Word: visconti
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...National Research Council too (NRC) has been studying this technology for years. Dr. John Swets, who headed a 1988 NRC investigation of accelerated learning for the U.S. Army, concludes that the "neurolinguistic perception" (NLP) goggles and headphones--which centers such as Visconti's use--have little scientific proof of their effectiveness...
...Visconti 2000 was also the object of a Wall Street Journal front-page attack in April of 1990. The Journal characterized Visconti's center as part of a disguised New Age movement. These critics say the technology never developed from New Age exuberance into documented science. Rather, they charge that what began as part of the human-possibilities excitement of the 1960s has simply become an individual money-making strategy of the 1980s...
...Visconti just an Elmer Gantry of the New Age? She says no. "This technology came out of the New Age milieu," she says, "and many found this to be interesting and entertaining." She adds, firmly, however, "I found it wasn't just 'interesting...
...Indeed, Visconti insists that such criticism is both innacurate and dangerous. Recent studies have shown that her processes have significant effect in accelerating learning, and are especially helpful in cases of learning disabilities, such as dyslexia...
...Visconti says she has documents to back her up--the federal government granted patents to two psychologists for the light and sound machines they invented for Visconti, and have acknowledged their effectiveness, she says. Visconti also points to newsletters of organizations which she says place her work on the cutting edge of new technology...