The pace of recent developments in terms of clinical approaches calls for an occasional respite to find one’s bearings and recover perspective. First of all, I am amazed that the pace of new developments in this field is not slowing down, and secondly I am surprised that the pace of development of our own approach […]
It is possible to record and train on two channels of EEG data at the same time with most of the EEG amplifiers and software now available. We might choose to train the two channels separately at the same time. Or we might combine the two channels in order to train on the sum and/or […]
In the following I hope to demystify some of the aspects of neurofeedback training with bipolar placements, or at least provide substantiation for some of the statements I have been making about it. We are concerned with reward-based training with narrow-band filters that select a particular training frequency. The bipolar montage feeds a differential amplifier […]
One issue in particular has been weighing on a number of people with regard to our work. It is the question of why a single protocol should be so effective for such a variety of conditions, and why a particular virtue seems to attach to the use of bipolar training, a tactic that has been […]
The Food and Drug Administration uses the term “misbranding” to finger any piece of medical equipment for which specific claims are being made that have not been validated in research. When we now survey the field of neurofeedback and consider the various “claims” that we believe to be reasonable to make for neurofeedback, it is […]
Thoughts on Visiting the Cardiologist
Even a regular visit to a cardiologist is an occasion for a sobering appraisal of one’s lifestyle. It is Judgment Day of a sort, as one’s cumulative neglect of dietary prescriptions, exercise mandates, and stress management regimens come to be exposed in the language of the heart waveform pouring out on the chart paper while […]