Patent ID: 8369955

Claim:
A method for improving sensitivity of a first sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism of a subject, comprising stimulating, using a sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism stimulation device, a second sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism of the subject, wherein: stimulating a second sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism of the subject comprises applying, using the stimulation device supplied with a source of stimulation signal, a noise to the second sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism; and applying a noise to the second sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism improves the sensitivity of the first sensory, reflex and/or motor mechanism due to cross-modal SR interactions, wherein the applying step comprises an operation selected from the group comprising: applying, using an acoustic stimulation device, an auditory noise to at least one ear of the subject, applying, using a visual stimulation device, a visual noise to at least one eye of the subject, applying, using a tactile stimulation device, a tactile noise to at least one part of the subject's body, and applying, using a thermal stimulation device, a thermal noise to at least one area of the subject's body.