If you have trouble at first in controlling your eSense meter levels, be patient. Try different
techniques and practice. Also be sure to read and try to understand the Technical
Description in order to get a better idea about how eSense actually works under the hood.
eSense Meter - Technical Description
For each different type of eSense (i.e. Attention, Meditation), the meter value is reported
on a relative eSense scale of 1 to 100. On this scale, a value between 40 to 60 at any
given moment in time is considered “neutral”.
A value from 60 to 80 is considered “slightly elevated”, and may be interpreted as levels
tending to be higher than normal (levels of Attention or Meditation that may be higher than
normal for a given person). Values from 80 to 100 are considered “elevated”, meaning
they are strongly indicative of heightened levels of that eSense.
Similarly, on the other end of the scale, a value between 20 to 40 indicates “reduced”
levels of the eSense, while a value between 1 to 20 indicates “strongly lowered” levels of
the eSense. These levels may indicate states of distraction, agitation, or abnormality,
according to the opposite of each eSense.
The reason for the somewhat wide ranges for each interpretation is that some parts of the
eSense algorithm are dynamically learning and at times employ some “slow-adaptive”
algorithms to adjust to natural fluctuations and trends of each user, accounting for and
compensating for the fact that the human mental change are subject to normal ranges of
variance and fluctuation. This is part of the reason why ThinkGear sensors are able to
operate on a wide range of individuals under an extremely wide range of personal and
environmental conditions, while still giving good accuracy and reliability.
ATTENTION eSense
The eSense Attention meter indicates the intensity of a user's level of mental “focus” or
“attention”, such as that which occurs during intense concentration and directed (but
stable) mental activity. Its value ranges from 0 to 100. Distractions, wandering thoughts,
lack of focus, or anxiety may lower the Attention meter level.
MEDITATION eSense
The eSense Meditation meter indicates the level of a user's mental “calmness” or
“relaxation”. Its value ranges from 0 to 100. Note that Meditation is a measure of a
person's mental states, not physical levels, so simply relaxing all the muscles of the body
may not immediately result in a heightened Meditation level. However, for most people in
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