A complex was developed by specialists from Belgorod State University to develop stress resistance and other adaptive skills. It consists of a potter’s wheel where the user encounters disturbing factors and devices that inform the user about the stress level. This was reported to socialbites.ca at the Ministry of Education and Science.
Biofeedback technology (BFB) allows a person to receive real-time information about the internal processes of their own body. Breathing, heartbeat, muscle activity and other indicators are read using appropriate equipment and “feedback” is given using visual, auditory, tactile and other signals.
“At first, the user simply masters working with the potter’s wheel, while at the same time physiological indicators – pulse rate and respiration, as well as a galvanic skin response reflecting the activity of the autonomic nervous system” are recorded. socialbites.ca robotics and mechatronics NRU “BelSU” Andrey Aleinikov, head of the Student Design Issues Bureau.
At the second stage, disturbing factors begin to interfere with the work of a person: the speed of rotation of the potter’s wheel changes, it tilts, the heating element, vibration motor and sound-generating device turn on and off.
“The final stage involves the sequential exposure of two, three, four, and five stimulus signals at the same time,” added Aleinikov.
If the user manages to control the stress level while working with the apartment, a special LED scale lights up in green or yellow. Otherwise, the backlight changes to red, orange, then blue and purple, as it deviates from physiological thresholds.
“Our device can be used as an element of a training complex for the psychological prevention of nervous and psychosomatic disorders that develop due to fatigue and overwork, information overload, stress, as well as one of the ways to prepare for higher professional activities. “The neuropsychic stress level,” said Maria Sitnikova of the National Research University “BelSU”, director of the Center for Cognitive Neurosciences and Neurotechnologies Research and Design.