EEG INFO – Articles on Neurofeedback
Weekly newsletter covering Neurofeedback & Biofeedback: Research, Application, Testimonials
When Larry Summers casually interjected his by-now famous comments into a discussion of women in science, he found out that the President of Harvard University cannot just shed his label and make off-the-cuff remarks without it gaining notice. Summers suggested that a shortage of native ability might be one of the reasons that women did … Continue reading “Women in Science”
The Connectivity Conference in Armonk, New York, brought together a number of people engaged in synchrony and coherence training or the corresponding analysis. Speakers were brought together by invitation from Michael Gismondi, organizer of the conference. As a user of a variety of neurofeedback instruments, he realized that a focus on coherence training would be … Continue reading “The Connectivity Conference”
There is a stirring of some dinosaur bones on the lists with regard to the control of neurofeedback by the professions, and in particular by psychology. It is inevitable that as neurofeedback becomes accepted that there should be an attempt by various professions to establish their turf. My own view, from my outsider perspective, is … Continue reading “What Does Psychology Have to Do With It?”
Jay writes on the QEEG-images list: “Rather than looking at….. EEG/qEEG findings as “subtypes” of a specific disorder, we are now thinking of them as representative of phenotypical patterns seen with various genotypical and physiological presentations, and they speak to the heterogeneity of the pathophysiology of the various disorders. Phenotypes are an intermediate step between … Continue reading “The QEEG, Mechanisms, and EEG Dynamics”
During the pre-conference period I had a chance to attend Daniel Kuhn’s workshop on erasing symptoms fixated by traumatic dissociation, in particular PTSD. Kuhn’s presentation had appeal for me in various respects. First of all, he found his way to the method from an academic origin in psychoanalysis, so this work represents a significant departure … Continue reading “The AAPB Conference in Reflection”
Glen Martin has been involved in neurofeedback since 1993. He happened to be home sick on January 12 th of that year, and tuned in to the Home Show at which we demonstrated our neurofeedback instrument. The economy was in the doldrums at the time, and his own office finances were iffy, but nevertheless he … Continue reading “By Law or Grace”