Cereset Research with Standard Operating Procedures (CR-SOP)

2023: Product Announcement

In mid-February 2023, the medical and technological company Cereset presented the neurotechnology of closed-loop acoustic stimulation, which, according to the developers, can treat insomnia.

The technology is developed at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and works by monitoring brain waves with sensors on the scalp and then converting those waves into beeps that are played to the wearer through headphones. The emotional state and type of mental activity in which a person's brain is involved at any given time is measured by a frequency known as "brain waves," the researchers said.

Cereset Research with Standard Operating Procedures (CR-SOP)

Called Cereset Research with Standard Operating Procedures (CR-SOP), the technology is an evolution of an earlier system called High-resolution, Relational, Resonance-based Electroencephalic Mirroring (HIRREM), and uses faster computers and improved sensors to improve efficiency. The system is based on echolocation of brain waves. This involves measuring brain waves and then using software to convert brain wave data into sound signals with different pitch. By reproducing these sounds in a closed loop, the technology supposedly allows the brain to listen to its own conversations, which, in some ways, creates a space for stress activity to subside.

As of February 2023, in clinical trials, participants who received 10 CR-SOP sessions reported significant reductions in insomnia symptoms and significant improvements in autonomic function. CR-SOP allows the brain to rearrange itself from the stressful models that contribute to insomnia, according to senior researcher Charles Tegeler. Tegeler added that during the intervention, the brain constantly updates its own activity models, which leads to auto-calibration or self-optimization.^[1]

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