The most important thing about live Z Score training is that it is scientific. It is based upon published research and a well-documented normative database. It uses concepts that have been proven in clinical research to lead to beneficial outcomes. It eliminates guesswork, and reduces the risk or over- or under-training key parameters including coherence, phase, and asymmetry. These parameters are known to have optimal values, and it is important in neurofeedback training to seek training targets that are beneficial. Z Score training with 4 channels can address the whole head, and normalize activation, relaxation, concentration, focus, connectivity, control, and communication. Z Score training can provide a complex task that addresses whole brain function in a single protocol.
See the following references for further information.
•Thatcher, R.W., Walker, R.A. and Guidice, S. Human cerebral hemispheres develop at different rates and ages. Science, 236: 1110-1113, 1987. (This was our first publication with N = 577).
•Thatcher, R.W. EEG normative databases and EEG biofeedback. Journal of Neurotherapy, 2(4): 8-39, 1998. (N = 577 with many details).
•Thatcher, R.W. EEG database guided neurotherapy. In: J.R. Evans and A. Abarbanel Editors, Introduction to Quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback, Academic Press, San Diego, 1999. (N = 577 with many details).
Thatcher, R.W., Walker, R.A., Biver, C., North, D., Curtin, R., Quantitative EEG Normative databases: Validation and Clinical Correlation, J. Neurotherapy, 7 (No. ¾): 87 – 122, 2003. (61 adult subjects were added so that the N = 625. This is the number currently in use in the database).
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