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What is Neuropsychology?
Neuropsychology is a subspecialty of psychology concerned with the relationship between the brain and behavior, including the diagnosis of brain pathology through the use of psychological tests and assessment techniques.
What is Neurofeedback?
Neurofeedback (or EEG Biofeedback) is a method that uses feedback of the electrical activity of the brain (the EEG) in order to retrain and recondition brainwave patterns. The EEG activity can be observed in several frequency bands whose activity correlate with states of attention, alertness, drowsiness and sleep. Numerous studies have indicated that by training the brainwave activity directly, the level of attention or mental states such as relaxation and anxiety can be changed or positively conditioned.
Neurofeedback is based on the so called "operant conditioning" which involves immediate reward of desirable behavior or states and discouragement of undesirable behavior or states. Essentially therefore it is a learning process where the state of the EEG is constantly monitored and fed-back. Because it is a learning process, there are no known negative side effects and is generally considered a safe method. |
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| How does Neurofeedback work?
Neurofeedback is traditionally based on feedback of brainwave activity in the Theta (4-8), Alpha (8-12), SMR (12-15) and Beta (16-30) frequency bands. A number of electrodes are placed on the head (using standardized locations) and the amplitude or power of these frequency bands are fed back with a graphical display or auditory feedback. Slow brainwave activity may indicate a state of inattention or drowsiness. If that is undesirable, the slow wave activity may train 'down' and 'faster' brainwave activity is rewarded. |
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A screenshot from the Biotrace software displaying EEG spectral analysis |
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Who can benefit from Neurofeedback?
Neurofeedback is being used by defense, Pilot Training, Fortune 500 Companies, sports stars, celebrities etc for enhancing their potential. Maxcellence offers Neurofeedback services for Corporate, Students, sportspersons, Health care Institutes, Education Institutes etc.
To know more about our neurofeedback services please contact us. |
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