Posted by Iansf on May 22, 2006, at 16:22:44
I can't vouch for the following article on NeuView sunglasses and can't find much info pro or con, but it is an interesting concept - sunglasses that direct light into your eyes in such a way as to calm you down. Given the research into lightbox therapy, it's not unreasonable to think they might have some benefit. But I'd want to hear from people I trust who used them before spending my money.
Sunglasses can help see you through stressful times Sunglasses can help see you through stressful times
By JACKIE WHITE
The Kansas City StarThe love of your life stood you up. You were passed over for a promotion. Your sports car was towed from a no-parking zone. A professor flunked you.
You are angry. The adrenaline is pumping. Your teeth are grinding. You want revenge. You are out of control.
Hold on. Science might have found a way to help. The secret could be in a new sunglasses design that is said to bring calm and rationality within minutes of wearing them.
Marketed as NeuView ( www.neuviewglasses.com ), the glasses direct light at an angle to the optic nerve. The result is said to activate the more rational left side of the brain to balance the emotional right brain that is inflamed during stressful moments.
They’re called lateral glasses, and the idea was researched and developed for psychotherapy by Fredric Schiffer of the Harvard Medical School. Veteran psychotherapist Robert Buck, in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., modified the glasses and obtained a patent. Buck compares the process to turning on the light in a dark room so that you can see the entire room. When a man whose car had been towed came to his office several days after the incident threatening to flatten tires where he was parked, Buck gave him the glasses. Within seconds, he was able to say, “I don’t have to do that.”
Kansas City boxer Katie Dallam, who was severely injured in a fight, has worn them before a television interview to keep her calm, Buck said. The glasses have been used by experienced golfers, before putting, to activate the right side of the brain as a balance to the over-active strategizing left side.
The glasses are $72, including shipping charges, at the Web site.
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