Neurofeedback
What is Neurofeedback?
Neurofeedback is a type of biofeedback that works with your brainwaves. The goal of neurofeedback is to teach your brain, specifically your brainwaves, the best and most efficient way to function. As a result, the height and width of your brainwaves adjust accordingly. Those who undergo sessions may see improvement in their cognitive functioning and sleep patterns.
Neurofeedback monitors the activity of your brainwaves through sensors (EEG). EEG sensors are put on various parts of your scalp, depending upon your symptoms. It’s non-evasive, and the wires simply monitor your brainwave activity and provide useful feedback.
PTSD, ADD, ADHD, and anxiety each affect the brain in one way or another. As a result, your brainwaves may be reacting in response to your ADD or anxiety. Through neurofeedback, the activity in your brain can become more regulated. Thus, alleviating the symptoms, you may be experiencing.
Neurofeedback does not provide a quick fix. Likewise, it’s not a cure for ADD or anxiety. Instead, it’s a tool used to help alleviate your symptoms.
What Happens During a Neurofeedback Session?
When you arrive, you’ll sit in a chair that typically reclines and is comfortable. Then, your therapist or a technician will attach EEG sensors to different parts of your scalp. The wires are placed according to your unique symptoms and target areas. This is a painless and simple process. From here, you get to relax and watch what’s going on on the screen in front of you.
While you watch your show, when brainwave activity needs correcting, the audio or visual portion of your movie will stop. Instead, the screen may go white, silent, or both. However, your brain will course correct and regulate your brainwaves. As it does, the visual and auditory feedback resumes. All of this is involuntary, meaning you lay there, and your brain will learn what it needs to do. Over time, your brain learns wavelength patterns that affect efficiency and reactivity. As a result, neuro can begin to help improve your functionality and reduce your symptoms.
FAQ
What is Neurofeedback?
Neurofeedback is brain exercise. We observe your brain in action from moment to moment by monitoring your brainwaves. We show you your brain activity and we help you change it by rewarding shifts toward a more functional and stable brain state. It is a gradual learning process.
Neurofeedback is also referred to as EEG Biofeedback or Neurotherapy. The electroencephalogram (EEG) is another name for the brain wave recordings and, in this context, biofeedback refers to the process by which you learn to change your brainwaves and hence change your control of brain states.
How Can Neurofeedback Help?
Neurofeedback is training in self-regulation. Good self-regulation is necessary for optimal brain function. Self-regulation training enhances the function of the central nervous system and thereby improves mental performance, emotional control, and physiological stability.
Does Neurofeedback Cure Symptoms or Conditions
Who Can Benefit From Neurofeedback
How is Neurofeedback done?
A computer processes the brain waves and extracts certain information from them. The ebb and flow of your brain waves and the specific information obtained from them are shown back to you in the form of a video game. You are instructed how to play the video game using only your brainwaves. (Everyone can do it.) The specific brain wave frequencies we reinforce and the sensor locations on the scalp are unique to each individual.