S3E6 - Hongi Ngo: Exploring Closed-Loop Auditory Stimulation

About this episode

Hongi Ngo discusses his innovative technique of Closed-Loop Auditory Stimulation and its various applications in enhancing sleep and memory.

We're joined by Hongi Ngo, who developed a revolutionary technique for manipulating sleep oscillations during his PhD. Closed-loop Auditory Stimulation (CLAS), which uses bursts of pink noise which are carefully timed to a particular phase of an existing brain oscillation to either boost or dampen the target oscillation. It has been used to selectively strengthen or weaken memories, improve the immune response, reduce epileptic seizures, and even potentially to slow down age relat...

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Host: Penny Lewis

Guest: Hongi Ngo

Topics covered

• Closed-Loop Auditory Stimulation
• sleep oscillations
• memory enhancement
• immune response
• epileptic seizures
• aging

Keywords

• auditory stimulation
• sleep research
• brain oscillations
• pink noise
• memory
• health
• epilepsy

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Organizations: Sleep Science Podcast

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