The pace of change is increasing in our field, rather than leveling off. How exciting, except of course for those who are connected with the Efficacy Document, who got left behind in the last century. Now Chuck Davis is challenging us to change our thinking once again. What excited me about the Magnetic Stimulation capability […]
I reported on this conference in Salt Lake City two weeks ago, and here is another installment. On the second day of the conference there was a lot of discussion about juvenile probationers. Ron Muir presented on an innovative Charter School that he had started for probationers, which despite many handicaps was producing some excellent […]
The AAPB has just published the document “Evidence-Based Practice in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback,” by Carolyn Yucha and Christopher Gilbert. It has been more than ten years since the AAPB has issued an official statement of conditions where efficacy of biofeedback is recognized by the organization. Since that earlier document, we have witnessed the continuing thrust […]
I was invited to give a talk and workshop at the Innovations in Education Conference in Salt Lake City last week, and that gave me an opportunity to hear about other ways to break the barriers to learning. The moving force behind this conference is Ed Fila and Mike Phillips. Dr. Ed Fila was drawn […]
Our latest issue of the Neuroscientist, in its regular survey of the field of neuroscience, comments on an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about the effect of stimulant medication on subsequent learning capacity. It was found that “[p]rior treatment with amphetamine or cocaine interfered with the ability of experience in […]
PDF Attached at bottom Abstract: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are unique attentional disorders which primarily involve slowed frontal brain wave activity and hypoperfusion of cerebral blood flow in the frontal regions, particularly during tasks such as reading. A variety of disorders, such as anxiety, depression and Oppositional Defiant Disorder […]