More Information About Specific Types of Protocols This section explores the reasoning behind the use of certain protocols. It does not include education on how to run specific protocols or training sessions. For information on that, please see Training or, if you have one, speak with your training supervisor.  

Neurofeedback Bibliography by Cynthia Kerson – PDF file Bibliography of research articles EEG Glossary, A glossary of terms most commonly used by clinical electroencephalographers S. Noachtar, C. Binnie, J. Ebersole, F. Mauguiere, A. Sakamoto, B. Westmoreland 19 Channel Z-Score and LORETA Neurofeedback: Does the Evidence Support the Hype? R. Coben, D. C. Hammond, M. Arns Drug exposure and EEG/qEEG findings by Jay Gunkelman Drug Effects on the EEG 2023, a collection of papers compiled by Cynthia Kerson Foundation and Practice […]

BioExplorer BioExplorer is a legacy software system that many practitioners continue to use despite cessation of support from its creator. The following information is for those users. Getting Started You can install BioExplorer onto as many computers as you’d like.  Whichever computer has the dongle/hasp key plugged in will work. Tip for preserving the dongle key:  There is a very simple solution–or better, prevention–to this problem. Don’t plug the dongle key into your computer!  Get a powered USB hub for […]

Exploring Symptoms, Problems, and Goals Despite the fact that conducting neurofeedback training in accordance with the brain map, TQ8, is the best way to help you reach your goals, there IS information about specific symptoms and situations, and how they relate to brain habits, that can inform your choices. Choose from the many topics in the left-hand panel of this page to take you to answers to your questions.

I always start this kind of client with training how to do RSA breathing to move her into parasympathetic mode, using something like EmWave (a product from HeartMath) to provide her feedback in the direction of heart-rate variability training, and HEG for a session or two while you are getting a training plan for the EEG. Chances are that a person with adrenal fatigue has had so much cortisol in her temporals for so long that they look like Swiss […]

Based on some research done years ago, we used to use a tape player (to show you how old this was) to play music in the background during our sessions in Atlanta. 60-beat Baroque (e.g. air on a G string, Pachelbel Canon) definitely helped people into the middle frequencies, especially alpha. Mozart, the faster sections of some of his works, especially with higher pitched solo instruments (clarinet, violin) tended to help people produce a beta state. We played these in […]

Drug Use The use of any medication—whether prescribed or not—has the potential to impact the EEG and neurofeedback training. The following is commentary the impact of medications on training. 1. Your brain operates with its own chemicals–neurotransmitters–that change how we think, feel and act. The brain’s chemistry is directly related to its energy states. For example, when a brain produces strong alpha rhythm in the back (especially with eyes closed) it releases lots of serotonin–a chemical that keeps us calm […]

Abreactions Abreactions are any unwanted and usually negative responses to brain training. They are rare when one is carefully following a brain map, and no research has ever found that there are lasting negative effects to a few sessions with negative reactions. That said, there is usually never a time when a negative response such as headache, spaciness or extreme exhaustion is something we should work through. I would admit that there are times when a client may have a […]

In the 1990s, Tom Budzynski studied effects of aging on the brain. He showed that one of the clearest brain findings related to cognitive issues was slowing of the peak alpha frequency in the rear of the head. He also demonstrated that training to increase the peak–what he called brain-brightening–had positive effects on semantic memory–the ability to recall that word you want, which is one of the most common complaints in older adults. Another pattern that has been shown is […]

NeuroGuide with Z-scores vs brain-trainer Trainer’s Q (TQ) QEEG vs. TQ “First of all I want to express my appreciation and gratitude for Pete’s work and efforts on the TLC7 and the brain-trainer system. I am REALLY convinced of these assessment and training tools and do profit a lot from them in daily neurofeedback practice! I had formerly been working (and still do) with a BM Discovery device and NeuroGuide a lot – both for QEEG assessments and z-score NFB, […]