Aspects of a New Model for Remote Training Clinical, Technical, and Medicolegal “Progress is impossible without change,and those who cannot change their mindscannot change anything.” — George Bernard Shaw Remote training consists of placing EEG neurofeedback equipment in the home, school, or office to be used in the absence of direct supervision of the responsible […]
Motivation, Novelty and Effective Neurofeedback “Monotony collapses time;Novelty unfolds it.” — Joshua Foer In neurofeedback and biofeedback, it is always a challenge to keep the client engaged. You need to have their interest and attention for the training to work, but what are the scientific reasons to choose one type of feedback or the other? Bar
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A Perspective on ICA “Great decision-making comes from the ability to create the time and spaceto think rationally and intelligently about the issue at hand.” — Graham Allcot Independent Components Analysis We have heard dialog and arguments related to the subject of ICA for several years. I am sure most — if not all — readers are familiar
And the Path of Neurofeedback One of the most pervasive and difficult conditions faced in the field of mental health is addiction. Addiction is a behavioral disorder that includes physical and emotional factors. It produces a repetitive and maladaptive pattern of use, repercussions, and fallout. Addiction affects not only the addict but also family, friends, co-workers,
Probing the Priorities of the Brain: sLORETA “Activity equals results.If you want to increase your success,Increase your activity.” — Brian Tracy Low-Resolution Electromagnetic Tomographic Analysis (LORETA) is a general approach to computing what is going on inside the brain based on surface measurements we typically get from 19 channels of scalp EEG. There is a family
“Your brain is the organ of your personality, character, and intelligenceand is heavily involved in making you who you are.” — Daniel G. Amen Does Neurofeedback suffer from an identity crisis? • Is it medical?• Is it education?• Is it self-improvement? Those of us involved on a daily or frequent basis with Neurofeedback understand it, though we may have
“Life is like a game of cards.The hand you are dealt is determinism;the way you play it is free will.” — Jawaharlal Nehru INFORMATION, ENTROPY, and FREEDOM OF CHOICE Our culture emphasizes the physical and chemical realitywithin which we live. Not surprisingly, our healers tend to work with bones, tissue, and organs. Mental concerns and
“Everybody experiences far more than he understands.Yet, it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior.”— Marshall Mcluhan Tesla has implemented an unprecedented program designed to introduce a self-driving technology that emphasizes safety and control. For this program, more than 100,000 owners signed up to become eligible for Tesla’s software beta release. Eligibility was based on
An Experiment in Large-Scale Behavior Modification The electric car company Tesla has implemented an unprecedented program designed to deploy self-driving technology into the public, with an emphasis on safety and control. In this program, over 100,000 owners have signed up to become eligible for the software beta release, and eligibility is based on statistics gathered
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