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joshua davila 1/20/2011 neurology evidence of learning for my product i have been thinking about using the eeg to measure where emotions come from and create a visual representation of where and how emotions take place in the brain when i discussed this with my mentor she mentioned a neuropsychologist who may be able to help since they worked on biofeedback so i decided to find out a little more about it what is eeg biofeedback eeg biofeedback is a learning strategy that enables persons to alter their brain waves when information about a person s own brain wave characteristics is made available to him/her he or she can learn to change them you can think of it as exercise for the brain what is it used for eeg biofeedback is used for many conditions and disabilities in which the brain is not working as well as it might these include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and more severe conduct problems specific learning disabilities and related issues such as sleep problems enuresis in children speech disorders teeth grinding and chronic pain such as frequent headaches or stomach pain or pediatric migraines the training is also helpful with the control of mood disorders such as anxiety and depression as well as for more severe conditions such as medically uncontrolled seizures minor traumatic brain injury or cerebral palsy.

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how is it done an initial interview is done to obtain a description of symptoms and to get a picture of the health history and family history some testing may be done as well and the person does the first eeg training session at which time we get a look at the eeg this all may take about two hours subsequent training sessions last 30-45 minutes some improvement is generally seen within ten to twenty sessions once learning is consolidated the benefit appears to be permanent in most cases the eeg biofeedback training is a painless non-invasive procedure one or more sensors are placed on the scalp and one to each ear the brain waves are monitored by means of an amplifier and a computerbased instrument that processes the signal and provides the proper feedback this is displayed to the trainee by means of a video game or other video display along with audio signals the trainee is asked to make the video game go with his brain as activity in a desirable frequency band increases the video game moves faster or some other reward is given as activity in an adverse band increases the video game is inhibited gradually the brain responds to the cues that it is being given and a learning of new brain wave patterns takes place the new pattern is closer to what is normally observed in individuals without such disabilities source http www.eegbiofeedback.cz/english/english.php?menu=faq so based on this information from what i understood is that biofeedback is used to mimic other brain waves that are shown to them by changing their own brain waves i m still wondering how this can help i definitely need to discuss it with my mentor so she may be able to explain it more.

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