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The DAN Conference

Last week Sue and I were invited to attend the “Think Tank” meeting of the medical brain trust behind the “Defeat Autism Now” (DAN) movement. The group wanted to hear about neurofeedback. We were there at the invitation of Dr. Jaquelyn McCandless, psychiatrist and author of the book “Children with Starving Brains.” DAN was started […]

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Empirical Evaluation of Inter-Hemispheric Training; Part II

Last week we presented data on the impulsivity subtest of the TOVA CPT for clients who received neurofeedback training exclusively with the inter-hemispheric placements. This week we present companion data on the inattention subtest. The data were compiled for us by John Putman, and were recently published in the Journal of Neurotherapy (Volume 9 (1), […]

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Empirical Evaluation of Inter-Hemispheric Training

To accompany Sue’s description of the historical development of our clinical approach at the 2005 ISNR meeting, I presented our current data obtained with inter-hemispheric training. These results were compiled by John Putman, and were also just published in the Journal of Neurotherapy (Volume 9 (1), pp 37-52). The published data were restricted to those […]

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Investment in Beliefs

The other day I was buying a shirt for myself, and because mine is a popular size, I often encounter the “donut hole” in the selection, namely that my size is in short supply. I rummaged at length and found my size at the very bottom of the pile. Just at that moment, my eye […]

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A Neurofeedback Service Delivery Model

Last week the discussion was about a service delivery model of neurofeedback that allows access by those who most need it, namely the poor. Most neurofeedback clinicians probably have no contact with the poor at all, so that message may not resonate, least of all as a way to sustain a practice. But the model […]

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A Commons Without Tragedy

It was back in 1968 that Garrett Hardin published his famous piece, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” in Science (162, pp 1243-1248, Dec. 13, 1968, American Association for the Advancement of Science). The example of over-grazing of lands held in common was given as an exemplar of a universal truth, namely that assets held in […]

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ISNR Conference Review, Part II

Frank Deits and his wife Mary happened to be driving through the Denver area at the time of the conference, so they came to the exhibit hall and made their rounds. Frank has a new pacemaker installed, and thereby hangs a tale. Fortunately I have not yet had reason to become acquainted with the jargon […]

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Review of the 2005 ISNR Conference

This year’s ISNR Conference was the best attended, and membership is bumping up to 700. The organization is doing well when more than half of the membership shows up for the annual meeting. The exhibit hall reflected the creativity that continues to flourish in this field. One cannot imagine this conference without it. Instrumentation development […]