The Neurofeedback Solution by Larsen, Stephen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Image Title Page Dedication Epigraph Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: What Is Neurofeedback?

The Helpful Little Robot The Existence of Brain Waves Surfing the Waves Gruzelier’s Heavenly Musicians Morphogenesis and Neurofeedback Infra-Low Frequencies, or ILF, HEG, and Z-Score Training

Chapter 2: The Changing Brain

The Death of the Old Paradigm The No-New-Neurons Orthodoxy Proving Neural Plasticity Eric Kandel Loves Snails (in a Different Way Than the Rest of Us) Neural Plasticity Everywhere: The Plot Thickens Learning Neurogenesis from Prozac Could Neurofeedback Affect Neural Plasticity? Illusionist Magic: Neurofeedback That Doesn’t Look Like Neurofeedback

Chapter 3: The Evolution of Neurofeedback

Mapping the Brain The Modern qEEG Is Born Why Is qEEG Reliable, or Valid? The Neurofeedback Museum and Hall of Fame at the BrainMaster Home Office, Bedford, Ohio Dr. Lubar’s Involvement with Neurofeedback Conditions That May Benefit from Neurofeedback

Chapter 4: The Compassionate Healer

The Healing Gate

Chapter 5: The Adopted Child

Our First Experience of Feedback The Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Child Neurofeedback for RAD—Sebern Fisher, M.A., M.S.W., L.M.h., BCIA

Chapter 6: Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome

Autistic Spectrum Disorder Treating Autistics at Stone Mountain

Chapter 7: Attention Deficit Disorder and Its Cousins

Attentional Deficits and Motivation in Children (and Adults) The Theta/Beta Ratio Neurofeedback for ADD

Chapter 8: The Wonderful World of Anxiety

Anxiety and Stress The Human Stress Response Anxiety Central Anxiety-Driven Depression Does Anxiety Have a Shape?

Chapter 9: Neurofeedback Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

The Nature and Symptoms of OCD Pharmaceutical Treatments for OCD Other Psychiatric Treatments Behavior Therapy Treatment Neurofeedback Treatment of OCD Several Cases of OCD Treated with LENS

Chapter 10: Traumatic Brain Injury

Head Injuries from the Mild to the Severe

Chapter 11: Head Games

The Sports Concussion Crisis Treating Athletic Injuries at Stone Mountain Center Neurofeedback Treatment of a Forty-Year-Old Man with Multiple Head Injuries The LENS and Sports Enhancement

Chapter 12: Stroke Family Chapter 13: New Directions in Neurofeedback

Hemoencephalography Dr. Henry “Hank” Mann on HEG and Neurofield Neurofield—Nicholas Dogris, Ph.D. The Evolution of Z-Score Training Background: The NeuroGuide Database and Robert Thatcher Mark Smith Finds a Solution for His Son’s Epilepsy: The Evolution of Z-Score Training Slow Cortical Potentials and Infra-Low Frequencies Infra-Low-Frequency Neurofeedback (ILF) The Othmer Approach to ILF, with a Focus on PTSD Mark Smith’s Approach to ILF Z-Scored LORETA (Low-Resolution EEG-based Tomography) Neurofeedback The BrainAvatar System Conclusions

Chapter 14: Consciousness

Epilogue Resources Glossary of Neurofeedback Terms and Acronyms Footnotes Bibliography Index About the Contributors About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of related interest Copyright & Permissions