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Teens’ Self-Consciousness Linked With Specific Brain, Physiological Responses

Teenagers are famously self-conscious, acutely aware and concerned about what their peers think of them. A new study reveals that this self-consciousness is linked with specific physiological and brain responses that seem to emerge in adolescence. “Our study identifies adolescence as a unique period of the lifespan in which self-conscious emotion, physiological reactivity, and activity [...]

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Use of controversial ‘brain-mapping’ technology stymied in Florida courts

Two years ago, a controversial “brain-mapping” technology — allowed into evidence by one Miami-Dade judge — helped spare convicted Kendall murderer Grady Nelson from the death penalty. But the prospect of widespread use of the technology in criminal court has dimmed as, one by one, Florida judges have refused to allow use of the “QEEG,” [...]

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Alzheimer’s Precursors Evident in Brain at Early Age

Scientists studying Alzheimer’s disease are increasingly finding clues that the brain begins to deteriorate years before a person shows symptoms of dementia. Now, research on a large extended family of 5,000 people in Colombia with a genetically driven form of Alzheimer’s has found evidence that the precursors of the disease begin even earlier than previously [...]

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How the brain controls our habits

Habits are behaviors wired so deeply in our brains that we perform them automatically. This allows you to follow the same route to work every day without thinking about it, liberating your brain to ponder other things, such as what to make for dinner. However, the brain’s executive command center does not completely relinquish control [...]

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Biofeedback Now a Level 1 Best Support Intervention for Attention Hyperactivity Behaviors

http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2012/10/05/biofeedback-now-a-level-1-best-support-intervention-for-attention-hyperactivity-behaviors/

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New Glymphatic system discovered supporting brain cleansing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120815142042.htm

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Articles on brain activity, fear, love

Here are some interesting articles on brain activity and empathy.  It does not take a lot of imagination to  see how these findings could help to usher live EEG imaging into the world of psychology and psychotherapy.  The second one is interesting, particularly if the idea of shocking your spouse appeals to you… Light, S. N., Coan, [...]

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Myers and Young article – Journal of Counseling and Development

The attached pdf is of an excellent article by Myers and Young: Myers, J.E. & Young, J.S. (2012) Brain Wave Biofeedback: Benefits of integrating neurofeedback into counseling.  Journal of Counseling and Development (90) 20-29. EEG_BF_MHC.pdf

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Published Work – Links to Collura et. al. Z-Score book chapters and articles

The following is a link to:  Collura,TF, Guan, J., Tarrant, J., Bailey, J., and Starr, F. (2010) EEG Biofeedback Case Studies Using Live Z-Score Training (LZT) and a Normative Database, Journal of Neurotherapy 14(2), 22-46. The following is a link to Collura, T.F. (2009) Practicing with Multichannel EEG, DC, and Slow Cortical Potentials, NeuroConnections January, [...]

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DC and Slow Cortical Potential Research Links

The following links refer to published material on DC and Slow Cortical Potential Biofeedback: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1300796 http://nro.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/2/74 http://www.futurehealth.org/biofeedback_and_locked_in_ALS_Lou_gherigs.htm http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1738580 http://www.camresearch.net/showauthor.php?surname=Birbaumer&initials=N http://www.kuhncenter.com/neurofeedback/bibli/slowcorticalpotential.shtml http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T0G-3WTP6R2-5&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=99ab38cfb91e472373a3a150c99ffaf7 http://physrev.physiology.org/cgi/content/citation/70/1/1 http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/74/8/1117 http://www.springerlink.com/content/g5267u28t5625741/ http://www.iapsych.com/articles/strehl2006.pdf http://ida.first.fhg.de/publications/HinSchNeuMelBlaCurBir04.pdf http://books.google.com/books?id=JaFaQEWan3kC&pg=PA471&lpg=PA471&dq=birbaumer+slow+cortical&source=web&ots=YlZAxYtl1K&sig=1IELDWTECFps_EbXr_z0L6Kb1ik&hl=en The following is a link to Collura, T.F. (2009) Practicing with Multichannel EEG, DC, and Slow Cortical Potentials, NeuroConnections January, 35-39

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