Below 0-3 Hz: Left and Right-Side Reward Frequencies
When working with reward frequencies above 0-3 Hz, we have found that a consistent relationship emerges between optimal reward frequencies for left and right-side training. If an optimal reward is found at any right-side site, such as T4-P4, then the left-side reward is expected to be at or close to 2 Hz higher. Now that […]
The Healing Power of Neurofeedback
It is sheer delight for me to just delve into Stephen Larsen’s new book and travel with him the remarkable journey of Len Ochs and his colleagues in the discovery and exploration of the LENS technique (which stands for Low Energy Neurofeedback System). No one could have ever predicted where the initial speculations might eventually […]
Impulse Control
If one leaves aside for a moment the horrors that are unfolding in the Gaza strip and in Iraq, the memorable image of the past week was the headbutt by Zinedine Zidane during the World Cup final between France and Italy. Until the moment of Zidane’s ejection from the game, France had to have been […]
The Case for Decency
An article in the current issue of “The New York Review of Books” by John Gray carries the above title as it surveys the intellectual legacy left by Isaiah Berlin, who died in 1997. Berlin was shaped by the major totalitarianisms of the twentieth century, and he was also shaped by a Russian liberalism that […]
Tracking EEG Amplitudes
Several neurofeedback clinicians have been reporting that they are tracking EEG amplitudes during training as a means of identifying the optimum reward frequency. The reported observation is that inhibit amplitudes, or amplitudes across the spectrum as seen in a 2D spectral plot, fall significantly when training with a reward frequency which produces a calm and […]
Skepticism
In reflection on last week’s recitation of considerable adaptive change in clinical neurofeedback strategies over a fairly short period of time [a score of years], one must also observe the countervailing tendency within our field to value consistency and steadfastness in clinical approaches and theoretical models. With respect to such standards, rapid change in one’s […]
Working with Behaviorally Difficult Children
We are seeing increasing numbers of very difficult children. They may come diagnosed as Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Tourette’s, severe ADHD, or some combination of the above. The presenting symptoms might include unstable mood, physical agitation and hyperactivity, obsessive fears, emotional reactivity and over-reaction to perceived threats, need for […]
The Evolution of Protocol-based Training
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 […]