New Efficacy Document
The AAPB has just published the 2008 edition of its publication “Evidence-Based Practice in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback“, written by Carolyn Yucha and Doil Montgomery. This is an update on the 2004 edition. The new publication spruces up the reference list and adds new material. It now comes to 81 pages, whereas the first one was […]
The Hirshberg Defense
Untitled Document No, this article is not about chess. Larry Hirshberg authored a superb defense of EEG Biofeedback (EBF) in application to ADHD that appeared in Expert Reviews of Neurotherapeutics last year but just came to my attention [Expert Rev. Neurotherapeutics 7(4), 315-319 (2007)]. He makes a number of arguments that we should all have […]
Who Owns Self-Regulation?
Some years ago, the Economist Magazine covered the nascent neurotechnologies and came up somewhat alarmed about our potential futures. If people were concerned about such issues as genetically modified foods, stem cell research, genetic screening, etc., they should really be worried about what the future has in store with regard to the alteration of brain […]
The Unlicensed Practitioner: Again
The unlicensed practice of neurofeedback has arisen again as an issue with an article written by Cory Hammond that appeared in a recent issue of the National Psychologist newspaper. Following a concise and favorable introduction to neurofeedback, Cory Hammond wrote the following: “It is crucial for licensed professionals to report lay neurofeedback practitioners to state […]
Homecoming for Veterans
Americans universally express appreciation for the service of our troops overseas. Yet so little is done to support the re-acclimation of our courageous soldiers upon their return home. This problem, which has been with us through many wars, will be exacerbated in the near future with the impending return of tens of thousands of veterans […]
Report on the AAPB Conference in Daytona Beach, FL
Our migraine symposium was the last scheduled item on the program. It was to be conducted by Frank Andrasik, Jeff Carmen, Deborah Stokes, and me, but Frank was unable to be there. The attendance was huge, given the late positioning in the schedule. On the previous occasion, in 2004, we were crowded into a smaller […]
Slow Cortical Potential Training
The work with slow cortical potential training (SCP) is migrating from Tübingen to other universities in Europe where it is also being evaluated. It is therefore gaining quite a foothold, and we may even come to see an identification of neurofeedback with this particular approach among the academic community that is willing to study neurofeedback. […]
Brain Scans as Mind Readers? — Commentary on an Article in Wired Magazine by Daniel Carlat
Neurofeedback is reaching the threshold of mainstream acceptance, so we are going through a kind of ‘darkness before dawn’ phenomenon right now where critics are at their most strident. My inclination is increasingly to ignore these criticisms and attend to the business of growing the field, but inevitably the criticisms grate, and they evoke the […]