Diccionario NeuroVIZR

11 Minute Sessions

Short, pre-designed NeuroVIZR programs that use light and sound stimulation to shift brain states quickly. They are ideal for daily use.

Active Inference

The brain's process of taking actions to confirm or fulfill its predictions. Rather than just updating its models passively, the brain often behaves in ways that bring reality into alignment with what it expects—sometimes even ignoring contradictory information.

Addiction Loop

A self-reinforcing pattern in the brain where substance use becomes the primary way to predict and manage internal states, creating compulsive behavior driven by rigid expectations.

Agni (Inner Fire)

A Vedic ceremonial ritual where offerings are made to sacred fire (Agni), believed to connect the earthly and divine realms. The ritual uses flickering flame, mantra, and rhythm to shift states of awareness.

Alpha Entrainment

Alpha entrainment is the process of using rhythmic stimuli—like pulsing light or sound—to synchronize the brain’s electrical activity to the alpha frequency range (typically 8–12 Hz). This state is associated with relaxed alertness, calm focus, and reduced mental chatter.

Alpha Rhythm Suppression

A decrease in the brain’s dominant alpha wave activity (typically 8–12 Hz), often observed during altered states of consciousness like deep meditation or psychedelic experiences. This suppression may open access to new sensory and emotional inputs.

Alpha Waves

Brainwaves between 8–12 Hz, typically present during relaxed wakefulness, calm focus, and reflective states. They increase with mindfulness and are reduced during anxiety or overthinking.

Altered States of Consciousness (ASC)

A temporary shift in awareness, perception, or cognition that differs significantly from ordinary waking consciousness. ASCs can arise through meditation, psychedelics, rhythmic stimulation, or trance practices.

Amygdala

A brain structure involved in emotional processing, especially fear and threat detection.

Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC)

A brain region involved in detecting conflict, regulating emotion, and integrating cognitive and emotional information—especially active when prediction errors or uncertainty arise.

Archetypal Resonance

The tendency for certain forms (like spirals or mandalas) to appear across cultures and altered states due to their deep structural alignment with both the brain and the cosmos.

Attention

The cognitive process of focusing on specific inputs while filtering out others. In Predictive Brain Coding, attention highlights prediction errors—helping the brain decide when to revise its internal models. In Buddhist practice, attention is trained through mindfulness to observe reality without distortion.

Audiovisual Entrainment (AVE)

A method of influencing brainwaves using rhythmic light and sound pulses. The brain tends to synchronize with these external rhythms, allowing shifts in mood, focus, or relaxation.

Auto-semantic Form

A perceptual structure that conveys meaning through its appearance alone, without referring to anything else; it is what it means.

Bayesian Inference

A statistical method the brain uses to combine prior beliefs and new data—balancing past experiences with new input for more accurate predictions.

Beta Waves

Brainwaves in the 13–30 Hz range, associated with alertness, problem-solving, and active mental engagement. High-beta (above 20 Hz) can indicate stress or over-arousal.

Binaural Beats

An auditory illusion created when two slightly different frequencies are played into each ear. The brain perceives a third tone—the difference between them—encouraging brainwave synchronization at that frequency.

Bottom-Up Processing

The flow of raw sensory input (e.g., flickering lights, sound) into the brain, feeding into internal models to refine predictions.

Bottom-Up Sensory Reinterpretation

The brain’s process of re-evaluating incoming sensory information after predictive models have been disrupted—common in recovery or altered states where new meanings are formed.

Brain Engagement

A general term for activating the brain in a meaningful way. In NeuroVIZR, this refers to how light patterns stimulate cognitive and emotional processes.

Brain Signal Variability (BSV)

A measure of the brain’s moment-to-moment flexibility and responsiveness. High BSV indicates the brain is balanced between order and chaos—capable of adapting, learning, and shifting states. Low BSV suggests rigidity; too much variability may signal disorganization.

Brainwave Entrainment

The process by which the brain synchronizes its electrical activity to external rhythmic stimuli, such as pulsing light, sound, or vibration. This technique is used to induce specific mental states.

Brainwave

Rhythmic electrical patterns in the brain, classified by frequency (e.g., delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma), often associated with different mental states.

Call to Adventure (Neuro-narrative)

A metaphor for the moment novelty or uncertainty intrudes on a stable system—equivalent to a spike in prediction error that initiates a learning cycle in the brain.

Cerebrospinal Fluid (glymphatic) clearance

A brain-cleaning process that removes waste during rest or deep states. Light stimulation at 40 Hz may support this process by boosting flow.

Chronic Prediction Error

A repeated mismatch between expected and actual outcomes that the brain fails to resolve, often fueling ongoing distress or compulsive behavior.

Cobwebs (Klüver Constant)

Geometric hallucinations that appear as radiating lines or net-like structures; often generated by retinotopic interference patterns in the visual cortex.

Cognitive Dulling

A reduction in mental clarity, alertness, or decision-making capacity—often a long-term effect of substance dependency or repetitive behavior loops.

Cognitive Flexibility

The brain’s capacity to shift between thoughts, strategies, or perspectives. It allows for adaptive behavior in changing environments and is enhanced through healthy, hormetic forms of challenge.

Cognitive Repatterning

The process of replacing rigid, maladaptive thought and behavior patterns with more flexible and adaptive ones—often supported by heightened plasticity states.

Coherence Weaving

The neurological process of integrating and stabilizing new mental models after a period of reorganization—associated with increased long-range connectivity and a sense of narrative or identity coherence.

Consciousness Collection

A curated group of NeuroVIZR sessions designed to explore and expand awareness, often through calming or insight-oriented stimulation.

Contrast

Deliberate difference or tension in sensory patterns (e.g., rhythm changes) that engage attention and support learning through surprise.