STEM Summer Internship of 2018 (7/2-7/5)

STEM Summer Internship of 2018 (7/2-7/5)


As summer 2 started we set our goals for the semester: perform extensive ISF trainings.
The semester started with good news: we received the passkey for the Atlantis 2 and had access to the program on our server.

In this post we are going to share the procedure to perform an ISF training

After our volunteering participants compiled a consent form for the training and a consent form for publishing their pictures on our website, we conducted a little survey.
Based on the survey, we were able to determine the site to place the electrodes: for our participants were T3 and T4 (respectively, temporal lobe on the left and temporal lobe on the right side)

Adelajda and the electrodes placed on her head.

To glue the electrodes, we applied two kind of gels: the "NuPrep" cream to apply to the skin to clean it and the  "Ten 20 Conductive" to use for the electrodes to facilitate the connection with the skin.

Hynbin decided to be our participant the first week of her internship.

As we can see from the pictures, the electrodes have different color and we had to place them in the right positions. 

The Ch1 is connected to the left lobe: 

- A1 is connected to the red electrode that should be placed on T3, temporal lobe, left side (an inch above the left ear)

-R1 is connected to the yellow electrode that should be placed on the Mastoid, the left side

Ch2 is associated to the right side of the lobe:

-A2 is connected to the black electrode to be placed on T4, temporal lobe, right side (an inch above the right side of the ear)

-R2 is connected to the white electrode to be placed on the Mastoid, the right side

G indeed is connected to the green electrode to be placed on the forehead.

During the first ISF training, we had to find the optimal brain frequency, the one at which the parasympathetic nervous system (also known as the rest and digest activation) is stimulated. The starting frequency is very low(0.0030 Hz) and is gradually increased until the participant feels relaxed.

The picture shows the During-Session Notes allowing us to keep track of the frequency, and the feelings of our participants on a regular interval of 5 minutes.

The duration of the session extends to 30 minutes