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Application US20170340854
Published 2017-11-30
System And Method For Adjusting Duration Of Sensory Stimulation During Sleep To Enhance Slow Wave Activity
The present disclosure describes a system configured to adjust the duration of individual sensory stimuli provided to a subject. The system is configured to determine a current amount of slow wave activity in the subject, responsive to the subject being presently in slow wave sleep, control one or more sensory stimulators to provide the individual sensory stimuli to the subject, determine habituation of the subject to the individual sensory stimuli and, responsive to the slow wave activity in the subject for a period of time following the providing of the individual sensory stimuli showing habituation, adjust the duration of the individual sensory stimuli.
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- 1. A system configured to adjust parameters of individual sensory stimuli provided to a subject, the system comprising:
a sensory stimulator configured to provide the individual sensory stimuli to the subject; one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to brain wave activity in the subject during a current sleep session; and one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to: determine, based on the output signals, whether the subject is presently in slow wave sleep; responsive to the subject being presently in slow wave sleep, control the sensory stimulator to provide the individual sensory stimuli to the subject, the individual sensory stimuli having a first parameter; detect habituation of the subject to the individual sensory stimuli having the first parameter, habituation being detected based on the output signals for a period of time following the provision of the individual sensory stimuli having the first parameter; and responsive to detection of habituation of the subject to the individual sensory stimuli having the first parameter, adjust the first parameter.
- 6. A method of operation of a parameter determination system, the system comprising a sensory stimulator, one or more sensors, and one or more physical computer processors, the method comprising:
generating output signals conveying information related to brain wave activity with the one or more sensors; determining, based on the output signals, a slow wave sleep state with the one or more physical computer processors; responsive to the determination, controlling the sensory stimulator, with the one or more physical computer processors, to provide the individual sensory stimuli, the individual sensory stimuli having a first parameter; detecting, with the one or more physical computer processors, a state of habituation relative to the individual sensory stimuli having the first parameter, habituation being detected based on the output signals for a period of time following the provision of the individual sensory stimuli having the first parameter; and responsive to the detection, adjusting, with the one or more physical computer processors, the first parameter.
- 11. A system configured to adjust parameters of individual sensory stimuli provided to a subject, the system comprising:
means for providing individual sensory stimuli to the subject; means for generating output signals conveying information related to brain wave activity in the subject during a current sleep session; means for determining, based on the output signals, whether the subject is presently in slow wave sleep; means for, responsive to the subject being presently in slow wave sleep, controlling the sensory stimulator to provide the individual sensory stimuli to the subject, the individual sensory stimuli having a first parameter; means for detecting habituation of the subject to the individual sensory stimuli having the first parameter, habituation being detected based on the output signals for a period of time following the provision of the individual sensory stimuli having the first parameter; and means for, responsive to detection of habituation of the subject to the individual sensory stimuli having the first parameter, adjusting the first parameter.
