Myndlift lets you easily manage or create custom protocols using the Manage Protocols page. You can create a protocol using pre-defined frequencies or a custom frequency.

The Manage Protocols page is also where you can set the success rate to be used with the auto-thresholding feature, which will be detailed in the section below.

In order to access the Manage Protocol page, access the side menu from the top left-hand side of the home screen > Customize Clinic > Manage Protocols:

You will see the ten standard protocols that come pre-set with the system:

On the right-hand side, there is a column named "Autothresholding Success Goals". 

Success goals determine the amount of time your client will receive positive feedback for each frequency when using the auto-thresholding function. A higher percentage always means more positive feedback.

The Myndlift auto-thresholding algorithm automatically calculates the range of the frequency and sets a threshold that will result in an average positive feedback to match the success goals.

Let's look at an example:

If the success goal for one frequency is set at 70%, the threshold will automatically be set so the client receives positive feedback 70 percent of the time (on average) for this frequency, during this program.

Likewise, if the Inhibit Theta is set at 65%, the threshold will result in the client receiving positive feedback an average of 65 percent of the time. 

There is no difference between inhibit and reward thresholds in the way the success rate is calculated, so in order for the client to get more positive feedback, you would increase this number for both. 

In other words, a higher success rate always means an easier session (one with more positive feedback).

Note that the success goal is per frequency. If you have more than one frequency in the protocol, the overall success goal for the program will be the multiple of the success rate for each individual frequency. 

For instance, let's consider a Theta/Beta protocol where we are inhibiting Theta and rewarding Lo-Beta.

If we set the Theta threshold at 80%, the client's Theta waves will be below the threshold 80% of the time. 

Likewise, if we set the Lo-Beta threshold at 65%, the client's Lo-Beta waves will be above the threshold 65% of the time. 

However, the client will only see positive feedback when they have both less Theta than the threshold and more Lo-Beta than the threshold.

Therefore, during a session using this protocol, the client will receive positive feedback approximately 48% of the time. The two conditions need to occur simultaneously in order to receive positive feedback.

You can see the overall success rate in the Create Program screen or after editing the success rates.

Creating a Custom Protocol

In order to create a custom protocol, click on the blue button on the top left of the page called “Create New Protocol”. This brings you to the create protocol screen, where you will see a list of common frequencies. 

On the left side (in the red box) are frequencies to inhibit, and on the right side (in the green box) are frequencies to reward.

Simply choose which frequencies you wish to inhibit and/or which frequencies you wish to reward. Next, give the protocol a name. This will be the name that appears on the drop-down list of protocols in the future when starting a session.

Finally, set the success rates for each frequency in this protocol so it can be used with auto-thresholding.

Setting a Custom Frequency

You can also define a custom frequency by clicking the Add New Frequency option of the "Manage Protocols" page. 

For instance, if you want to set a Beta frequency of 16 -19 Hz, simply click Add New Frequency, type in 16 and 19 in the "low" and "high" fields, call it Custom Beta 16-19 (or any other name that you wish), and click save.

This custom frequency will now appear in your inhibit and reward lists, and you can select it when creating a custom protocol.