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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.
Posted by robot on May 24, 2006, at 14:00:57
In reply to Mood altering sunglasses, posted by Iansf on May 22, 2006, at 16:22:44
My friend last year got a pair of blue blocker sunglasses last year, and I liked them so much I got some myself.
They make the world look pretty & alien in a good way. They filter out blue light; the greens of trees and grass are very vivid, and the clouds in the sky will jump out at you because of the higher contrast--it makes everything very detailed.
I know they sell them at walgreens.
Posted by cardinaldirection on May 28, 2006, at 4:06:32
In reply to Re: Mood altering sunglasses - Blue Blockers, posted by robot on May 24, 2006, at 14:00:57
anyone know of a good article on why blue blocker sunglasses have an effect on 'mood', if any?
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 6, 2006, at 8:30:04
In reply to Mood altering sunglasses, posted by Iansf on May 22, 2006, at 16:22:44
Bogus, IMHO.
"glasses direct light at an angle to the optic nerve"
Eh, what? Light is never directed to the optic nerve. There is no such concept of angle at play. The retina gets light on it, or it don't. The retina fires electrical impulses to the optic nerve, or it don't.
Lar
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 6, 2006, at 8:32:08
In reply to Re: Mood altering sunglasses - Blue Blockers, posted by cardinaldirection on May 28, 2006, at 4:06:32
> anyone know of a good article on why blue blocker sunglasses have an effect on 'mood', if any?
I don't know of a good article about it, but it's easily explained. Sunlight is harsh. Filtered sunlight is less harsh. Blue is harsher than the other wavelengths.
Anybody who spends a lot of time outdoors, does one of two things. They wear sunglasses, or they squint and curse their fate.
Lar
Posted by SLS on June 6, 2006, at 8:39:09
In reply to Mood altering sunglasses, 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
There is a doctor in Princeton, NJ named Peter Mueller who, for years, has been prescribing sunglasses for mood disorders and TLE. Some people swear by him.
- Scott
Posted by Larry Hoover on June 6, 2006, at 18:47:55
In reply to Re: Mood altering sunglasses, posted by SLS on June 6, 2006, at 8:39:09
> > 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
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> There is a doctor in Princeton, NJ named Peter Mueller who, for years, has been prescribing sunglasses for mood disorders and TLE. Some people swear by him.
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> - Scott
>Now, Scott, it could well be that the glasses work, and somebody just cooked up a cockamamy idea of why. Do you know of any literature on the subject?
Lar
Posted by SLS on June 6, 2006, at 19:49:30
In reply to Re: Mood altering sunglasses » SLS, posted by Larry Hoover on June 6, 2006, at 18:47:55
> > > 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
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> > There is a doctor in Princeton, NJ named Peter Mueller who, for years, has been prescribing sunglasses for mood disorders and TLE. Some people swear by him.
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> Now, Scott, it could well be that the glasses work, and somebody just cooked up a cockamamy idea of why. Do you know of any literature on the subject?
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> Lar
Not really. I wouldn't be too quick to condemn the good doctor and his ideas, though. Afterall, he was the one who recognized and described seasonal affective disorder and helped to develop light therapy. I am not an advocate of the use of tinted glasses to treat affective disorders. However, there was a time when Mueller's ideas were taken seriously.
- Scott
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