Neurofeedback

The discovery of the hierarchical organization of networks has helped us to understand better just how the brain prioritizes functions. One network in particular, the Default Mode Network (DMN), changes how we now look at self-regulation techniques, including neurofeedback. NFB has been shown to alter the DMN. Somatic biofeedback has been shown to alter the brain in a similar fashion. For example, Critchley et al. found profound changes on frontal and cingulate sites with biofeedback training to lower skin conductance.

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 […]