Here is a short quote from a very interesting KU Leuven article titled ‘Brain waves’ challenge area-specific view of brain activty. (KU Leuven is a Belgian research-oriented university founded in 1425.) Our understanding of brain activity has traditionally been linked to brain areas – when we speak, the speech area of the brain is active. […]
Comments Off on The Brain is not as Simple as We Thought Continue Reading...Your brain is the most complex system on Earth. It possesses an amazing ability to organize itself. Neurofeedback works with the electrical activity of that system. What is neurofeedback? Via pauses in a sound stream that are precisely timed to register state shifts in the brain, NeurOptimal®® Dynamical Neurofeedback® gives your brain information on what it’s doing which your […]
Comments Off on What is neurofeedback? Continue Reading...Another year of doing what we love, providing our clients with NeurOptimal® neurofeedback. Thank you for letting us be part of your lives and contribute to your well-being. Catherine Boyer, MA, LCSW-R New York Neurofeedback
Comments Off on Happy Holidays from New York Neurofeedback Continue Reading...It’s time for a holiday post. Whenever I post this message, it’s usually one of the most viewed posts of the year. Why? I’ll get to that in a minute. It may not seem directly related to NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback® – other than that training your brain makes most things in life easier. Benefits from having trained […]
Comments Off on How to Survive the Holidays Continue Reading...Short, less than two minute video of Dr. Valdeane Brown, co-founder and developer of NeurOptimal®, talking about his experience learning golf at the age of 53. Three years later he was told by the club he belongs to that by the numbers, he was the most improved player at the club. Listen to him talk […]
Comments Off on NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback and Peak Performance Continue Reading...It’s a great question, and one that sometimes has people ambivalent about trying neurofeedback. How can it be that good? How can anything help with problems ranging from depression, anxiety, insomnia… and the desire to lower your golf score? Here’s why it can be that good. Neurofeedback works directly with the central nervous system (the […]
Comments Off on How can Neurofeedback help with so Many Things? Continue Reading...You can teach an old dog new tricks. How the Adult Brain Learns This fascinating article, Learning Mechanism of the Adult Brain Revealed, was published last year in Science Daily. The whole article is well worth reading (and not long). I’ll just summarize the results from research conducted by the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience. Learning new […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...Great TED video on body language by Harvard Associate Professor Amy Cuddy. We all use our right hemispheres to read body language and derive information from it. Some of what is covered in this fascinating talk is: Many familiar body language expressions are universal and have persisted across thousands and thousands of years. Power dynamics […]
Comments Off on The Importance of Body Language Continue Reading...The New York Times published an article a couple of months ago on important current research into the safety of sleep medications. The safety and the effectiveness for falling asleep is studied prior to a new drug being put on the market (which doesn’t mean risks don’t come to light later). The newer research is […]
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