US Olympic Running Team Uses Headphones Stimulating Brain Centers

The Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will start in just a few weeks. And while the whole world is waiting for discovery and stakes on the one whose team will take the most gold medals, some athletes reveal the secrets of their training.

According to the Engadget report, a curious device for athletes that looks like ordinary headphones is called Halo Sport, and it was developed by Halo Neuroscience. The device is equipped with special membranes, which during training send sound and electromagnetic impulses to the brain. These impulses increase the excitability of the motor neurons of the brain and contribute to the creation of stronger interneuronal connections, acting on synapses and stimulating the production of neurotransmitters. Due to this, according to representatives of Halo Neuroscience, the work of the motor cortex and its signals are better synchronized with the work of the muscular system.

In the photo, a member of the US team in Halo Sport headphones during training.

On the website of the company Halo Neuroscience you can find a lot of interesting information. In particular, and data from various studies. For example, during the company's cooperation with the US alpine skiing team, athletes using Halo Sport headphones were 13% higher than their counterparts who refused to participate in the experiment. A study was also conducted with the participation of athletes, during which a control group using headphones for neurostimulation showed results twice as good as a group without headphones.

Nevertheless, the representatives of Halo Neuroscience themselves argue that the development of a new direction in training athletes can not speak. The fact is that this technology is still in a very early stage of the experiment and the control groups participating in it were extremely small in number. For example, the number of athletes who used Halo Sport headphones consisted of 23 people, of which only 10 showed the best results, which may well be explained by the best physical form of the latter. So, until this technology proves its effectiveness on a larger group of testers, the dream that you can put on headphones and sit in a chair to pump up your body will have to be put off long.

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