Neurofeedback training for students, children or adults with attention/hyperactivity symptoms, athletes, executives, musicians or just anyone wanting to improve their focus, mental balance and performance
NeurOptimal®, the neurofeedback training system used at Mindhub Neurotherapy, is considered by many to be the most highly evolved form of neurofeedback available today.
After more than 40 years in the neuroscience field and related disciplines, and after realizing the limitation of the linear neurofeedback approach, which operates on a specific set of frequencies, Dr. Valdeane Brown and Dr. Susan C. Brown, Zengar Institute founders, have developed a non-linear, dynamical system that monitors and reacts to a broad EEG spectrum from both brain hemispheres simultaneously. Neuroptimal® is designed to detect turbulence – sudden changes in the brain electrical activity – and to react to it while the client listens to music in relaxed state. When turbulence is detected, the software informs the brain about its own activity through a brief interruption in the music flow. The brain, through this real-time mirroring of its own activity, will soon start to recognize that its turbulence triggers the interruptions and will start to reorganize itself towards more appropriate, more effective patterns.
Brain training with NeurOptimal® can help the brain reach its optimal potential, improving cognitive and physical performance, enhancing focus and deepening sleep. Neurofeeback clients typically report feeling calmer, clearer, happier and able to function better in their life.
What happens during a brain training session?
During a NeurOptimal® brain training session, two small sensors are placed on your scalp and ear clips are attached to your ears. Through these sensors, the system can detect incoherent brainwave activity patterns within sixteen different sets of frequencies across the right and left-brain hemispheres. While sitting in a comfortable chair, you’ll listen to music or watch a movie *. Through barely audible pauses in the music or sound, NeurOptimal® communicates with the brain, letting it know what it has just done. These interruptions give the opportunity to the brain to self-correct into a more natural, relaxed and effective pattern. A neurofeedback session lasts 33-minutes. At the end of the session you can immediately resume all your activities. You might feel refreshed, relaxed, and in a higher state of mental alertness and flow.
*If you wish to use movies, please bring your own DVD.
NeurOptimal® is a training, not a treatment. Consequently, NeurOptimal® does not require diagnosis or treatment planning. You should be under the care of a physician for any medical disorder.
