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on Jul 6, 2006

Several neurofeedback clinicians have been reporting that they are tracking EEG amplitudes during training as a means of identifying the optimum reward frequency. The reported observation is that inhibit amplitudes, or amplitudes across the spectrum as seen in a 2D spectral plot, fall significantly when training with a reward frequency which produces a calm and […]

FEATURE
on Jun 28, 2006

We are seeing increasing numbers of very difficult children. They may come diagnosed as Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Tourette’s, severe ADHD, or some combination of the above. The presenting symptoms might include unstable mood, physical agitation and hyperactivity, obsessive fears, emotional reactivity and over-reaction to perceived threats, need for […]

FEATURE
on Jun 14, 2006

We have explored interhemispheric training over the past years, optimizing reward frequencies, and learning the specific effects of training different sites. Now that we have started also training left and right side separately again, we need to ask when and why we would choose to do one rather than the other. At first we moved […]

FEATURE
on Jun 7, 2006

For the last several years we have focused on interhemispheric EEG training including prefrontal Fp1-Fp2. Interhemispheric training influenced the activation of both left and right prefrontal areas and the coordination of activity between them. More recently we have moved back to left and right-side training separately in some cases. This brings us back to the […]

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on May 24, 2006

We have recently shifted from wide inhibits to multiple inhibits in our clinic. This is useful in more clearly separating our understanding and implementation of rewards and inhibits. It also moves us along in shifting the burden of managing inhibits to the software and letting the clinician focus on adjusting reward frequency. The wide inhibits […]

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on May 10, 2006

While our inhibit filters typically cover the entire 0-30+ Hz band, it is clinically useful to target the reward frequency very specifically for each individual and each site. We find that the optimal training band can be anywhere from 0 to 30+ Hz. We also find that the majority of our clients need reward frequencies […]