What Is Neurofeedback?
Brain Training Made Easy
Neurofeedback is the direct training of the brain in real time, which helps the brain learn to function more efficiently. Neurofeedback addresses brain dysregulation, which can cause many conditions like anxiety, depression, ADHD, sleep disorders, migraines, and more.
Think of your brain as a musical quartet: When all musicians are in sync, the sound is harmonious. But if one musician is out of tune, the overall sound is affected. Brainwaves operate in much the same way, working together to keep your mind and body in sync and running smoothly. But if any of your brainwaves are off, it can impact your entire system negatively.
Our Evansville Neurofeedback Process
During a session, a patient is connected to a computer using sensors placed on the scalp. These sensors are noninvasive, no electrical current is put into the brain. The sensors only monitor brainwaves.
For the next 30 minutes, they watch a movie, listen to music or listen to an audio book. When the computer detects irregular brainwaves, it will fade the video and sound. This will cause the patient to refocus their attention back on the movie or music until it returns to normal. This can happen hundreds of times during a single session. Eventually after multiple sessions, the brain starts to learn to stay in the healthy ranges on it’s own. as that happens the patient will see a reduction in their symptoms.
Neurofeedback does not directly target conditions and symptoms: it corrects irregular brainwaves and modifies timing patterns in the brain. The best part is that results in our Winnetka office can often be permanent.
The Benefits Of Neurofeedback
- Improve autism symptoms by speeding up Beta brainwaves
- Increase attention and focus for kids with Learning disorders
- Improve depression symptoms by speeding up Alpha brainwaves
- Reduce anxiety and stress by slowing down Beta brainwaves
- Improve sleep disorders by slowing Delta brainwaves
- Improve memory
- Regulate the brainwaves responsible for addiction, which can reduce cravings
Why Does It Work So Well?
Research shows that people who suffer from neurological issues have irregular brainwaves. A person with ADD will have slower Beta brainwaves, which are responsible for attention and focus.
Training the brain can change these brainwaves over time, speeding them up or slowing them down where needed. Neurofeedback can improve alertness, attention, emotional regulation, behavior, cognitive function, and mental flexibility. When brainwaves are running at the right speed, users will often see a reduction in symptoms.
Results are often permanent, which may allow someone to eliminate medications completely. Where medications only manage the symptoms, the goal of neurofeedback is to address the underlying cause and restore normal brainwave function.
Tristate Neurofeedback Center
120 N Fulton Ave Suite B
Evansville IN 47710
|Monday||7:30 am – 5:30 pm|
|Tuesday||8 am – 5:30 pm|
|Wednesday||7:30 am – 6 pm|
|Thursday||8:30 am – 5:30 pm|
|Friday||7:30 am – Noon|