Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction

December 6th, 2010 - By admin in Neurofeedback News

By MATT RICHTEL Published: November 21, 2010 The constant stream of stimuli offered by new tech­nology poses a profound new chal­lenge to focusing and learning. Read the full article here on the NY Times website

Women, Hormones, and ADHD

December 6th, 2010 - By admin in Information on PMS / Perimenopause / Menopause

The severity of ADHD symptoms will change during the course of a woman’s cycle. Here’s what you need to know to manage them. by Laura Flynn McCarthy Do your ADD symptoms worsen at certain times of the month? Is your thinking a little fuzzier the week before your period? Are you orga­nized and effi­cient at mid-cycle?

neuroAgility’s ADHD Checklist

December 6th, 2010 - By admin in Information on ADD/ADHD

ADHD Checklist Is there someone in your family who: Has trouble sustaining attention in work or play Ignores details; makes careless mistakes Does not follow through on instruc­tions; often doesn’t finish a task Has diffi­culty orga­nizing tasks and activ­ities Loses things often Is distracted by extra­neous noise

Scientific American : Faulty Circuits

December 6th, 2010 - By admin in Information on Neurofeedback

In most areas of medicine, doctors have histor­i­cally tried to glean some­thing about the under­lying cause of a patient’s illness before figuring out a treatment that addresses the source of the problem. When it came to mental or behav­ioral disorders in the past, however, no physical cause was detectable so the problem was long assumed by doctors to be solely “mental,” and psycho­logical ther­apies followed … Continue reading

A site where kids can learn about the brain

December 6th, 2010 - By admin in Information on Neurofeedback

Discover the exciting world of the brain, spinal cord, neurons and the senses. Use the exper­i­ments, activ­ities and games to help you learn about the nervous system. There are plenty of links to other web sites for you to explore. Visit the site here

A Comprehensive Neurofeedback Bibliography

December 6th, 2010 - By admin in Information on Neurofeedback

by D. Corydon Hammond, Ph.D/Professor, Physical Medicine and Reha­bil­i­tation, University of Utah School of Medicine Frank H. Duffy, M.D., Professor and Pedi­atric Neurol­ogist at Harvard Medical School, stated in an editorial in the January, 2000 issue of the journal Clinical Elec­troen­cephalog­raphy that the scholarly liter­ature suggests that neuro­feedback should play a major ther­a­peutic role in many difficult areas.

Athletes use technology to train brain

December 6th, 2010 - By admin in Information on Neurofeedback

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — On the frigid south flank of Alaska’s Mount McKinley, Boulder climber Mark Twight was hunkered down in a wind-rattled tent, preparing for one of the toughest climbs of his career. He’d trained for months, with sprints up Boulder’s Green Mountain, solo speed-climbs up the first Flatiron, and hours in the weight room. But faced with the daunting task ahead, a 9,000-foot … Continue reading

What is Neurofeedback?

December 2nd, 2010 - By admin in Information on Neurofeedback

D. Corydon Hammond, Ph.D., ECNS, QEEG-D, BCIA-EEG Professor Psychol­ogist, Physical Medicine, & Reha­bil­i­tation University of Utah School of Medicine Preview of paper: Download the whole pdf below. In the late 1960’s and 1970’s we learned that it was possible to recon­dition and retrain brainwave patterns. Some of this work began with the training of alpha brainwave activity for relax­ation, while other work orig­i­nating at UCLA focused … Continue reading