EP01: Neurofeedback: How Does It Work?

The Holistic Anxiety Fix Podcast

Neurofeedback is a sort of biofeedback that assists you in automatically harmonizing your brain waves (without medications). Your brain "learns" how to bring unusually rapid or slow waves within the typical range during neurofeedback sessions. While we monitor your brain waves, you can relax and watch Netflix.

In this episode, we are joined by Prince Ozogbuda, BSc (Hons), MSc, BCN, QEEG-T, Head Neurotherapist at Hoffman Centre. A professional with a strong background in Biomedical Sciences and Neurosciences.

Tune in to this podcast and learn how to reward your brain!

Key Takeaways:

• Biofeedback is a technique for self-regulating that measures biophysical characteristics like breathing rates and heart rate variability and uses permission procedures to regulate those activities according to what they appear to be
• Neurofeedback, also known as Electroencephalogram (EEG) a monitoring device that provides instantaneous permission on how an individual's status, particularly physiological state, is changing. It provides real-time information on your brain and real-time brain activity visualization to teach yourself how to regulate brain function
• Neurofeedback can't address psychopathology but it is one of the components among others to go back to balance
• Neurofeedback is retraining our brain. Training your brain to perform the same thing you're doing now, but in a new way
• Condition in psychology: When you rework an individual to perform the "7th task" they are more inclined to do that task
• First Step in Training your Brain (RECALL): you need a system that measures and records your brain activity
• Second Step in Training your Brain (DISPLAY): you need a system to display or feedback that information of that brain activity back to the individual
• Rewarding the brain, strangely enough, one that actually works is really high pitch sounds of variation of sounds.
• Alpha Stage: 8 to 12 Hz (Cycle/ Second) is the frequency that your brain will be in relaxing time. Alpha Intuition a very good restful sleep
• Theta and Delta Stage drive to sleep and if you’re awake you can't focus and are unattentive because you're operating with that level of frequencies
• Beta Frequencies becomes your new norm because you accidentally trained it that relaxation is work even if it isn't
• Neurofeedback is retraining in order to emphasize a few things: diet, sleep, and relaxation. In a hazardous situation, the brain will not dedicate any resources to learning since it prioritizes your survival over everything else

Links:

Website: https://hoffmancentre.com

LinkedIn: Prince Ozogbuda BCN, QEEG-T