Patent ID: 8465408

Claim:
A method of treating Parkinson's disease, treating coma, treating post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), treating amblyopia, and/or enhancing cognitive performance, in a subject, comprising: (a) adjusting a setting of a magnetic field such that the magnetic field is configured to do one or more of the following: move an intrinsic frequency of a specified EEG band of the subject toward a target intrinsic frequency of the specified EEG band using the magnetic field, move a Q-factor of the intrinsic frequency toward a target Q-factor of the intrinsic frequency using the magnetic field, move a coherence value of intrinsic frequencies among multiple sites in a brain of the subject within a specified EEG band toward a target coherence value using the magnetic field wherein if the coherence value is higher than the target coherence value, applying at least two asynchronous magnetic fields close to the head of the subject, and wherein if the coherence value is lower than the target coherence value, applying at least one synchronized magnetic field close to the head of the subject; and move an EEG phase between two sites in the brain of a subject of a specified EEG frequency toward a target EEG phase of the specified EEG frequency using the magnetic field wherein the magnetic field comprises one or more magnetic field generators that are of the same frequency and are in-phase with each other, of the same frequency and out of phase with each other, or a combination thereof; and (b) applying said magnetic field close to the head of the subject.