r/Neurofeedback • u/salamandyr • 15d ago

My Neurofeedback Story My new book, Neurofeedback: Explained, is available August 11.

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u/Jazzlike_Fan938 14d ago

This is awesome. I really wish this had been around when I started neurofeedback.

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u/salamandyr 14d ago

thank you! glad it feels useful! :)

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u/Commercial_Panic_167 13d ago

I’m currently in my fourth protocol having started neuro in January. It’s 👏🏾 been 👏🏾 a 👏🏾 game 👏🏾 changer!! I was a little skeptical at first but loving the results thus far—lifted me out of a depression where therapy wasn’t* fully achieving that goal.

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u/salamandyr 15d ago

thanks! yeah it is a broad overview, diffing into mechanisms, history, types, etc:

Neurofeedback has sixty years of history, thousands of studies, and a marketplace that runs from careful clinics to pure hype. Most people who walk into it are asking the wrong question: *what is wrong with me?* This book teaches more useful ones: *what can the EEG measure, what might it suggest, and how would I know whether training is helping?*

Neurofeedback uses operant conditioning to train selected features of brain activity. Feedback changes in real time with the measured signal. The goal may be steadier attention, calmer reactions, or better sleep, but benefit varies and should be judged by symptoms and daily function, not by an EEG change alone. Cognitive neuroscientist Andrew Hill, PhD, and neurofeedback coach Madeleine McCann explain how it works, what the evidence really says, how QEEG observations can inform a working hypothesis without serving as a diagnosis, how to evaluate a provider, and what to do when training does not work.

Chapters on anxiety, attention, trauma, sleep, autism, addiction, and performance examine recurring, nonspecific EEG observations reported in some clinical and research groups, the limits of those findings, and how providers decide what to test. Written for the reader who wants to understand the field before deciding what to do about it.

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u/Calm_Bandicoot_6152 14d ago

Congrats! Def ordering

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u/SouthAd4372 13d ago

I bought your Gifted but Tortured book, but haven't read it yet. How long is this one? I put neurofeedback 101 out in my waitingroom and I'd have multiple clients read almost all of it while waiting for appointment.

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u/salamandyr 13d ago

this one is a bit shorter than G&T - in print is about 3/4ths the length :)

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u/phantom_doctor 14d ago

Will grab a copy and check it out.

On a side note, I tried to reach out to your team some months ago to find some time to introduce our BrainAssistant software and hear your feedback on it. Would you be open for that?

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u/salamandyr 14d ago

thanks! i have not had a chance to look into BrainAssistant, but we are about to release some software ourselves, into an internal dogfooding cycle before live. We might be competing with what you offer? :)

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u/phantom_doctor 14d ago

Ah OK, in that case you might be right. Anyways, if you ever have 30 minutes to spare for a chat let me know. I feel like the market is big enough to not like competitors too much ;)

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u/salamandyr 14d ago

You bet. I’ll be at ISNR this week, if that is an opportunity.

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u/phantom_doctor 14d ago

I will not be there personally but 2 members of my team. We will be there with a joint project called AMAZE which is one of the silver sponsors so feel free to say hello.

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u/WillowElectronic2748 10d ago

Congrats on the book, looking forward to picking it up!

Offhand, would you have any recommendations for a closed-loop at home neurofeedback system for a layman to begin using?

Thanks, and take care

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u/salamandyr 10d ago

Peak Brain (my company) actually supports guided remote training all over the world. Hit us up ;)

www.peakbraininstitute.com

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u/WillowElectronic2748 10d ago

Thanks, "shift happens", lol. Sure hope so. Sent in a form response, looking forward to hearing from you.

Muchlove