Muse headband Studies have shown that stress, through the release of the hormone cortisol, is one of the leading causes of mental problems such as depression, strokes and a higher risk of infection. The amount of stress that people feel these days has rocketed, which is where inventions such as Muse come in. Muse is a headband that fits over your ears like a pair of glasses and wraps around your forehead, measuring your brainwaves, much like a heart-rate monitor. It uses an Android app to talk to you in a calming manner, first of all calibrating your brain by asking you to think of as many countries, colors or historical figures as you can before you start the actual program itself. The program is a three-minute session of breathing in and out in a controlled manner, continuously concentrating on your breathing and tries to block out all the exterior distractions. When your three minutes are up, you can see how well your focused information during your session on the app. This exercise is meant to calm and relax you, reducing your mental stress levels and gradually improve mental and physical well-being.

In the start, this app asks you to think of as many thoughts in a particular category to calibrate your brain waves before instructing you to do breath in for a count of ten then out for a count slowly. While you do this app measures your brain activity.

Actually, what is Muse?

A Muse is consumer-use brain sensing headband with medical grade electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors that read the naturally emitted electrical activity of your brain. Your brain produces small electrical activity across various frequencies. Muse knows these frequencies and transmits the data to mobile devices, which can then use the algorithms and formulas to determine different states.
Short and long term benefits of using Muse:
The possible short-term effects of Muse can include a relaxed feeling and sensation, improved focus and calm. Some of the long-term effects can include which reduced anxiety, reduced heart rate, improved mood, a lasting sense of self-control on your brain and how you respond to stress. A big area where it can use is the sporting world. Before a sparring session begins, I will use Muse device to clear my head so I can concentrate on the session. It's also useful for relaxing you before you go into an important meeting or pitch. Finally, if you have trouble sleeping use it just before bed to get yourself into that relaxed state where you can just drift off.

The role played by app:

This app leads users through a focused attention, exercise and read data from headband to provide real-time feedback on the user's brain activity level. It provides users with insights into their own thinking and thought patterns, and they can, in turn, take this feedback and guide their own training to improve their practice.

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The app provides you data in the form of the bar chart, graph, and pie chart, to show that, what percentage of time you were calm, neutral and active. Over time make you able to increase the amount of time you are calm, which is where the training of the brain comes in, and you can see this progression within the app.
Price of device: £239/ $299
Available at: www.choosemuse.com