
Reset is an installation that explores the concept of guided meditation, employing fundamental principles of neuroscience. It leverages entrainment - the brain's propensity to amplify frequencies to which it is exposed in its own electrical activity - to influence participants' neural rhythms, and theoretically their state of mind.
Participants wear the Muse headband, a commercially available dry electrode EEG device. Their live EEG data is streamed via OSC and an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) is performed twice per second. An individual's peak alpha frequency is determined from the results of this FFT, and played back to the participant as visual flicker (LEDs). The alpha frequency range (8-12Hz) is associated in EEG data with a relaxed waking state that is common in meditation. By exposing participants to their own alpha rhythms, Reset hypothesises a neuro-feedback loop that personalises and augments meditation.


1 - Promotional illustration for the project.
2 - FFT of live EEG data.
3 - Participant wearing Muse headband during Reset experience.