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Parietal lobes

Can you read and write? Do math? Put on your shoes? Read a map? Apply lipstick or know when someone is unhappy? Catch a ball? If so, thank your Parietal

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Occipital Lobe

In general, the average human brain weighs about 1,400 grams (3 lb). The brain looks like a large pinkish-gray walnut. The brain can be divided down the middle lengthwise into

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Your Frontal Lobe

Where is it?  It’s the front and top of your head What does it do?  This part of the brain handles thinking, decision- making, and planning. You use your frontal

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Neurofeedback measures brain waves and guides them to self-correction

Role of your Temporal Lobes

Clients often ask  me for more detailed descriptions of the lobes of the brain and their functions. For the next few Monday posts I’ll detail the different segments. The temporal

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Neurofeedback measures brain waves and guides them to self-correction

Brain Waves Basic

Four simple periodic rhythms recorded in the EEG are alpha, beta, delta, and theta. These rhythms are identified by frequency (Hz or cycles/sec) and amplitude. The amplitudes recorded by scalp

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Neurofeedback & Mental Health

Neurofeedback: a viable treatment for mental health issues? PHOTO BY TOM CROKE Lawrence M. Hirshberg, Ph.D., BCN, said neurofeedback is almost never the first treatment for mental health problems. Hirschberg

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Your Brain’s Waves

 Did you know your signature brain wave activity is unique to you.? It has a distinct rhythm and pattern that has developed over time and through habit, much like your

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What about Soccer?

Information from Scientific American and Neuroscience Journals It has become clear that impact sports like football and boxing can cause long-term brain damage. Now soccer is coming under scrutiny. As

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Concussion and Neurofeedback

What Is High Performance Neurofeedback? HPN High Performance Neurofeedback is a type of brainwave-based biofeedback that has shown clinical efficacy in addressing the symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post-Traumatic

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