Neurofeedback Shown to Benefit Mood Dr Shelley Hyman Neurofeedback provides a means by which individuals can learn to voluntarily control their brain activity. Individuals learnt to regulate and reproduce the desired brain activity with the different feedback configurations. A specific type of neurofeedback, the alpha/theta neurofeedback, allows individuals to gain control over low-frequency brain activity…

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Neurofeedback treatment migraine Sydney

Neurofeedback Treatment Reduces Migraines Dr Shelley Hyman Migraines are debilitating and effect approximately 18% of women and 6% of men. Individuals who frequently experience migraines often find their work and social lives impacted. A high proportion of migraine suffers have reported that the predominantly pharmacological treatments they utilise either, takes too long to reduce the…

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Effectiveness of Neurofeedback Training in Children with Reading Disabilities Dr Shelley Hyman Neurofeedback training is an emerging intervention that has shown to be effective in regulating electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities, which has led to improvements in behavioral deficits in children with reading disabilities. Neurofeedback uses the principles of operand conditioning to reward or repress the specific…

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Neurofeedback: An effective treatment for children with ADHD Dr Shelley Hyman Neurofeedback is an area of research which is gaining increasing relevance in the treatment of children with ADHD. Neurofeedback involves teaching an individual to monitor their brain activity through continual positive reinforcement, often in the form of a simple video game where the individual…

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Neurofeedback treatment & ADHD Dr Shelley Hyman Neurofeedback is a recently developed method by using the mechanisms of learning to change brainwave activity which can improve overall well-being and performance by giving video or audio feedback. (Lofthouse, McBurnett, Arnold & Hurt, 2011) This form of treatment has been used when children with ADHD do not…

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