I was surprised recently to see an article about Southern California Edison donating funds to California State San Bernardino to fund the school’s project making neurofeedback available at low cost to both students and to the local community. It’s encouraging to see this evidence of neurofeedback’s growing acceptance both in the scientific community and in […]
Comments Off on Grant Money Goes to Neurofeedback Continue Reading...With NeurOptimal® neurofeedback most people don’t need tuneups. You’re likely to come in with a list of changes you’d like to see happen – waking refreshed, more peace of mind, less stress, better decision making, , whatever your list is – and stay until you feel happy with where you are. (For a more complete list […]
Comments Off on Will I Need Neurofeedback Tuneups? Continue Reading...If you’re interested in the images on this blog and would like to know more about them, visit the Fractal Images page of New York Neurofeedback’s website. You can also watch this wonderful 2008 Nova episode on fractal geometry and its originator, Benoit Mandelbrot (1924-2010). You don’t need to be a mathematician to find it fascinating. […]
Comments Off on Fractal Geometry and Benoit Mandelbrot Continue Reading...The NeurOptimal® neurofeedback system is a beautifully designed system that takes advantage of the Central Nervous System’s powerful ability to take in information and use it to reorganize itself. For a potential trainer, if that’s you, it’s also easy to learn to operate. This almost completely automated system gives the CNS information about what it’s doing, moment […]
Comments Off on How to Become a NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback Trainer Continue Reading...Award winning positive psychology speaker and consultant Shawn Achor delivers a funny and informative 12-minute TED talk called The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance. He knows whereof he speaks. He applied to Harvard on a dare and went on to win awards there as a lecturer. He’s also very funny. And he gives simple, straightforward […]
Comments Off on Positive Brains and Peak Performance Continue Reading...Sharon Begley, one of my favorite science writers, wrote an article earlier this year for Newsweek, called Buff your Brain. Sharon always does a great job of summarizing current research – and the recommendations that come out of it – in language that is understandable for non-scientists. Good news for many is that games like Words with Friends […]
Comments Off on 31 Ways to Buff Your Brain Continue Reading...Notre Dame researcher Jessica Payne, PhD, recently published research into the positive effects of sleep on learning. Here is a quote that is the heart of the results of her study: “Our study confirms that sleeping directly after learning something new is beneficial for memory.” Pretty clear, right? Read more in this Science Daily article titled, […]
Comments Off on Sleep and Learning Continue Reading...NYU neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki talks at a TEDx conference about exercise, the brain, learning and memory. One of the teachers who inspired Dr. Suzuki is Marian Diamond of the University of Berkeley Department of Integrative Biology. Dr. Diamond’s research into the differences in the brains of rats living in enriched or impoverished environments (including those […]
Comments Off on Tedx Talk on Exercise and the Brain Continue Reading...Neurofeedback is becoming part of the training programs of more and more Olympic athletes. The Wall Street Journal talks about it in this article titled Mental, Physical Training for Olympic volleyball. Neurofeedback and the Olympics – training for them – is becoming more and more commonplace. It makes sense. Among other ways it can aid performance, neurofeedback improves […]
Comments Off on Neurofeedback and the Olympics Continue Reading...People who are interested in neurofeedback are often fascinated by how our brains function. If that’s you, you’re in for a treat. Watch London psychiatrist and author Iain McGilchrist’s animation about the two hemispheres of the brain. You’ll hear that much of popular understanding of left and right hemisphere functions is incorrect. Language, for example, does not reside solely […]
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