We Have Black Swans
by Siegfried Othmer, PhD An advertisement prepared by a company that manufactures large video monitors recently went viral. It showed an interview situation in which aspirants were interviewed on the upper floor of a high-rise, where they had a view of the city through a large picture window. In mid-interview, the sky suddenly discolored and […]
A Mom’s Journey Through ADHD
by Lorrie Fisher ADHD? How could that be? My son would engage in video games for hours with no break in concentration. Robert wasn’t wiggly in class like the other ADHD kids. In fact, I suspected that ADHD might be a myth — an excuse for poor teaching or lack of parental discipline. I couldn’t […]
Restoring Mental Health in Long-term Veterans with PTSD
by Carol Kelson, MFT Something exciting is happening at The Salvation Army Bell Shelter in Los Angeles that I want to share with you this Veterans Day. It started this past May with a small group of veterans who volunteered to be part of a neurofeedback pilot study. The veterans were randomly selected to be […]
A Soldier’s Homecoming
by Kimberly Smith Van Metre, BS, OMC After serving in Iraq, wounded Marine Lance Corporal Chris Allen couldn’t shake images of losing his best friend after their Humvee was hit by an RPG; Chris was the sole survivor. He took shrapnel to his knee, thigh, and eye and, after returning home, he turned to alcohol […]
To All of Our Veterans
by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Most of those who enter the Armed Forces benefit from the training experience, and would agree that life in the military allowed them to improve in their personal competence and skills to a greater degree than if the same amount of time had been spent in civilian life. On the other […]
Stories of Transformation:
Veterans at the Salvation Army Bell Shelter
Homecoming for Veterans, EEG Institute, and the Salvation Army Bell Shelter have instituted a pilot program to provide neurofeedback therapy to veterans living at the shelter.
The Deep Roots of Infra-Low Frequency Training
On first acquaintance, infra-low frequency training requires a lot of explanation because it seems to stand apart from conventional neurofeedback. If that were really the case, however, it would likely not have emerged out of this field at all. Infra-low frequency training did not burst full-grown upon the scene like Venus out of a lotus […]
Infra-low Frequencies and Astrocytes – Brief Summary
By David Kaiser PhD – August 2013 Our brain is autorhythmic and demonstrates amazing stability over a vast array of rhythms spanning multiple time frames ranging from a few milliseconds to several hours. Infra-low frequencies (ILF), those at or below 0.1 Hz (which we call the Omega range) correspond to periods of many seconds to […]