Neurofeedback: The First Fifty Years

Book at a glance

Area: Neurofeedback & QEEG
Written for: Clinicians & technicians
Editors: Evans JR, Dellinger MB, Russell HL
Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 2019
Pages: 536
ISBN: 9780128176597

What's inside

First-person accounts from neurofeedback's founders and early researchers
Tributes to pioneers who have died, such as Margaret Ayers, Thomas and Helen Budzynski, Elmer and Alyce Green, and Joseph Horvat
How the major approaches began, from alpha training and SMR to the Othmer method, LENS, NeuroField and QEEG-guided training
Clinicians' stories of bringing neurofeedback into practice

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The history of neurofeedback told by the people who made it. Sixty-two short chapters, each written by a pioneer or a long-time practitioner, or in tribute to one who has died, describe how they came to the field, what they built or discovered, and what they learned along the way. Joe Kamiya, Barry Sterman, Joel Lubar, Siegfried and Susan Othmer, Len Ochs, Robert Thatcher and many others are here, alongside clinicians who brought neurofeedback into everyday practice.

For practitioners and students who want to understand where today's methods came from and why the field developed as it did. Several of our own instructors contributed chapters, including Tom Collura, Tom Brownback, David Cantor, Mark Smith, Nancy Wigton, Robert Turner and Harry Kerasidis.

Chapters

Some call me the father of clinical neurofeedback Joe Kamiya
My personal neurofeedback journey Martijn Arns
The legacy of Margaret Ayers Penny S. Montgomery
Connecting the isomorphic dots Marvin H. Berman
My neurofeedback story Eugenia (Genie) Bodenhamer-Davis
On the road with a maverick Valdeane W. Brown
My unique journey to neurofeedback Thomas G. Browne
Our neurofeedback journeys Linda Brownback, Thomas S. Brownback STS Instructor Authored
In tribute to Thomas Budzynski and Helen Budzynski Hsin-Yi (Jean) Tang
Learning David S. Cantor STS Instructor Authored
My neurofeedback story Dan Chartier
My place in neurofeedback – The last 50 years Thomas F. Collura STS Instructor Authored
My neurofeedback journey of discovery Jonathan Cowan
A technology of self knowledge science, art, evolution and spirit R. Adam Crane
A neuropsychologist's experience of neurofeedback John Davis
My QEEG and neurofeedback story Scott L. Decker
Origins of NeuroField Nicholas Dogris
My fifty-year association with neurofeedback training Jim Evans
Highlights of our neurofeedback experiences Les Fehmi, Susan B. Shor
Neurofeedback and developmental trauma Sebern F. Fisher
Finding neurofeedback from a Neurologist's point of view Lauren Frey
A neurofeedback journey Gerald Gluck
My neurofeedback-related adventures Jay Gunkelman
Contributions of Elmer and Alyce Green to Neurofeedback and the Science of Human Consciousness Peter A. Parks, Jeff Nichols, Sarah Bremer Parks
Personal perspectives on neurofeedback D. Corydon Hammond
Neurofeedback contributions of Joseph J. Horvat Ann Marie Horvat
Neurofeedback and me Merlyn Hurd
Neurofeedback and me Victoria L. Ibric
QEEG and neurofeedback, a Neurologist's perspective Harry Kerasidis STS Instructor Authored
A neurofeedback story Cynthia Kerson
A brief history of my contributions in the field of neurofeedback J. Lucas Koberda
My neurofeedback narrative Juri D. Kropotov
The self-liberating power of the introverted mind Stephen Larsen
A social worker's neurofeedback story Lea Leonard
My journey into neurofeedback Robert E. Longo
50 years of neurofeedback Joel F. Lubar
Neurofeedback from the Heart of a Clinician Joy Lunt
My life with neurofeedback Randall R. Lyle
My neurofeedback story Robert E. McCarthy
My intrigue with the brain John K. Nash
My 50 years of history in the field Len Ochs
Milestones in development of the Othmer method Siegfried Othmer
History of the Othmer Method Susan FitzGerald Othmer
My biofeedback/ neurofeedback story Harold L. Russell
Highlights and summary of my neurofeedback journey William Carl Scott
Neurofeedback Mark B. Shtark
My deliverance Mark Llewellyn Smith STS Instructor Authored
The way starting from the Aldine Biofeedback and Self-Control books toward the new neurofeedback avenue Tato Sokhadze
Neurofeedback Richard Soutar
Neurofeedback Fred S. Starr
Show me the data M. Barry Sterman
My academic life with neurofeedback Ute Strehl
Highlights of my neurofeedback journey John Styffe
My career in QEEG and neurofeedback Tanju Sürmeli
Do you think we can get the brain back into neurotherapy? Paul G. Swingle
Neurofeedback's first fifty years Robert W. Thatcher
A quarter century immersed in neurofeedback Lynda Thompson, Michael Thompson
My years with neurofeedback David Trudeau
Waking up from the matrix Robert P. Turner STS Instructor Authored
My odyssey in QEEG-guided and symptom-based neurofeedback Jonathan Walker
How I ended up in neurofeedback Nancy E. White
My neurofeedback life experiences Nancy L. Wigton STS Instructor Authored