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there was a large gap between the neuroscience discoveries and their applications in eye- care. To help close that gap, the Mind-Eye Connection began.
Patients who have problems are viewed as a puzzle meant to be solved. The clues come from observations, patient reactions and responses, as well as test results. Patterns emerge, indicating which treatment methods are most beneficial for each individual patient. There are relationships between what a person pays conscious attention to and what they are subconsciously aware of in their surrounding environment. One of my patients had experienced a weekend simulation at an Army training base where simulations of snipers were present and she had to scan for them to avoid being shot. She told me that the “pretend” weekend of learning was so scary, that after the weekend when she went to her normal downtown store to buy groceries, she was STILL scanning for snipers and ANYTHING that moved in her periphery aroused a startle response. If a simulation can affect people’s brains like that, even when they clearly know that no danger really exists, the actual battlefield must create a much larger stress on brain function and overall peripheral awareness. We needed some temporary glasses to get her nervous system back to her previous normal, where peripheral movement no longer frightened her to an extreme.
Brain glasses — “Brainwear” can be valuable as an adjunct to other approaches in patients’ rehabilitation by offering new hope for patients with nervous system problems, neurodegenerative conditions, and injuries or conditions affecting motor skills and/or perception, including PTSD.
Brain Puzzle Solved: No More Depression
A case study regarding a Mind-Eye patient was published in 2017 in the Journal of Neurophotonics. It demonstrated that customized eyeglasses, along with other neuro- optometric treatments, can be useful as a therapeutic intervention to alter sensory signaling. The glasses normalized his brainwaves.
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