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What is neurofeedback?
What is neurofeedback?
Neurofeedback is a gentle, non-invasive brain training that uses real-time feedback to teach self-regulation. It has been successfully used to support stress reduction, improve focus, enhance emotional resilience, and promote overall mental well-being.
Neurofeedback is a gentle, non-invasive brain training that uses real-time feedback to teach self-regulation. It has been successfully used to support stress reduction, improve focus, enhance emotional resilience, and promote overall mental well-being.
How It Works
How It Works
Monitoring brain activity: Sensors are placed on the scalp to monitor the brain's electrical activity. This is relayed to a screen to provide a real-time view of what's happening in the brain
Providing feedback: Data is then sent back to the individual through visual or auditory cues. For instance, someone might watch a movie that fades whenever their brain activity changes to an undesired state. This subtle interruption prompts the brain to self-correct, encouraging the individual to adjust the electrical patterns in their brain
Training: With continued practice, the brain gradually learns to sustain these healthier patterns independently, without needing constant feedback
Types of neurofeedback
There are broadly two types of neurofeedback:
Protocol-based (linear) neurofeedback
Dynamical (non-linear) neurofeedback®
Protocol-based neurofeedback
Linear neurofeedback uses electroencephalography (EEG) technology to create detailed brain maps. These visualize a client's brainwaves and highlight significant deviations when compared to the general population. A trained professional then designs a linear protocol that targets specific areas of the brain in alignment with the results of the brain map and the goals of the individual, such as training the brain to increase alpha waves for relaxation or decrease theta waves for better focus.
Dynamical neurofeedback®
Dynamical neurofeedback® uses NeurOptimal® software developed by clinical psychologists Drs. Valdeane Brown and Susan Dermit Brown in the 1990s. Algorithms built into the software detect 'flutters' in the duration, intensity, frequency, and shifts in electrical activity in the brain and immediately sends the information back to the user through auditory cues. Rather than incentivising the brain to behave differently, the dynamical approach gives the brain information about its own behaviour, which leads the brain to naturally reorientate itself in a more optimal way. Since the dynamical approach does not require brain maps or linear protocols, it has the advantage of being less costly compared to the linear approach.
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