LORETA: low resolution brain electromagnetic tomography So. I survived my first LORETA neurofeedback session. In some ways, it was familiar. Familiar office where I go for my assessments at the ADD Centre. Familiar start with HRV (heart rate variability) training. Familiar scrubbing of earlobes. But the 19-point EEG cap didn’t feel the same because she…
Category: Brain Power
Musings on what makes for a powerful brain. This category also includes the sub-category Brain Health, which covers all things related to brain injury.
Gamma Brainwave Biofeedback: Looking Forward
I'm about to embark on a new path in my brain biofeedback journey. It's called LORETA neurofeedback (NIH; PDF, pg 11). It's whole-brain biofeedback. Instead of one electrode (or two, if working on coherence) on your scalp, it's the 19-point cap. Nineteen electrodes getting feedback from nineteen points in the brain so as to work…
Gamma Brainwave Biofeedback: A Step Back
It’s been a bit of a tough week. I returned to my medical routine, and my brain biofeedback was changed up. As I wrote earlier, we’d added transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the mix. Well. Even though I felt nothing at the time, except tingling on my scalp, the morning after the two sessions,…
Gamma Brainwave Biofeedback: Changing Brain Location
Back to the brain-injury-recovery routine, except it's not routine. Oh sure, it's the same-old TTC to clinic, get wired up, play games on the computer with my brain (no hands, Ma!) routine, but now there’s a twist and a change. After my 19-point EEG, evoke potentials study, and earlier computer assessments last month, we’re now…
Concussion Connection to Heart Seen in Research Testing
Twitter is great. It feeds me all sorts of new, sometimes even relevant scientific or medical news. Concussion Testing Method Diagnoses Traumatic Brain Injury with Heart Rate …: A new concussion testing … bit.ly/ZuXUr1 #tbi — Mark Palmer (@Realistichope) March 20, 2013 Concussion Testing Method Diagnoses Traumatic Brain Injury with Heart Rate, Blood Pressure bit.ly/YUNO2D…
Progress Report Time for Gamma Brainwave Biofeedback
I’ve had a few reassessments. First, you do the IVA test, then after a rest, the TOVA test, then after another rest, the three-minute EEG assessment with the electrode in the CZ position (on the top of your head between the ears). But I’ve never done them like this before, with my brain deciding to…
SARS Anniversary: Heart and Heat
I heard on The Current on CBC Radio 1 today that it’s the ten-year anniversary of the SARS epidemic that hit Toronto in 2003. I remember it well, not because I was hit with SARS, but because like many who were sick and injured at the time, using the health care system became difficult. For…
Nineteen-Point EEG and Evoked Potentials Tests
I went for another 19-point EEG assessment at the ADD Centre this past week. I’ve had, I think, three of these before, the last one being in September 2007. Things have changed! First off, much better cap. It’s stretchy and easily goes over all my hair. Plus the electrodes are on the outside. The syringe…
A Medical Vacation, A Writing Avocation
Vacation time! Well, okay, not a vacation where you go off and lie on a beach somewhere, more a vacation from something: medical appointments!!! My final two brain biofeedback appointments went well. People in real life saw a sudden change in my sense of humour and were amazed by it. I saw a small change…