We experimented in this week's LORETA neurofeedback session with open door/closed door. I played the DVD with my brain with the door closed for the first two five-minute screens, door open for the second two screens, and door closed for the last two screens. We wanted to see if it made a difference to my…
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Review: The Abbey
The Abbey by Chris Culver My rating: 2 of 5 stars As the hover text over two stars says: it was okay. It actually had a really interesting idea going in, the idea of a Muslim detective in a city no one usually associates with fictional settings. The setting was okay. But it could’ve been…
Giveaway to Celebrate New Book Launch!
My newest novel Time and Space is set to launch the first week of June, and to celebrate that, I’m holding a giveaway of a paperback copy of She, my first novel, on Goodreads. Enter now! Goodreads Book Giveaway She by Shireen Jeejeebhoy Giveaway ends May 22, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter…
LORETA Neurofeedback: Week Five
Low motivation. Or blob on a rock, as I described it to my trainer, the feeling and lack of thinking I've had since Sunday, with a brief retraction on Wednesday afternoon when I managed to be productive. I hadn't realized that that strange feeling, one I haven't had for years and which was prevalent after…
The Heart Remembers; Gamma Training Helps
Today is the anniversary of my anniversary. It made doing the SMIRB portion of my gamma brainwave biofeedback real easy. My pen flew along, although I did press it rather hard, which I didn't realize until I saw my never-seen-it-that-high-before muscle tension number. Whoa. Jerk. That's all I’ll say about him. Jerk. I know, I…
Review: Where There’s a Will
Where There’s a Will by Rex Stout My rating: 4 of 5 stars I borrowed this from the library. Good reading, although it was amusing and confusing to see the name of the inheritor change occasionally from Karn to Kara as well as the various other typos. It was authentic to the time! The other…
LORETA Neurofeedback Week Four
The ADD Centre folks are great. You have a problem with the training, and they immediately go hmmm, tweak the settings, and have a new protocol ready for you for the next session. This week, they removed the mood network from my LORETA neurofeedback training. In one way, that would make it easier as I…
Neurofeedback and Triggers
What gamma giveth, LORETA taketh. I doubt this would happen if I didn't have PTSD and the bad memories weren't pouring out like a faucet stuck in the open position as LORETA improves my memory thus inadvertently countering the happy gamma effects. It probably didn't help that in the PZ-O1 position, the what-I-call happy gamma…
LORETA Neurofeedback: Week Three
I've now completed three sessions of LORETA neurofeedback, and I'm more tired than old toast. But so far, I have been seeing improvements since after session one. Apparently, this is not usual. It hasn't been usual for me to see improvements after the first session of a brain biofeedback-type treatment either. My theory for this…