We are frequently asked about ways to make training sessions better or what tools can be used to improve and extend the results of neurofeedback training. The following is our commentary. It is not meant to be comprehensive. Trainer Improvement Tips Neurofeedback is good Zen practice (at least with brain-trainer designs) for the trainer. The […]

Baseline setting The QWIZ shows you when the baseline is ready. The yellow HEG light stops blinking when the baseline has been selected. If it stops blinking before you are ready to start training, press the link button beneath the green electrode plug on the front of the Wiz. That will restart the baseline calculation. […]

Asthma is very often related to stress responses in an individual, so any of a half-dozen different brain activation patterns can be connected to it. Certainly, the temporal lobes and the anterior cingulate area are good places to look for several of those, but they are not the only places. The assessment is designed to […]

Oscilloscope and Spectrum Analyzer The oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer are just displays.  They have nothing to do with the training, just how the overall signal is portrayed on the screen. Tone Generators There have always been Tone generators free standing (the binaural beat always playing e.g. alpha theta), others linked in a conditional way to […]

Falling Asleep During Sessions You can work with a “sleeping” client with any EEG equipment. Unless you see a significant spike in Theta, the client is not really asleep. Letting a client “sleep” and get the brain into a solid SMR/sleep spindles state for a few sessions is very positive. However, if in fact one […]

Squash and Squish The Brain-Trainer Squash designation uses 2-38 Hz, so you train down the whole band. If the brain is dominated by 23-38, for example, that frequency is most likely be be affected by the Squash, but the Squash also protects against other frequencies surging up as the high-beta goes down. The Squish is […]

I don’t use the term ADD/ADHD any more than absolutely necessary.  It is so broad as to be almost meaningless – rather like saying, “we’re having soup for dinner.”  It’s technically accurate but not very descriptive, covering such a broad range of behaviors and problems that I would have a hard time saying what one […]

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 […]

Adding a DVD Player Object to your design You can easily enough change to the DVD player object:In the Window menus, choose Signal Diagram.In the Design menu, choose Add Object and select DVD Player.The DVD Player box will appear in the upper left corner of the Signal DiagramDrag it to the spot where the Windows […]

RSA Breathing (Respiratory sinus arrhythmia) Since RSA breathing tends to stimulate the vagus nerve, which pushes you into parasympathetic mode–and is the pair of the cranial nerves that connects the brain to the abdomen via the heart, esophagus and lungs, it prepares the body to participate more effectively in these parasympathetic maintenance functions. It also […]