Neurofeedback

Neurofeedback began in the 1960’s as an outgrowth of measuring electrical activity in the Brain with an Electroencephalagram or EEG technology. This technology has been slowly evolving over the decades. True Neurofeedback involves feeding Brain Wave activity back to the Brain so that it can learn different ways of responding to stimuli. In true Neurofeedback, there is no energy put into the Brain by the technology. It merely responds to real-time Brain Wave patterns that the Brain is generating and assists the Brain in altering those wave patterns through encouraging and inhibiting sounds that are heard through ear phones.

Until very recently, Neurofeedback technology did not allow for real-time feedback. The Brain processes stimuli very quickly, in about 1/10,000th of a second. In order for Neurofeedback to be effective, it must feed back to the Brain its own Brain Wave activity in close to real-time. Due to recent advances in processing speed and memory, real-time feedback is now possible with the most up-to-date and powerful computers, achieving results in Neurofeedback which were previously unattainable.

The Human Brain has billions of Neurons (Brain Cells). Each Neuron has tens of thousands of connections or relationships with other neurons. These connections create networks called Neuro-Nets. There are trillions of connections and millions of networks. The Neurons are not actually physically connected. There is a gap between each Neuron called a synapse. Neurotransmitters cross the gap and make contact with other Neurons in the network via an electro-chemical process.

The point is that the Brain is plastic. It is constantly changing itself through the creation of new Neural Networks which are the result of experiences. The intent of Neurofeedback is to give the Brain feedback from its own Brain Wave patterns, so that it can learn new possibilities through the creation of new Neuro-Nets. This enables new possible responses to incoming stimuli.

Today, the majority of Neurofeedback is being offered by therapists who operate from the clinical/medical model. Their approach to Neurofeedback is to assist people in making positive changes in order to get relief from a clinically-diagnosed psychological/emotional issue. With enough sessions, this approach to Neurofeedback can get good results, but our approach is quite different. Please refer to the Brain State Training page for more specific information about these differences.

Brainwave Optimization with RTB(real time balancing) does not treat, cure, heal or diagnose any mental health condition or symptom ,disease or illness of any type. Brainwave Optimization balances and harmonizes brain waves.