Thoughtstream GSR Biofeedback System with Mental Games

by MindPlace

Product Features

• Gain control over your emotional responses
• Achieve states of mental clarity and calm
• Control the Mental Games software on your PC through GSR biofeedback
• Learn to shift between mind states quickly
• 30 Day Satisfaction Guaranteed return policy & lifetime of technical support

Product Description

Personal Biofeedback you can use at home. The ThoughtStream is the world's first complete personal biofeedback training system. Biofeedback allows you to see, feel or hear mind/body processes that we normally aren't consciously aware of or able to voluntarily control. It has long been accepted as one of the most effective tools available for stress control and other personal growth benefits. In the past, biofeedback was something only available by visiting a professional with hourly rates or by purchasing very expensive clinical models. The ThoughtStream is a galvonic skin response GSR biofeedback training system that you can use at home. The stress we experience at home and at work has a large impact on our well-being, but our normal methods of responding to stressful events are habits that can be changed after we become more aware of them. Learning to fully relax while under pressure can have a profoundly beneficial influence on all aspects of life. The Thoughtstream can give you a new level of self-understanding when your responses are seen or heard as they happen. The ThoughtStream is designed for travel: lightweight, attractive, with a unique palm of the hand sensor. A handsome carrying case, headphones, manual, Mental Games software and everything else that you need to get started is included! The training modules of Mental Games 'sense' how focused or relaxed you are and will vary their response according to your internal state. By using this combination of multimedia technology and biofeedback, you enter a new dimension of self mastery. You may soon notice that you are more relaxed in your everyday life, being present and focused without "burning out." Two sets of levels are included with Mental Games. Level one is a group of conventional biofeedback exercises. Here you can move objects on the screen as you learn to relax your body and focus your mind. Level two consists of a number of independent modules designed to actively train your responses.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• ASIN: B000B6IT8I
• Item model number: THOU
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,772 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It still isn't working, November 11, 2008

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Up North (upstate, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thoughtstream GSR Biofeedback System with Mental Games (Health and Beauty)

I just purchased the ThoughtStream and still can't get it working. It comes with a CD that has no label and no instructions for the software. The small instruction manual that comes with the biofeedback unit applies to the unit used without computer interface, and nothing explains how to make the computer interface work. But I purchased this specifically because it had a computer interface. The unit comes with only a serial port connector, which did not work on my laptop. Even after I purchased a serial to USB connector, the software asks if I am using Com1 or Com3 and either choice crashes the software. I've downloaded installation software from the website (thinking it might be more current) and that hasn't helped. The software manual (which is only available if you dig around the installation disk or on-line) also says nothing about how to make the device or software work with a USB port. So, it might be a great product if and when you get it working, but it is poorly documented and difficult to interface with common computer technology. Maybe the fact that all the installation files are dated 1997 is a tip-off that the software is outdated. If their technical support doesn't resolve the problem, I will have to send it back. So far, my stress is way up.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GSR Biofeedback that works, May 22, 2008

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Jason Mark Alster M.Sc "Millenium man" (Wethersfield , CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thoughtstream GSR Biofeedback System with Mental Games (Health and Beauty)

As a biofeedback practitioner I used the Thoughtstream GSR biofeedback system both for reducing stress in anxiety but also for increasing concentration and focus in students with ADD , ADHD. The GSR graph was very sensitive for this purpose and there were pretty good variety of games that increased mental concentration awareness. For those interested in natural methods to help ADHD or exam anxiety in the classroom you might consider the Thoughtstream system with the CD
A guide for GSR biofeedback techniques for the natural ADHD practitioner as this will add many techniques and protocols to use the Thoughtstream GSR with ADHD . (CD-ROM)ISBN A guide for GSR biofeedback techniques for the natural ADHD practitioner9659025149

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent, November 4, 2009

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Robert Delancey (japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thoughtstream GSR Biofeedback System with Mental Games (Health and Beauty)

It's probably actually a fairly good deal for the price, but it has some significant flaws. Most importantly, the digital circuit that allows for a lot of its convenient features, which do make it very easy to use, also makes the pitch step instead of varying continuously. The problem with this is that, rather than the instant, continuous feedback you would get from a continuously varying tone, there's a slight delay due to the stepping, which limits its usefulness, IMHO. If there was another similar device in the same price range that didn't have this defect, I would go with that, but, as far as I know, there isn't, so I guess I could give this one a halfhearted recommendation.