Most of us find it hard to keep the parts of the brain in mind. I know I do – Latin names are difficult to hold onto. Anterior cingulate… Corpus calloscum… Here’s a short video of Dan Siegel describing the brain in easy to understand terms. He uses a great, always available teaching aid — […]
Comments Off on The Hand Model of the Brain Continue Reading...A recent UCLA science article, This is Your Brain on Sugar, talks about the results of research into the effects of diet on the brain. It starts with this sentence: Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid. A steady diet […]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...Around 2008 or 2009 I started noticing mentions in the media related to neurofeedback for peak performance. This ramped up even more during and after the 2010 Olympics. In 2010 and again this year I also told the story of my husband’s experience with neurofeedback and his long amateur career as a softball pitcher. Here’s […]
Comments Off on Neurofeedback for Peak Performance Continue Reading...The New York Times once published an interesting article titled, “Did Your Brain Make You Do It?” As a neurofeedback trainer, I’m always interested in research and speculation about the brain. This is a food for thought article as well. The authors, John Monterosso and Barry Schwartz, make interesting points and raise important questions. Here are […]
Comments Off on How Much Choice Do You Really Have? Continue Reading...I get asked the question, “What are fractals?” quite a lot since I use fractals as the art for the New York Neurofeedback website, and other places, including Facebook, Twitter and on this blog. So what are they? All systems in nature are non-linear dynamic systems (somewhat predictable, somewhat random, responding to stimuli). Fractal geometry represents […]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...Awarding winning scientist, Richard Davidson, PhD, has done truly interesting research into the effects of meditation on the brain. Google brought him in to give one of their “tech talks,” It’s long, but well worth watching — fascinating as well as educational and useful. Davidson talks about a new neuroscience sub-field called contemplative neuroscience, including his […]
Comments Off on Richard Davidson Google Tech Talk Continue Reading...This is not related to neurofeedback, but I wanted to post it… just because… It’s a wonderful ten minute TEDx video. (TEDx videos are independently organized TED events.) The video is by Louie Schwartzberg and is titled Nature. Beauty. Gratitude. It features the exquisite time lapse photograph that Schwartzberg has won awards for as well as […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...Your brain is the most complex system on Earth. It is masterful at taking in information and using it to reorganize itself to maximize efficiency and minimize discomfort. If you give it the right information, it will use it to meet those goals. The type of neurofeedback I use does just that, it gives it […]
Comments Off on How Does Neurofeedback Work? Continue Reading...If you have ever arrived at a destination with very little memory of how you – at the wheel of a two-ton automobile – got there, you might want to read this terrific article, Awake at the Wheel, by meditation teacher Michele McDonald. Probably anyone who has ever gotten behind the wheel has had the experience of […]
Comments Off on Mindfulness at the Wheel Continue Reading...We know without a doubt that the adult brain can change. What we don’t yet know a lot about is just what that means physiologically, and how to best use that knowledge. In July, 2014, Scientific American published an interesting article titled Neuroplasticity: New Clues to Just How Much the Adult Brain can Change. The […]
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