontal scale The frequency range of some predefined shown in table 15 1 Method Gaussian Band Delta Time 15 Select a Feature Channel Cad Channel2 Fz LowAjrh fiel Select an item Channel 3 C4 Channel T 7 Channel5 None OR Channel6 None Channel None Channel8 None Channel9 None Channel10 None Channel11 None Channel12 None Enter a value Figure 15 7 QEEG setting table change band e Click on one of the predefined bands on the right side of the table or type your own frequency range e g 1 50 e The number of frequency bins is changed to cover the range that you set as Bands 15 4 4 Select FFT Calculation Window Size The FFT value is calculated online but it considers previous samples up to a specific window length Selecting FFT window size you can determine if you Delta 1 AHz Theta 4 8Hz Thalpha 6 10Hz Alpha 8 12Hz LowAlpha 8 10Hz HighAlpha 10 12Hz Mu 8 13 Hz SMR 12 15 Hz Bet
33. a 12 35 Hz Betal 15 18Hz Beta2 18 22Hz Beta3 22 26 Hz Beta4 26 30Hz Beta5 30 35 Hz Gama 35 100Hz LowArtifact 43 59 Hz HighArtifact 1 2Hz Table 15 1 The Range of Fre quency Bands 102 Chapter 15 QEEG want to consider previous samples of one two four or eight seconds If your data has sharp changes and you want to track changes in every second then choose one second for FFT window size If not you can choose larger values e Right click the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Time on the left side of the table to change FFT window size Method Gaussian Band ALPHA Time 15 Channel1 None Channel2 None Channel 3 None Channel4 None Channel None Channel6 None Channel None Channel None Channel9 None Name QEEG8 Figure 15 8 QEEG setting table change FFT window size e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or enter a value to select the window size aAC
34. a o os arts ta ae ee 111 N N HH m E OOO MOHD a C1 Ol pl 15 15 16 19 19 20 20 21 22 iv CONTENTS 5 7 Getinformation from the PlayBox Panel 3l Scope 33 6 Scope ata Glance cris au ee UR EE ad y 33 62 Scope setting Table dw ARA 33 63 3MakeaNewScopePanel 34 6 3 1 Changing Size and Position 35 6 4 Select Display Setting ee 4 54 6 a GSS we ROMA ee KS 36 6 4 1 Select Channel to Display 36 6 4 2 Select Display Mode o oo 37 6 4 3 Select Horizontal Scale 37 6 4 4 Select Vertical Scale 38 6 4 5 Implement Filter to Data 38 FFT 41 dl FEBAacGa GCE e suits eds daras adas 41 52 BEI Setune Table 2 4 2 4 2622 4 sata a a ed do 41 Zo Make a New PPT Panel oio 26229 2463440256 boa Ss eo 42 7 3 1 Changing Size and Position 43 TA Select Display Seting oed uk doce had Shot td be ica 43 7 4 1 Select Channel to Display 43 7 4 2 Select FrequencyBadd 44 TAS Select Vertical Scale vs bk a 45 7 4 4 Select FFT Calculation Window Size 45 Val 47 Ol Vakata Glince sad hos recio eos e e 47 8 2 Val Setting Table Properties lens 47 83 Makea New Val Panel scasc sne tiaan Boa ia 48 8 3 1 Changing Size and Position 48 84 Select Display Set flp ea ai 49 8 4 1 Se
35. al Disk C Data gt 6 Organize v New folder v 0 9 gt d Loci Name Date modified Type BE Desktop _ test100 7 13 2014 01 04 58 PM 7 13 20141 10PM 58 PM File T Downloads _ testl6channel9 6 2014 02 17 21 PM 9 6 2014 2 17 PM 21 PM File _ test3 3ch 6 18 2014 12 05 01 PM 6 18 2014 12 05 PM 01 PM File _ SampleSave 9 2 2014 03 53 32 PM 9 2 2014 3 53 PM 32 PM File mieu same A Fe Documents _ QEEG7 22 2014 12 42 31 PM 7 22 2014 12 44 PM 31 PM File a SE _ qeeg 7 21 2014 11 45 13 AM 7 21 2014 11 45 AM 13 AM File E Pictures _ ewavet 6 28 2014 10 48 49 AM 6 28 2014 10 49 AM 49 AM File Bi Videos _ ewavet 6 28 2014 10 43 14 AM 6 28 2014 10 43 AM 14AMFile _ ewaveB 3076 8 11 2014 12 48 37 PM 8 11 2014 12 05PM 37 PM File Ml Computer _ ewave8_3064 8 23 2014 04 24 18 PM 8 23 2014 4 24 PM 18 PMFile LY amp Local Disk C _ ewave8 3064 8 23 2014 02 13 16 PM 8 23 2014 2 15 PM 16 PM File Recent Places Ga Local Disk D Tm File name SampleData z Figure 12 6 Open dialog box for analyze file e Click on Ok The data is displayed on the Analyze panel e If you have attached a text panel to the analyze panel the result is shown in the text panel If you have not follow Sec 12 4 2 to show the result 12 4 2 Select a Text to Show the Result e Make a New Text Panel as discussed in section 11 3 or you may want to select an existed te
36. alue on volt scale e g 003 for 3mv Channel Signal EEG Band ALPHA Threshold MANUAL Select a Feature Mame Bar4 Figure 9 10 Bar setting table change Volt Division Vertical Scale e The vertical scale is instantly changed You can see the data and select the best you want Each of the grid box in the scope is now equal to the value you set as V D 9 4 6 Select FFT Calculation Window Size The FFT value is calculated online but it considers previous samples up to a specific window length Selecting FFT window size you can determine if you want to consider previous samples of one two four or eight seconds If your data has sharp changes and you want to track changes in every second then choose one second for FFT window size If not you can choose larger values Right click on the panel to open the setting table Clickon the item Time on the left side of the table to change FFT window size 9 4 Select Display Setting Channel 1 Signal EEG Band ALPHA Threshold MANUAL Invert NO V D 1V Hur ES Name Bar Figure 9 11 Bar setting table change FFT window size e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or enter a value to select the window size 61 Chapter 10 Light 10 1 Light ata Glance This panel calculates the square of the FFT power of the band that you have selected and compares it with two thresholds If the value is more than both thresholds
37. an change the height of the panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis 9 3 Make a New Bar Panel e Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu e Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened 9 3 Make a New Bar Panel e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 9 2 is appeared in the left side of the page e Click on the item named Bar This item is highlighted e Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel The Bar panel is now made with default size You can change the size and position to the values you want 9 3 1 Changing Size and Position e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it e Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it An Alternative Way If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following If the Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel Right click on the panel to open the setting table Click on the item H to change height
38. and type the value you want e Click on Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 6 4 Select Display Setting 6 4 1 Select Channel to Display e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Channel on the left side ofthe table to change the channel 1 0 0 15 V DiV mp Select a Feature HPF 1Hz LPF 400Hz Band ALPHA Mode RAW Name Scopes Figure 6 6 Scope Setting table select channel e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table and select the channel you want to display 6 4 Select Display Setting 6 4 2 Select Display Mode You can see data both in time and frequency domain in scope using Raw and FFT mode respectively e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Mode on the left side of the table to change the display mode aulem ple Band ALPHA Mode RAW FFT Name Scope5 X 537Pixel Y 394Pixel H 146Phxcel W 513Pixel Figure 6 7 Scope Setting table select display mode e Click on the RAW to see the raw data or FFT to see the instantaneous FFT of the data or both FFT and RAW 6 4 3 Select Horizontal Scale Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item T D on the left side of the table to change the horizontal scale Select Feature 00m y Select a value 15 Band ALPHA Mode RAW OR Name Scopez Enter a value Figure 6 8 Scope Setting Table Select Time Division
39. appeared in the left side of the page Click on the item named QEEG This item is highlighted Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel The QEEG panel is now made with default size You can change the size and position to the values you want 15 3 1 Changing Size and Position Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it An Alternative Way If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item H to change height and type the value you want Channel None Channel8 None Channel3 Mone gl Channel 10 Mane Channel11 None Channel 12 None Channel13 None Channel14 None Channel 15 None Channel 15 Mone Name QEEG 2 7S3Pixel Y 399Pbxcel Type the value here Select Feature W B Pixel Figure 15 4 QEEG setting table change size and position 99 Bar scope Analyze FFT Image Light Text PlayBOX Page Val Game QEEG state scene Figure 15 3 Edit Toolbar You can edit panel only when
40. bar in the screen including e Slave Using the item Slave you can select a Text panel to the show the result of Analyze Click on the Slave and then on the Text panel to show the result e H You can change the height of the panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis 12 3 Make a New Analyze Panel Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 12 3 is appeared in the left side of the page Click on the item named Analyze This item is highlighted Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel The Analyze panel is now made with default size You can change the size and position to the values you want 12 3 1 Changing Size and Position Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it An Alternative Way If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key o
41. can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis 14 3 Make a New Game Panel e Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu 14 3 Make a New Game Panel 93 e Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard Bar to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 14 3 is appeared in the left side of the Scope page Analyze FFT e Click on the item named Game This item is highlighted Image Light e Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel The E Game panel is now made with default size You can change the size and PlayBOX position to the values you want m a Game 14 3 1 Changing Size and Position QEEG State e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel Scene e Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it Figure 14 3 Edit Toolbar e Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it You can edit panel only when you are in Edit Mode 1 e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you An Alternative Way can see Edit Toolbar in the page If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following You can see these extra
42. co co Wu J co 21 Cc co v ESR File name SMR txt Figure 3 2 Open Protocol You can see the sample protocol in Fig 3 3 Scope3 ENT I N l i m WM WE yi 10 4 Open Mode Offline Simulation File Name co2 4 2 16 2002 12 44 29 AM Saving Status Disable y AN I W Ah Wi fy ni My A yl Wi I Mh Light11 Light11 Type File File File Text Documer Text Documer Text Documer Text Documer Text Documer File File File File P n i li hf Light7 ano Figure 3 3 Sample Protocol 3 2 A Sample Protocol Components In this section we introduce you different components of the protocol that you can use during or after each session to play or analyze data You can see the sample protocol in Fig 3 4 3 2 A Sample Protocol Components FFT Next Go To HA C Procter tt Far Light Play Box Figure 3 4 Sample Protocol Components Different Panels PlayBox receives or opens recorded data and controls playing of different panels Scope displays the signal both in time and frequency domain Val displays the square of the FFT power of a specific band This value is the summation over the frequency bins of the band FFT displays the square of the instantaneous FFT power of a specific band This value is displayed for each frequency bins of the band Text displays some pure information or the result of the analyze panel Image shows i
43. col TDI Device status This device is working propery Figure 2 7 finding Comport of the device File and Folders You Need Protocols some sample protocols that you can use for specific disorders You can later make your own protocols e Anim some folders and files for the Animation type of the Game panel e Image some image files for the mage panel e Movie some movie files for the Movie type of the Game panel e Video some video files for the Movie type of the Game panel Game some game files for the Game type of the Game panel 2 3 3 Activate and Run NeuroFeedBack The first thing to do in using NeuroFeedBack is to activate the software e Double click on eProbe exe in the eProbe Folder e Click on the item About eProbe and then click About eProbe button at the top 2 3 Installing NeuroFeedBack e Trace Experiment Mot Activated elrace Analysis Mot Activated eSpike Experiment eSpike Analysis Mot Activated e Sorter eStat Not Activated eWave Plus eWave Pro About eProbe Figure 2 8 Activate NeuroFeedBack e Send the serial number in the opened window to register ScienecBeam com and get product activation file About eProbe a Version 1 86 0 0 Copyright ScienceBeam 2014 ScienceBeam Send following texts to register ScienecBeam com to get product activation file Organization Write your organizaion name here j User s Name Write your first and last name here User s Email Write your emai
44. cope Panel 35 e Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel e The scope is made in the page You can then change the size and position of the panel to the value you want A a ee File Figure 6 4 A scope panel is made in the page 6 3 1 Changing Size and Position e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it e Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it 8 You can edit panel only when you are in Edit Mode 1 e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you An Alternative Way can see Edit Toolbar in the page If you want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on H to change height and type the value you want 36 Chapter 6 Scope Band ALPHA Mode RAW Name Scope4 X 1048Pixel Y 231Pixel WP re Feature Figure 6 5 Scope setting table change the size and position e Click on W to change width and type the value you want e Click on X to change the position in x axis
45. d you can modify the panel e Right click on the text panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Font on the left side of the table and then click on the Font Table on the right side Content asas Color 255 455 255 Alignment CENTER Figure 12 9 Analyze setting table change the font e Select the Font Font Style and Size that you want and click on OK Font style Regular Regular Modern Xo 20 Monotype Corsa MS Outlook Effects Sample FP Strikeout A Underline Figure 12 10 Font table Chapter 12 Analyze ema cu a D o 2 m MAMA ENHNHEXI 11 NHENBENH 11 SEE 1 MEEHAN LVL Ir PER a 3 a z m a E B E Custo pr ml ML ML Figure 12 12 colortable e Click on the item Color on the left side of the table and then click on the Color Table on the right side Content olor able Font Microsoft Sans Sent Color Color Table Alignment CENTER Mame TextS A 882Pixel Y 295Pixel H 239Pixel W 246Pixel Figure 12 11 Analyze setting table change the color e Select the color that you want and click on OK e Click on the item Alignment on the left side of the table and then click on the Right Left or Center to align the content in a way you like 12 4 Select Display Setting 83 Content Font Microsoft Sans Serif Color 255 255 255 Alignment Right Name TextS X 882Pixel Y 295Pixel H 238Pixel W 24BPixel Figure 12 13 Analyz
46. e FFT window size e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or enter a value to select the window size Chapter 13 Image 13 1 Image ata Glance This panel shows image You can select the image file you want to display Figure 13 1 Image ImageFile Mandala jp 10 20 paste jpg Mame lmage5 1020 c3Hpz c4 pz jpg 1020 pz a1 jpg 1020eeg clean jpg 1020eeg jpg 1020eeq1 Cz jpg 1020eeq 1 FzF3F4 jpg 1020eeg2 Cz jpg 1020eeg4 Cz jpg 3dhead JPG 3dhead jpg 30NFB1 jpg ans jpg E Figure 13 2 Image Setting Table 87 88 Bar Scope Analyze FFT Image Light Text PlayBOX Page Val Game QEEG State Scene Figure 13 3 Edit Toolbar You can edit panel only when you are in Edit Mode 1 e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you can see Edit Toolbar in the page 13 2 13 3 Chapter 13 Image Image Setting Table ImageFile You need to determine a file name of the image you want to display using the item ImageFile Note that the ImageFile you want to select should be in the Image Folder in the protocol directory Name You can change the name of the panel using this item Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including e H You can change the height of the panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis
47. e in Edit Mode 1 e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you can see Edit Toolbar in the page You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode 72 Chapter 11 Text e Click on the item Font on the left side of the table and then click on the Font Table on the right side Content Font Font Table Colar 255 255 255 Alignment CENTER Figure 11 5 Analyze setting table change the font e Select the Font Font Style and Size that you want and click on OK Hegular Oblique Strikeout Underline Figure 11 6 Font table e Click on the item Color on the left side of the table and then click on the Color Table on the right side 11 3 Make a New Text Panel ea cu a D o 2 m ENEH BENNHEZ 11 EEE 11 NENNZ 11 MEANEN 11 SEE PER a BU A d LVL Ir EL Figure 11 8 colortable Content MEE Font Microsoft Sans Senf Figure 11 7 Analyze setting table change the color e Select the color that you want and click on OK e Click on the item Alignment on the left side of the table and then click on the Right or Left or Center to align the content in a way you like 74 Chapter 11 Text Content Font Microsoft Sans Serif Color 255 255 255 Alignment Right Figure 11 9 Analyze setting table change the alignment e Click on Ok The content is displayed according to your desired properties Chapter 12 Analyze After recordin
48. e of some predefined Bands are shown in table 12 1 c Select a Feature Hz Time 15 and Delta Analyze File test Mame Analyzeb Figure 12 18 Analyze setting table change the band 85 Delta 1 4AHz Theta 4 8Hz Thalpha 6 10Hz Alpha 8 12Hz LowAlpha 8 10Hz HighAlpha 10 12Hz Mu 8 13Hz SMR 12 15 Hz Beta 12 35 Hz Betal 15 18Hz Beta2 18 22Hz Beta3 22 26 Hz Beta4 26 30Hz Beta5 30 35 Hz Gama 35 100Hz LowArtifact 43 59 Hz HighArtifact 1 2Hz Table 12 1 The Range of Fre quency Bands 86 Chapter 12 Analyze e Click on one of the predefined bands on the right side of the table or type your own frequency range e g 1 50 e The number of frequency bins is changed to cover the range that you set as Bands 12 4 9 Select FFT Calculation Window Size The FFT value is calculated online but it considers previous samples up to a specific window length Selecting FFT window size you can determine if you want to consider previous samples of one two four or eight seconds If your data has sharp changes and you want to track changes in every second then choose one second for FFT window size If not you can choose larger values Band Delta Analyze File test Mame Analyze 10 Figure 12 19 Analyze setting table change FFT window size Right click on the panel to open the setting table Clickon the item Time on the left side of the table to chang
49. e setting table change the alignment e Click on Ok and the content is displayed according to your desired proper ties 12 4 4 Select Channel to Display Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Channel on the left side of the table to change the channel Band Delta Theta ThAlpha Alpha LowAlPha Analyze File C Data save 910 2014 11 27 Mame Analyze2 Figure 12 14 Analyze Setting table select channel e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table and select the channel you want to display 12 4 5 Select Horizontal Scale e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item T D on the left side of the table to change the horizontal scale 84 The values you see in hor izontal scale of the scope are not the current time of the data they are just Time Divisions If you want to see the current time look at the Time button on the PlayBox panel See sec 5 7 Chapter 12 Analyze Fit 50 mS 200 mS 3 Select an item Select a Feature Time 15 Band Delta a Analyze Filetest Mame Analyze6 Figure 12 15 Analyze setting table change the Time Division Horizontal Scale e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or type your own value You should enter a value on volt scale e g 003 for 3mv e The horizontal scale is changed Each of the grid box in the scope is now equal to the value you set as T D 12 4 6 Selec
50. e the value you want Signal EEG Band ALPHA gii V D 1V Time 15 Name FFT4 XA 1046Pboel Y 160Pbcel W SUPixel Select Feature Type the value here Figure 7 4 FFT setting table change size and position Click on W to change width and type the value you want Click on X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want e Click on Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 7 4 Select Display Setting 7 4 1 Select Channel to Display Right click on the panel to open the setting table Clickon the item Channel on the left side of the table to change the channel 43 You can edit panel only when you are in Edit Mode 1 e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you can see Edit Toolbar in the page You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode 44 Chapter 7 FFT a Signal EEG Band ALPHA Select a Feature V D 1V Time 15 Name FFTS Figure 7 5 FFT setting table change channel e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table and select the channel you want to display Delta 1 AHz Theta 4 8Hz 7 4 2 Select Frequency Band Thalpha 6 10Hz e Right click the panel to open the setting table Alpha 8 12Hz LowAlpha 8 10Hz e Click on the item Band on the left side of the table to change the frequency bands that you want to see in horizontal scale The frequency range of some HighAlpha
51. eceiving data from eWave hardware Current Comport shows the name of the file that you are playing It is shown only when open mode is eWave e Simulation File Name shows the name of the file that you are playing It is shown only when OpenMode is Offline Save Status is Disable the data is not recording or Enable if it is recording Recording File Name shows the name of the file that you want to save It is shown only when save status is enable Chapter 6 Scope 6 1 Scope ata Glance You can see the signal both in time and frequency domain in the Scope Vertical Scale la AA kun A T son PASA WA A MN TTA A 2 Jy y LAM wen V Ly VR AN MW Au bia M Y T Msg NA hy y v y y VA Horizontal Scale Figure 6 1 Scope 6 2 Scope Setting Table In the scope setting table you can see some items to change Band ALPHA Mode RAW Ea cma EN e Ed P Mame 5cope3 Figure 6 2 Scope Setting 33 34 Bar Scope Analyze FFT Image Light Text PlayBOX Page Val Game QEEG State Scene Figure 6 3 Edit Toolbar 6 3 Chapter 6 Scope Channel You can select the channel you want to see V D The amplitude of the signal may be in different scales such as uv mv or v The signal maybe too small or too large to be seen in the scope Therefore you need to change the vertical scale Volt Division using V D Note that each value you select is equal to one of the grids in vertical axis
52. elect eWave in the right Open LData e Wave Save Data Disable Saving Channels 1 Figure 5 7 PlayBox setting table read Data through eWave e Click on Ok e Click on Play button on the PlayBox panel to receive data NOTE A You may receive an error message Device is not connected Check your eWave connection and try again Look at the Information you can see the information about current status of play in the PlayBox PlayBOx Open Mode eWave Current Comport COM saving Status Enable Recording File Name CDatalrecord 1 Figure 5 8 PlayBox Panel Open Mode eWave shows you are receiving data from eWave hardware Current Comport shows the name of the file that you are playing It is shown only when open mode is eWave 28 Chapter 5 PlayBox 5 5 Read Previously Recorded Data e Right click the panel to open the setting table e Click on Open Data in the left pane and select Browse in the right eVWave Open Data Browse Browse Save Data Disable Saving Channels 1 Figure 5 9 PlayBox setting table open a recorded file e Browse on the data that you want to read and click OK oo Open o oo AA sake gt Computer Local Disk C gt Data E Organize v New folder Name Date modified Ly REPLY Fhe TL UL VE BE Desktop test100 7 13 2014 01 11 41 PM J Downloads test100 7 13 2014 01 10 27 PM E Recent Places test100 7 13 2014 01 04 58 PM test3 3ch 6 18 2014 12 05
53. en the setting table Click on the item Game Type on the left side of the table VIDEO MOVIE FLASH ANIMATION FullScreen OFF Mame Game5 Figure 14 5 Game setting table change Game Type Click on one of the items on the right side of the table to select a Game Type 14 4 Select Display Setting 95 14 4 2 Select the Game File Name to Play For each Game Type you need to select a file name or folder name for Animation to display e Right click on the label of panel to open the setting table The software cannot find e Click on the item GameFiles on the left side of the table the file if you select a Game file that is for another Game Type For example an Anima tion folder for a Flash Type A GameType ANIMATION i Logic 1 Bar amp i FullScreen OFF Mame Game5 Figure 14 6 Game setting table change Game File e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table to select a Game File 14 4 3 Select the Logic for the Game You can control weather each Game plays or not using the output of one or multiple Bars To do this you should specify the name of the bar or bars that you want as Logic or Logicl Logic2 for the Game e Right click the label of the panel to open the setting table If you select multiple Logics e Click on one or multiple items of Logicl Logic2 Logic3 or Logic4 on the they will be ORed to produce left side of the table the final logic that affects game
54. fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item H to change height and type the value you want GameFiles catemillar swt Game Type FLASH Logic1 Barh ll Logic Select Feature Type the value here Figure 14 4 Game setting table e Click on the item W to change Width and type the value you want 94 Chapter 14 Game e Click on the item X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want e Click on the item Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 14 4 Select Display Setting 14 4 1 Select the Type of the Game The panel Game covers four types of Game including Video Movie Flash and Animation Game Types e Movie It is a movie or cartoon that is always playing but its size is changed based on the value of the bar e Video It is a video with ordinary size that plays and stops based on the value of the bar e Flash It is a computer game that runs based on the value of the bar e Animation It is a set of consecutive images that each time an image is selected based on the value of the bar The change in the value of the bar leads to the change in the selected image and produces an animation e Right click the label of the panel to op
55. filter 6 4 Select Display Setting Figure 6 10 Scope setting table select cut of frequency of the filter e The displayed data is filtered while the original data is the same 39 Chapter 7 FFT 7 1 FFT ata Glance In FFT panel you can see the square of the instantaneous FFT power of your desired band Vertical Scale Selected Band Figure 7 1 FFT 7 2 FFT Setting Table In the FFT setting table you can see some items to change e Channel You can select the channel you want to see its frequency content e Band You may want to see the FFT of specific EEG band or any other frequency band that you want You can choose one of the predefined EEG bands on the setting table or enter a band in the forms of StartBand StopBand e V D The amplitude of the FFT signal may be in different scales such as uv mv or v The signal maybe too small or too large to be seen in the FFT Therefore you need to change the vertical scale Volt Division using V D 41 42 Bar Scope Analyze FFT Image Light Text PlayBOX Page Val Game QEEG State Scene Figure 7 3 Edit Toolbar 7 3 Chapter 7 FFT Figure 7 2 FFT Setting Time You can change the window size of the FFT calculation window Name You can change the name of the panel Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including
56. g data you may need to see the whole data and analyze it This panel provides you with a scope and a text panel to shows the signal and the FFT power of each of the bands that you want You can select one or multiple bands and see the corresponding values in the text panel By default this panel shows the latest file that you have previously recorded But you can change the analyze file and some other properties in the setting table Note that the text panel is another panel that you should create and introduce to the analyze panel 12 1 Analyze at a Glance Figure 12 1 Analyze 12 2 Analyze Setting Table Result DELTA Band 7 987uv THETA Band4 32uv THALPHA Band3 072uv ALPHA Band 3 009uv SMR Band 1 443uv BETA Band 8 229uv BETA1 Band 1 622uv GAMA Band 15 763uv LOWARTIFACT Band5 123uv HIGHARTIFACT Band 4 054uv File Name co2 4 2 16 2002 12 44 29 AM In the Analyze setting table you can see some items to change 19 76 Chapter 12 Analyze Time 105 Band Delta Theta ThAlpha Alpha SMR Beta Analyze File test Mame Analyze2 Figure 12 2 Analyze Setting Channel You can see only one channel at a time in each Analyze panel Here you can select the channel you want to see V D The amplitude of the signal may be in different scales such as wv mv or v As a result signal maybe too small or too large to be seen in the scope Therefore you need to change the vertical scale Volt Division using V D Note that eac
57. h value you select is equal to one of the grids in vertical axis T D You may need to see the details of the signal in us scale or see the whole signal in s So you can change the accuracy of the signal in time domain or the horizontal scale using T D HPF You can implement a high pass filter to eliminate the high frequency signals or noises You can select the cut of frequency of the high pass filter using item HPF LPF You can implement a low pass filter to eliminate the low frequency signals or noises You can select the cut of frequency of the low pass filter using item LPF Time You can change the window size of the FFT calculation method Band In the result of the analyze panel you see the square of the FFT power of the bands that you have selected using Band item You may want to see the FFT of specific EEG bands or any other frequency band that you want You have multi options here so you can choose one or multiple predefined EEG bands on the setting table or enter a band in the forms of StartBand StopBand Analyze File By default the analyze file is the latest signal that you have recently recorded If you like to analyze another recorded data you can browse and select it using Analyze File Name You can change the name of the panel using this item 12 3 Make a New Analyze Panel Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit tool
58. ight click on the panel to open the setting table Click on the item H to change height and type the value you want Channel 1 Signal EEG Band ALPHA Threshold A uv Threshold B puv Time 15 Mame Light4 X B2 Pixel Y 308Pixel Select Feature W 106Pixel Type the value here Figure 10 3 Light setting table change size and position Click on the item W to change Width and type the value you want Click on the item X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want Click on the item Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 10 4 Select Display Setting 10 4 1 Select Channel Right click on the panel to open the setting table Clickon the item Channel on the left side of the table to change the channel 66 Chapter 10 Light Signal EEG Band ALPHA efe Select a Feature Threshold A Op Threshold 6 Oyu Time 15 MName Light6 Select a Channel 1 Fa 3 4 5 6 Figure 10 4 Light setting table select channel e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table and select the channel you want to display 10 4 2 Select Frequency Band e Right click the panel to open the setting table Delta 1 4Hz Theta 4 8Hz e Click on the item Band on the left side of the table to change the frequency bands that you want to see in horizontal scale The frequency range of some Thalpha 6 10H p predefined are shown in table 10 1
59. l address here eProbe Version 1 86 0 0 eModule Serial Number Write your Electromodule back panel serial number here Request activation password for following eProbe tollboxes eTrace Experiment eTrace Analysis eSpike Experiment eSpike Analysis eSorter eStat eWave Plus eWave Pro Figure 2 9 Serial Number e Copy the activation txt in the eProbe Folder You can also enter the activa tion number in the activation txt and save it For each computer setup you need a specific activa tion number 11 12 Chapter 2 Getting Started Fil Edit Format View Help Tewave Pl us 105487495 5 Activation Number Figure 2 10 Activatation Number e Double click on eProbe exe The eProbe Demo is opened e eProbe Demo e race Experiment Mot Activated e Trace Analysis Mot Activated espike Experiment eSpike Analysis Mot Activated e Sorter eStat Not Activated eWave Plus eWave Pro About eProbe Figure 2 11 rProbe Demo e Click on eWavePlus in the eProbe Demo The main menu is now opened 2 3 Installing NeuroFeedBack Figure 2 12 Main Menu e Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol You can also make your protocol using File gt New Protocol e A Sample protocol like this one is opened 4 i A M Vy i ih M ri J A i WA V I Light11 Light11 Light7 Dn Op Ow Ow BETA THETA y Im 8 61uV 7 414 V puse Open Mode 0ffline Simulation File Name co2 4 2
60. lect Browse item in the right Ifyou do not want to save data simply select Disable Or else all of the data you are playing in different times Open Data Offline Sue Dela wee are recorded In this case Saving Channels 1 you have many stored data with the same prefix and different suffixes according to their time of recording Figure 5 12 PlayBox setting table save data e Click Saving Channels in the left pane and select number of each of the channels that you want to save in the right 30 COM COM Open Data Ofline Save Data Browse Saving Channels 1 4 8 Chapter 5 PlayBox Figure 5 13 PlayBox setting table select saving channel e Enter the name that you want and click Save 09 MENTE IO EXT Organize v New folder Jg Downloads Name Recent Places _ tt3 6 30 2014 12 01 50 PM _ tt 7 14 2014 04 03 20 PM _ tt 7 14 2014 04 01 27 PM _ tt 7 13 2014 10 09 28 AM _ tt 7 13 2014 10 08 03 AM _ tt 7 10 2014 09 26 19 AM _ tt 7 10 2014 09 25 29 AM _ tt 7 9 2014 05 03 59 PM _ tt 7 8 2014 07 15 48 PM _ tt7 8 2014 07 13 16 PM A Libraries Es Documents 2 Music i Pictures B Videos Computer amp Local Disk C Date modified 6 30 2014 12 02 PM 7 14 2014 4 03 PM 7 14 2014 4 01 PM 7 13 2014 10 10 AM 7 13 2014 10 08 AM 7 10 2014 9 26 AM 7 10 2014 9 25 AM 7 9 2014 5 04 PM 7 8 2014 7 16 PM 7 8 2014 7 13 PM _ 4 cx Local Disk D File name
61. lect Channel to Calculate Val 49 8 4 2 Select Frequency Band 50 8 4 3 Select FFT Calculation Window Size 50 Bar 53 dl Bara a Glare s dotes d doe Rom ei ee ete ww rte C 53 9 2 Bar Setting Table Properties len 53 9 3 Make a New Bar Panel lens 54 9 3 1 Changing Size and Position 55 9 4 Select Display Seting sexos x xo vec a 56 9 4 1 Select Channel to Calculate Bar 56 9 4 2 Select FrequencyBadMd 56 9 4 3 Select Threshold Value 57 9 4 4 Select the Type of the Bar Inverted or Non Inverted 58 CONTENTS 10 Light 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 11 Text 11 1 11 2 11 3 9 45 Select Vertical Scale 9 46 Select FFT Calculation Window Size lightatq Clan Eu ue 33 5 doa Foot Seca oe Eb EAS A hight Serine Tables a cen nd e ds RR e ce REOR Be den Make a New Light Panel len 10 3 1 Changing Size and Position Select Display SETUP o nu 4 210 2 e edam die 1041 SelectChannel ae 23 3 03 A age ER SUE E a0 10 4 2 Select FrequencyBadd 10 4 3 Select Thresholds Values 10 4 4 Select FFT Calculation Window Size TOXEOqEO dH 24 iro o ee eee a ee dor ea ed Text Setong Table 4 0 4 bom d 2 9 8 9 de Sos Od eS A Make a New Text Panel 42 a0 048
62. mage Game plays video movie or game QEEG shows the instantaneous Quantitative Electroencephalograph QEEG or Brain map of a specific band Bar shows weather the square of the instantaneous FFT power of a specific band is beyond or less than the threshold and considers it as a logic for the Game panel Here the FFT power is the summation over the frequency bins of the whole band Light compares the square of the instantaneous FFT power of a specific band with two thresholds and shows it with green orange or red color Analyze displays the whole signal and shows the FFT power of each of the bands that you want in a text panel 17 Chapter 4 Page 4 1 Page ata Glance Every Page provides you with a context to add different panels It consists of the Back Next and Page buttons EL C ProtocolsO test2 Copy ESTA File Next Button Page Name Back Button Figure 4 1 Page Page Components e Page Button shows the name or number of the page Using this button you see and change the name or number of the page and jump to other pages e Next Button go to the next page Back Button go back to the previous page 19 20 Bar Scope Analyze FFT Image Light Text PlayBOX Figure 4 3 Edit Toolbar Chapter 4 Page 4 2 Page Setting Table It provides you with some items to change the properties 4 3 AA Go to 2 Mame Analyze Figure 4 2 Page Setting table GoTo If you
63. n the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel 74 Bar Scope Analyze FFT Image Light Text PlayBOX Page Val Game QEEG State Scene Figure 12 3 Edit Toolbar You can edit panel only when you are in Edit Mode 1 e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you can see Edit Toolbar in the page You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode 78 Chapter 12 Analyze e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item H to change height and type the value you want Band Delta Analyze Filetest1 Slave Type the value here Figure 12 4 Analyze setting table change Size and Position e Click on the item W to change width and type the value you want e Click on the item X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want e Click on the item Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 12 4 Select Display Setting 12 4 1 Select Data to Analyze e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Analyze File on the left side of the table and select Browse on the right side to open a file for analyze Band Delta Analyze File Browse Name Analyze4 Figure 12 5 Analyze setting table select file 12 4 Select Display Setting 79 e Browse on the file you want and click on Open a Open x amp 0 J JO gt Computer Loc
64. nually In this case you yourself can select the threshold according to your instantaneous observation of the client s performance e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Threshold on the left side of the table Time 15 Mame Bar8 Figure 9 6 Bar setting table Select threshold value e Click on the item manual on the right side of the table e From this time on you can change the value of threshold Left click on the position you want A white line moves to the new position and shows the value of the threshold 57 58 Chapter 9 Bar Automatically The software can automatically select the threshold according to the percentage that you determine For example selecting 60 the software should give reward in 60 percent of the cases In this case the value of threshold is not constant It changes during the time so that in overall the client receives positive feedback in 60 percent of the time e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Threshold on the left side of the table Signal EEG Band BETA Name Bard Figure 9 7 Bar setting table Select threshold value e Click on one of the percentages on the right side of the table or enter you own value e Click on Ok 9 4 4 Select the Type of the Bar Inverted or Non Inverted In neurofeedback therapy therapist may work on excessive fast or slow brain waves to
65. o the software It is shown only when you are in eWave OpenMode It should be the corresponding comport of your device connection see sec 2 2 2 Saving Status Enable shows that the data you are playing are currently recording with the name specified in Recording File Name Disable shows that the data is NOT recording 23 Chapter 5 PlayBox Recording File Name shows the name of the recording data that you can later open in Offline OpenMode It is shown only when the Saving Status is Enable e Simulation File Name shows the name of the previously recorded data that you are currently playing in Offline OpenMode It is shown only when you are in Offline OpenMode 5 2 PlayBox Setting Table It provides you with some items to change the properties COM CO M7 Open Data Offline Save Data Disable Saving Channels 1 Wm Figure 5 2 PlayBox Setting e COM You can select the serial comport of your device from the list e Open Data You can select one of the items below Browse to open a recorded data eWave to receive data through eWave Hardware e Save Data You can select one the items below Browse to save the recording data with the name and in the location you want Disable to prevent data from saving e Saving Channels You can select one or multiple channels that you want to save Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can
66. ou can change the height of the panel e W You can change the height of the panel e X You can change the position in x axis e Y You can change the position in y axis Make a New Light Panel Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu Click on File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or on File gt New Proto col to create a new protocol An editable page is opened If the Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it The Edit Toolbar Fig 10 2 is appeared in the left side of the page Click on the item named Light This item is highlighted Click on the position of the page that you want to place the panel The Light panel is now made with default size You can change the size and position to the values you want 10 3 1 Changing Size and Position If the Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel Click on the borders of the panel and drag the mouse to resize it Click on the center of the panel and drag the mouse to move it 10 4 Select Display Setting 65 An Alternative Way You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode Ifyou want to specify the exact value of size and position do the following If the Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode and you can modify the panel R
67. specific EEG band or any other frequency band that you want You can choose one or multiple predefined EEG bands on the setting table or enter a band in the forms of StartBand StopBand e Threshold You need to select a threshold for each bar to determine whether the FFT value of the selected band is less or more than the desired value This threshold play role in other panels such as Game It determines whether the video or game is played or not which animation should be displayed or with which size the movie should be played You can select this value using the item Threshold e Invert You need to determine whether the objective of each bar is decreas ing or increasing the frequency band In other word you need to specify for the software that you want to give reward for increasing or decreasing the FFT power of this band e V D The amplitude of the signal may be in different scales such as uv mv or v As a result signal maybe too small or too large to be seen in the scope Therefore you need to change the vertical scale Volt Division using V D Note that each value you select is equal to one of the grids in vertical axis e Time You can change the window size of the FFT calculation method e Name You can change the name of the panel using this item Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including e H You c
68. t Vertical Scale e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item V D on the left side of the table to change the Vertical scale e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or type your own value You should enter a value on volt scale e g 003 for 3mv 3 Select a Feature Time 15 Band Delta Analyze File test Name Analyze Figure 12 16 Analyze setting table change Volt Division Vertical Scale e The vertical scale is instantly changed You can see the data and select the best you want Each of the grid box in the scope is now equal to the value you set as V D 12 4 Select Display Setting 12 4 7 Implement Filter to Data e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item LPF on the left side of the table to implement low pass filter or HPF for high pass filter e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or type your own value to determine cut of frequency of the filter Time 15 a Select a Feature Band Delta Analyze File test Mame Analyzeb Figure 12 17 Analyze setting table change cut of frequency of the filter e The displayed data is filtered while the original data is the same 12 4 8 Select Frequency Band to Analyze e Right click the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Band on the left side of the table to change the frequency bands that you want to see in horizontal scale The frequency rang
69. to add to this computer Windows will continue to look for new devices and display thern here eWaveab 0001 TV Samsung LED46 Bluetooth Bluetooth Display Other Bluetooth Other What if Windows doesn t find my device Figure 2 3 Detecting Device e On the verifying code click on Yes and then Next Compare pairing codes between your computer and this device This will verify that you are connecting to the correct device 93 7 43 Does the code above match the code on the device Yes E No O The device is not displaying a code eWavedb 0001 What if this code does not match the code on my device Figure 2 4 Detecting Code e Click Close Chapter 2 Getting Started This device has been successfully added to this computer Windows is now checking for drivers and will install them if necessary You may need to wait for this to finish before your device is ready to use To verify if this device finished installing properly look for it in Devices and Printers eWave amp hb O0001 Close Figure 2 5 Adding device 2 2 2 Detecting the Number of Serial Comport Press the power button for 3 second to turn the device on The LED is turned on with yellow color Click Start in the windows and then Devices and Printers Click Add a Device on the right top of the window Under the item Devices right click on the name of your device form the list Click on Properties 2 3 Installing NeuroFeedBack
70. to display 50 Chapter 8 Val 8 4 2 Select Frequency Band e Right click the panel to open the setting table Delta 1 4AHz Tita 1 RH e Click on the item Band on the left side of the table to change the frequency bands that you want to see in horizontal scale The frequency range of some predefined are shown in table 8 1 Thalpha 6 10Hz Alpha 8 12Hz LowAlpha 8 10Hz HighAlpha 10 12Hz Mu 8 13Hz Name Va Select a Feature SMR 12 15 Hz Beta 12 35 Hz Betal 15 18 Hz Beta2 18 22 Hz Beta3 22 26 Hz Beta4 26 30Hz Beta5 30 35 Hz Figure 8 5 Val setting table select frequency band Gama 35 100Hz LowAttiface 13 597 Click on one of the predefined bands on the right side of the table or type our own frequency range e g 1 50 HighArtifact 1 2Hz y q M ge e g e The number of frequency bins is changed to cover the range that you set as Bands Table 8 1 The Range of Frequency Bands 8 4 3 Select FFT Calculation Window Size The FFT value is calculated online but it considers previous samples up to a specific window length Selecting FFT window size you can determine if you want to consider previous samples of one two four or eight seconds If your data has sharp changes and you want to track changes in every second then choose one second for FFT window size If not you can choose larger values e Right click on the panel to open the setting table Clickon
71. w GamePanel 92 14 3 1 Changing Size and Position 93 14 4 Select Display Setting 94 14 4 1 Select the Type oftheGaMe 94 14 4 2 Select the Game File Name to Play 95 14 4 3 Select the LogicfortheGame 95 14 4 4 Select the Full Screen Mode 96 15 QEEG 97 15 QEEG ata lante lt 4 3 aot bees ria a ie 97 15 2 QEEG Setting Table Properties 97 15 3 MakeaNewQEEGPanel rr 99 15 3 1 Changing Size and Position 99 15 4 Select Display Setting sa Aaa E 100 15 4 1 Select the Calculation Method 100 15 4 2 Select Channels and Corresponding Electrode Positions 100 15 4 3 Select the Frequency Band to Display 101 15 4 4 Select FFT Calculation Window Size 101 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 What ls NeuroFeedBack Have you ever seen people who suffer from unwanted behavioral patterns but still refuse to see psychotherapists out of the fear of drugs and side effects Have you ever looked for a non invasive and drug free way to train the brain to self regulate itself and improve your mood behavior learning patterns and physical symptoms This is exactly where NeuroFeedBack comes in NeuroFeedBack provides a safe way for people to improve their brain activity by training their wave brains decreasing the power or amplitude of some
72. want to jump to the specific page you can directly select the name or number of the page using this item and pass over the next pages Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including e Name You can change the name of the Page and use the name instead of the number of the page This name appears in the Page button Make a New Page Run the eWave Probe to open the main menu Click File gt Open Protocol to open a protocol or File gt New Protocol to create a new protocol An editable page opens Press E key on the keyboard The Edit Toolbar Fig 4 3 appears in the left side of the page On the Edit Toolbar Click on Page Click on the current the page 4 4 Jump to a New Page 21 e The new page is now made after the current page and the number of all pages is automatically changed XA CiPrcocas0vesz Copy S File Figure 4 4 Making a new page 4 4 Jump to a New Page e Right click the Page button to open the setting table e Click on Goto in the left pane e Select the name or number of the page you want in the right pane Select Page Name or Number Figure 4 5 Page setting table jump to another page e Click on Ok e The selected page is opened 22 Chapter 4 Page 4 5 Change the Name of the Page e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard
73. xt panel e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Slave on the left side of the table and then click on the text panel that you want to show the result Chapter 12 Analyze elta A File Data teWave o Name Analyze4 Figure 12 7 Analyze setting table select a text panel to show the result e Click on Ok The result is displayed on the text panel Text9 DELTA Band 10 104juw THETA Band 56uv ALPHA Band 6 7 SAL File Name godarzid 2 2 16 2002 12 54 1 06 AM 79 0 0 0 Sec tecorded Time 52 1 1 SampleRate 1000 Sample Res olution 24Bit VoltageRange 2 5 V HardwareGain 61 Figure 12 8 The result of the Analyze Information to display on the text In the text panel of the analyze you can see the following information e The FFT amplitude of each of the bands that you have selected File Name The name of the analyze file that you are working on Recorded File The recording time of the file Sample Rate The frequency sampling of the data Resolution The resolution is 24bit Voltage Range The voltage range is 2 5 Hardware Gain The Gain of amplifier is 61 12 4 Select Display Setting 81 12 4 3 Change Text Properties e Ifthe Edit Toolbar does not present in the page press E key on the keyboard to see it Now you are in Edit Mode an
74. y You can also change the logic or rule that it should follow 14 1 Game at a Glance e A it A EE a nT A T E 0 Figure 14 1 Game 14 2 Game Setting Table Properties e GameFiles For each selected Game type you need to determine a file name or folder name for Animation using the item GameFiles Note that the GameFiles you select should be relevant to the GameType you have been selected or going to select If not it cannot show anything 91 Chapter 14 Game VIDEO MOVIE FLASH ANIMATION FullSereen OFF Name Games Figure 14 2 Game e GameType You have four options to choose the type of Game including Video Movie Flash and Animation You can choose the type you want using GameType item Logicl Logic2 Logic3 Logic4 You can control application of each Game using the output of one or multiple Bars To do this you should specify the name of the bar or bars that you want as Logicl Logic2 Logic3 or Logic4 for the Game FullScreen You can use a separate monitor for the client using FullScreen item In this case you can show only game not other panels through full screen monitor to the client e Name You can change the name of the panel using this item Extra Items You can see some other options during EditMode When you have pressed the E key on the keyboard and you can see Edit toolbar in the screen including e H You can change the height of the panel e W You
75. y neurofeed back trainer Electrical Sensors on scalp and ears Feedback MM asa s computer game Figure 1 3 NeuroFeedBack setup It works in some steps e The therapist provides a unique protocol for you according to your type e He puts some sensors in specific location of your scalp to sense the electrical activity known as EEG of those particular parts of your brain e You sit in front of a movie or game and very relax just see or play with your brain 1 4 How Does It Work e The software analyze your EEG signals to determine if your sate of the brain is in order or not or how much it is deviated from the normal e The software gives you feedback about your brain status by stopping or resizing the movie or game For example whenever your brain waves are in order the movie is played with large screen giving your brain reward for its positive performance Whenever it is out of order the movie is stopped or its size is decreased e The reminding happens automatically and unconsciously no need for you to do anything else Your brain do everything is needs to do using this feedback it realized that there is a problem in some parts of the brain and instantly tries to alter that e Just wait and see how it creeps in your life and enhance your behaviors Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 1 eWave ata Glance Figure 2 1 eWave e Power Press the Power button for 3 seconds to turn the device on or off e LED The
76. you are in Edit Mode 1 e you have pressed the E key on keyboard and you can see Edit Toolbar in the You can see these extra fea tures in the setting table only when you are in Edit Mode 100 Chapter 15 QEEG e Click on the item W to change Width and type the value you want e Click on the item X to change the position in x axis and type the value you want e Click on the item Y to change the position in y axis and type the value you want 15 4 Select Display Setting 15 4 1 Select the Calculation Method e Right click the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Method on the left side of the table to select the QEEG calculation method Method Gaussian u Band ALPHA Time 15 Channel 1 None Channel2 None Channel3 None Channel4 None Channels Mone Channel None Channel None Channel8 None Name QEEG X A50Pixel 317 Pixel H 161 Pixel Select Method BiCubic Spline Linear S a Select an Item i Figure 15 5 QEEG setting table select QEEG calculation method e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or enter a value to select the window size 15 4 2 Select Channels and Corresponding Electrode Positions e Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on Channel number that you want on the left side of the table and click on the corresponding Lead name on the right side of the table 101 15 4 Select Display
77. ze The FFT value is calculated online but it considers previous samples up to a specific window length Selecting FFT window size you can determine if you want to consider previous samples of one two four or eight seconds If your data has sharp changes and you want to track changes in every second then choose one second for FFT window size If not you can choose larger values Right click on the panel to open the setting table e Click on the item Time on the left side of the table to change FFT window size 68 Chapter 10 Light Channel 1 Signal EEG Band ALPHA Threshold A Dr Threshold 6 0 Mame Light9 Figure 10 7 Light setting table change FFT window size e Click on one of the items on the right side of the table or enter a value to select the window size Chapter 11 Text 11 1 Text at a Glance If you like to add some information as text to your protocol you can use Text panel You can also use this panel to show the result of the analyze panel see Ch 12 Figure 11 1 Text 11 2 Text Setting Table In the Text setting table you can see some items to change e Content Type what you like to write in your Text panel Font You can select the font style and the size that you like from the font table e Color You can select the text color that you like from the color table 69 Chapter 11 Text Content Hi This is a sample text You can Hi This is a sample text Font Microsoft Sans

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