Neural biofeedback

Published 2014-04

Products and services using Neural biofeedback are generally available around 2017

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).

Grader A: hit
Grader B: hit
agrees with A, without seeing its verdict
Audit: confirmed
in the fixed audit sample (D11)
Published: hit

Grader A: hit

InteraXon's Muse EEG headband, which turns brain activity into real-time audio feedback, went on public sale in May 2014; clinical EEG neurofeedback services predate it.

Test: D37 Horizons: neurofeedback products buyable by consumers or clinics outside pilots by 2019 (earlier counts).

Muse (headband) (Wikipedia) (2014-05): Released to the public May 2014; 4 EEG sensors, app converts brain activity into audio neurofeedback.

Grader B: hit

EEG neurofeedback was a paid clinical service for decades, and consumer EEG feedback headbands (InteraXon Muse, 2014) were sold at retail. Available before 2017.

Test: Neurofeedback products or services could be bought by consumers or clinics by 2019 (earlier counts).

Neurofeedback (2014): EEG neurofeedback in clinical practice since the 1970s-90s.
Muse (headband) (2014): Consumer EEG biofeedback headband on sale from 2014.

In our research

SomaNeurofeedback Algorithms

All captured fields

id: hz-2014-009
category: Neurotechnology and cognitive technologies
kind: technology
target year: 2017
placed year: 2017
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2014,"mainstream":2016,"financially_viable":2017}
confidence: medium
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2015.6, midway between the 2015 and 2016 lines (read as 2016). Bar from 2013.8 to 2017.4: scientifically viable ~2014, financially viable ~2017. The bar reaches the inner edge of the grid (~2014), so scientific viability may be at or before the chart start. Sub-area: Extended cognition.