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The New York Neurofeedback Blog is Ten Years Old
Posted on September 10, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in New York Neurofeedback
I wrote the first post for New York Neurofeedback’s blog in September of 2009. That makes the blog ten years old this month. It’s been a lot of fun writing for the blog. Researching and watching for interesting post topics has been educational for me and has led me in directions I wasn’t expecting. It’s also improved my ability […]
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How Many Sessions of Neurofeedback?
Posted on August 6, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, What to expect
Almost all my clients ask, “How many sessions of neurofeedback will I need?” It’s understandable that it’s one of the first things a new or prospective client asks. The training takes time and money and most of us don’t have an unlimited supply of either. We want to know what to expect. Every brain is […]
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NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback at Home
Posted on July 9, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Personal System
I believe the NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback® Personal system is by far the best neurofeedback for your home on the market. It’s so easy to use, you can be running sessions within an hour after you’ve received the box. It comes with everything you need, and you get the same state of the art neurofeedback as […]
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NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback for Performance Anxiety
Posted on June 11, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Stress management
In 2016, Science Daily published an article titled, Why your brain makes you slip up when anxious. What makes auditions, performances, giving speeches, just generally being on the spot, so anxiety-provoking? According to previous research, people literally exert more force when they know they’re being watched. The pianist presses harder on the keys when there […]
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Neurofeedback for Stress
Posted on May 8, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Stress management, What to expect
Neurofeedback is one of the best stress-busters I know. Here are the kinds of things my clients say: I have time to respond now rather than react. It takes more to get to me. In the past I would have been up worrying about what happened. I just went to sleep. I had the same […]
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The Brain is not as Simple as We Thought
Posted on April 10, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, The Brain
How does the brain work? 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. Yes, 1425.) Our understanding of brain activity has traditionally been linked to brain areas – when we speak, the speech […]
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Neurofeedback – What to Expect
Posted on March 12, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Sleep, Stress management, What to expect
When you come for a NeurOptimal® neurofeedback session you’ll be sitting in a comfortable chair watching a graphic (or you can close your eyes) and listening to music. There will be very brief pauses in the music – this is the system giving your brain the opportunity to see what it is doing moment to moment. What do […]
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What is Neurofeedback?
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Peak performance, Sleep, Stress management, The Brain
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 […]
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NeurOptimal® Neurofeedback for Sleep Management
Posted on January 15, 2019 by Catherine Boyer in Mental Wellness, NeurOptimal®, New York Neurofeedback, Sleep
It’s so important to get good sleep. There was a time when we believed that the brain just shut off during sleep, but that’s very far from the truth. Learning is integrated, hormones are produced, toxins are cleared out, and much more, all functions that happen during sleep. Sleep is a primary need During a […]
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Happy Holidays from New York Neurofeedback
Posted on December 19, 2018 by Catherine Boyer in Fractals, New York Neurofeedback
It’s hard to believe another year has gone by. New York Neurofeedback is almost 15 years old. Whatever holidays, customs and traditions you celebrate, we hope you enjoy the season. Happy Holidays from New York Neurofeedback This image is an example of fractal art. You’ll see many images of this type on our website. You […]
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