There are many neurofeedback clinics and companies like Peak Brain Institute (they track brain waves and some people report drastic benefits, esp w/cognitive control, in response). The studies could be higher-quality and attract a broader range of people. They could also be way more widespread (also see what Neurable/Neurosity are doing). I tried neurofeedback once and can certify that I did feel very differently afterwards (in a good way!) but these protocol are usually very expensive (near-term AGI makes this matter way less). Many neurofeedback protocol try to increase the ratio of “high cognitive control” brainwaves (like gamma) over “low cognitive control” brainwaves (like the default mode network ones involves in daydreaming or that let mind wandering/outside stimuli overwhelm one’s ability to have consistent plans that stay coherent through overly emotional stimuli)
Alex Milenkovic is studying the brainwaves of gamers! It’s an important population b/c it is so easy to study+draw data out of.
I know Tomas Roy (at the Geneva Neurocenter) has special neurofeedback protocol for people with ADHD (one of his grad students investigates it) - and it is tested/scientific in a way that other protocol are not (though other protocol/montages record more data). I tried out one of them. Another professor at the institute, Daphné Bavelier, studies gamers.
I know some people who have set up a transcranial magnetic stimulation machine.
Jhourney is a startup (with super-legit people) focused on neurofeedback=> meditation.
I know many people have dissociated themselves from the nootropics community b/c none have been individually shown to on average be more effective than modafinil, but combinations can make a difference and there are some people who market them and make it frictionless for people to try/test them.
There are many neurofeedback clinics and companies like Peak Brain Institute (they track brain waves and some people report drastic benefits, esp w/cognitive control, in response). The studies could be higher-quality and attract a broader range of people. They could also be way more widespread (also see what Neurable/Neurosity are doing). I tried neurofeedback once and can certify that I did feel very differently afterwards (in a good way!) but these protocol are usually very expensive (near-term AGI makes this matter way less). Many neurofeedback protocol try to increase the ratio of “high cognitive control” brainwaves (like gamma) over “low cognitive control” brainwaves (like the default mode network ones involves in daydreaming or that let mind wandering/outside stimuli overwhelm one’s ability to have consistent plans that stay coherent through overly emotional stimuli)
Alex Milenkovic is studying the brainwaves of gamers! It’s an important population b/c it is so easy to study+draw data out of.
I know Tomas Roy (at the Geneva Neurocenter) has special neurofeedback protocol for people with ADHD (one of his grad students investigates it) - and it is tested/scientific in a way that other protocol are not (though other protocol/montages record more data). I tried out one of them. Another professor at the institute, Daphné Bavelier, studies gamers.
I know some people who have set up a transcranial magnetic stimulation machine.
Jhourney is a startup (with super-legit people) focused on neurofeedback=> meditation.
On the topic of more general mind enhancement/cyborgism, see https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vEtdjWuFrRwffWBiP/we-have-to-upgrade?commentId=7PBCydEDR8zptmLQY
I know many people have dissociated themselves from the nootropics community b/c none have been individually shown to on average be more effective than modafinil, but combinations can make a difference and there are some people who market them and make it frictionless for people to try/test them.
Reducing brain aging rate is also more tractable on average than increasing intelligence (esp b/c most people on Western diets have brains that shrink way faster than they should) ⇒ and is the most important way to maximize a brain’s integrated lifetime total compute, and there are many ways to reduce this.