What Is Neurofeedback?
"In my opinion, if any medication had demonstrated such a wide spectrum of efficacy
it would be universally accepted and widely used"
Frank H. Duffy, M.D., Professor and Pediatric Neurologist at Harvard Medical School
Clinical Electroencephalography, Jan 2000
Neurofeedback is a form of biofeedback that measures brain activity and feeds the
information back via computer, stimulating the brain to regulate itself more effectively.
Although not in itself a medical procedure, it can help improve functioning
in several areas:
- Mood problems (depression, anxiety, emotional volatility)
- Energy, fatigue, sleep (insomnia) and motivation issues
- Focus, attention or clarity problems (including ADD, ADHD)
- Cognitive functions such as memory, sequencing, motor control
- Pain (chronic pain, migraine)
- Neurological and developmental disorders such as epilepsy, OCD, Asperger's
How Does Neurofeedback Help?
Neurofeedback (also known as neurotherapy) doesn't actively do anything to the brain -
rather it seems to provoke the brain to just do something different, and to recover its
natural flexibility of functioning. The brain finds its own path to optimal self-regulation.
Neurofeedback is safe and its effects are long-lasting.
The most common forms of neurofeedback are
EEG (electroencephalography, or brainwave) neurofeedback
and HEG or hemoencephalography.
The Low Energy Neurofeedback System
LENS is a unique and ground-breaking form of EEG neurofeedback, developed in the USA
since the early 90's. York Biofeedback Centre is the first therapy practice in the UK to
offer LENS. Click here to read more
about the Low Energy Neurofeedback System.
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