By Siegfried Othmer, PhD An underlying theme at both conferences, whether implicitly or explicitly, was the relationship of traditional biofeedback and neurofeedback, which is still being sorted out. This issue was put on the table right after Sue’s opening Keynote address by Eric Peper. His shotgun had three barrels, and he discharged all of them […]
The Western Association for Biofeedback and Neuroscience Conference, and the Northeast Regional Biofeedback Society Conference By Siegfried Othmer, PhD Early November is the traditional time for the regional conference, and this year I got to attend two of them. Both the Western Regional and Northeast Regional conferences reflect new vitality within the field, with the […]
By Siegfried Othmer, PhD Once again the nation goes into reflexive agonizing over yet another mass shooting, in the face of which we feel so helpless. The obvious remedies are not available as a practical matter. The attachment to our firearms has deep roots in our nation’s history, going back to the British attempt to […]
Shared by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Iam a 55-year-old woman from Metairie, Louisiana, who served 20 years in the United States Army from August 10, 1978 to August 31, 1998. I enlisted to become a Parachute Rigger but first I had to pass airborne school. In October 1978, during the third week of airborne training, I […]
by Siegfried Othmer, PhD The new book Restoring the Brain: Neurofeedback as an Integrative Approach to Health is now in print. We received our initial copies from the publisher, Taylor and Francis, just in time for the July Summit. Here is the story of how this book came about. In September 2013 Hanno Kirk […]
by Siegfried Othmer, PhD [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mGoAYWovUU] During our trip to Dharamsala, India last September in order to conduct our training course at Men Tsee Khang, the Tibetan Medical Institute, we had the opportunity to encounter a long-term meditator who was interested in experiencing the synchrony training with Cygnet. The Venerable Thich Chi Thien had spent more […]
