Thanks for the post.

Increasing basal membrane negativity with SCP training would have correlations with EEG changes in the beta and gamma ranges reliably, as the area is turned on… however engaing the area in function is needed to reduce alpha “idling”, even when cortex is “on”.

Thats said, having the area able to be active by being “On” is needed prior to engaging the area functionally, so SCP training is a good start!

Jay

The addiction papaer that I did with Curtis Cripe’s Crossroads Institute providing the therapy showed 2/3 of thgose with addiction to have over-arousal as a drive mechanism, with the other 1/3 havinbg a cingulate drive (obsessive/compulsive). The over-arousal group had either a low voltage fast variant, or a beta spoindle excess, or a faster alpha frequency variant… all associated with over-arousal, and all having some form of alpha/theta work (some with pre-treatment).

I’m looking forward to the publication of the paper, as the neuro-cognitive testing we did also shows the tremendous improvement in cognitive function with the training. It would almost look like the training was a peak performance oriented therapy if you didn’t know the underlying facts of the therapy.

Phenotype directed training doesn;t look at diagnosis… only at prediction of effective therapy approaches.

Jay Gunkelman

I predominantly use LENS, but I have wondered whether the above recommended “traditional” NFB approach might have better efficacy for some of these folks.

We just had a paper on the outcome of addiction treatment guided by phenotype classification accepted in BIOFEEDBACK, for publication over the holidays.

I have a trip in November to complete a study of depressive patients and controls, and the medication responses will have the blind eliminated after the phenotyope classification.

I look forward to evidence based discussions of EEG and NF, and to people aggressively addressing their work’s outcomes with well designed studies.

Jay