“Your brain on meditation. Visualized in real-time.”
EEG-based brain sensing headband that gives you real-time feedback during meditation. When your mind wanders, you hear storms. When you’re focused, you hear calm weather and birds. Gamifies meditation for people who ‘can’t meditate.’ Over 500 studies use Muse for neurofeedback research.
Real EEG neurofeedback — not just a timer
Makes meditation measurable and gamified
500+ research studies use Muse hardware
Guided meditations included
EEG neurofeedback is a clinically validated technique for attention training. Studies show Muse-guided meditation increases alpha wave production (relaxed focus) and reduces beta wave dominance (anxiety/rumination) within 4 weeks of daily practice.
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Ben Greenfield
“Apollo Neuroscience: A Whole New Way To Deal With Stress”
All the Apollo wave settings help facilitate access to different flow states depending on the goal. Sound waves are vibrations at a frequency we can hear. Apollo waves are at a frequency we can hear, but mostly feel. Sounds waves are generated by motors all the time. Yes. You can choose to breath with Apollo if you want to. If you choose to match your breath to the Apollo frequencies, it will make the effect stronger. Apollo works by helping us to be more present with our emotions and anything it is that we put our mind to. Reply 20. I ordered one fairly soon after the podcast, so I should be receiving my soon. I will happily report back with my results. But, you can already see really impressive results by looking at the studies on the website. What I’m most excited about is the potential to raise my HRV, and lower my sympathetic nervous system activity. Reply 1. Hi Erik, did you have any success testing it properly? Reply 21. Hello. Would you be able to briefly compare Apollo to Hapbee (recommended by D.Asprey) which seems similar. Which one is more effective? Thanks a ton! Reply 1. I haven't tried the hapbee. Reply 2. Apollo seems to be the only vibration stress reduction/HRV lowering device. Hapbee – Headband for different states (calm, alert, focused, sleepy) – PEMF (0-22kHz) – Science – not specific to Hapbee (white paper on its way), PEMF in general has lots Muse – Meditation/relaxation/sleep – Headband – EEG-feedback therapy – Science as per URGONight NeoRhythm – Headband – low intensity PEMF (2.5 mT) – Science: Jerman et al., 2019i https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1105741 ; Jerman et al., 2019ii https://doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1105782 Sleep Focused Deep Sleep Headband (Phlips) – Headband worn during sleep – Recommended ages 18-40 who sleep 5-7 hrs per night – Detection and enhancement (via audio tones) of deep sleep – Science: Garcia-Molina et al., 2018 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-2… effect not seen in patients > 40 / Tononi et al., 2010 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/27954524… URGONight – Brain training for sleep – Headband worn during day – EEG-feedback therapy – Science. Nothing URGOnight specific but they cite Hoedlmoser et al., 2008 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2572… & Cortoos A. et al., 2010 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-009-9116-z. on website. (also found Schabus et al., 2014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.02.020) Sleep Pebble (Zeez) – Small device put under or near pillow during sleep – low intensity PEMF (Alpha 8-12 Hz, theta 4-8Hz and delta 0.5-4Hz) in a timed pattern. – Science: none pepple specific. Dreem2 (ResMed) – Headband worn during sleep – CBT-i & pink noise during deep sleep – Sleep tracking
read the source →Peter Attia
“Research Worth Sharing, April 2026 Edition - Peter Attia”
doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09655-y Our research team spends hundreds of hours each month vetting studies and distilling dense literature to deliver evidence-informed insights on health and longevity. If you find value in our work, consider becoming a premium member and supporting our mission. Join Now Molecular texture image Man biking Man running Pills texture image Woman doing a pull-up Woman with glasses looking upward Man running on track Molecular texture image Legs of a man jumping Man running Man looking upward with molecular structure in background Pills texture image Molecular texture image Treating Alzheimer’s Disease Using Light and Sound Why we are interested: Pharmaceutical treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) are largely underwhelming, carrying significant risks of severe side effects while being only modestly effective at slowing disease progression. There is enormous upside potential for an AD treatment that avoids the considerable burdens of current-generation therapeutics, especially one performed in the comfort of patients’ own homes. What they showed: The OVERTURE clinical trial investigates a different class of AD therapy: sensory stimulation, provided by a wearable headset and performed at home.3 Cognito’s CogTx-001 headset delivers flashing light and sound at 40Hz, intended to entrain a high-frequency brainwave pattern in the user—a type of pattern shown to strengthen neural connectivity and activate the brain’s waste-clearance systems in preclinical models. Researchers performed a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial (2:1 active:sham, N=53), run for six months in adults 50+ with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s. Participants used the device one hour per day at home, resting with the eyes closed; the sham condition used non-40 Hz, randomly fluctuating stimulation.
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“Binaural Beats for Sleep | Sleep Foundation”
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