Re: Trying to do some research on the effects of biofeedback

Hi Laura,

my experience with neurofeedback is mainly as a patient of severe
early childhood brain trauma.

In my opinion the main source of confusion in the field originates in
a lack of differentiation:

Broadly speaking, there are two very different kinds of
neurofeedbacktrainig: 1. The generalized way: trainig each
participant's brain to match a statistical average. That's done by
most providers. It's a little bit scalable and sometimes has some
useful effect.
2. The individualized approach (Sebern Fisher, Jim Hardt): totally
unscalable; therefore expensive; with allegedly spectacular results.

Perhaps this is of some use to you.
Regards
Jens



2021-04-03 10:03 GMT+02:00, Stefan Jung <[email protected]>:
> Hi Laura
>
> This site is DEAD.  It feels like a lifetime ago that I last posted here
>
> Firstly, I think you should speak / search Neurofeedback (NFB) rather than
> biofeedback.
>
> If someone tells me he is interested in biofeedback I think about:
>
> - Hand temperature biofeedback to reduce migraines
> - GSR / SCL skin resistance biofeedback for meditation, hypertension, etc
> - HRV (Heart Rate Variance),  for similar uses as SCL
> -  etc.
>
> Here are three group recommendations:
>
> Brain-trainer
> brain-trainer.com  run by Peter van Deusen.  Peter used to be a hospital
> administrator (I think), many years ago in the US.  I think the man must
> have at least 20 years of NFB experience by now.  Very helpful and
> knowledgeable.  For the last few years he has been operating from
> Brazil.  He has a very active community and a forum where they discuss
> various NFB applications, etc.
>
> OpenBCI
> https://openbci.com/
> Their main goal is to use BCI ( Brain Computer Interfacing) for command and
> control.  For instance, a handycaped person that can control a wheelchair
> or computer with a BCI interface.
>
> OpenVIBE
> http://openvibe.inria.fr/
> A research organisation based in France
> They seem to concentrate on the software layer running on various BCI
> equipment.  Not sure how active they are these days.
>
> Regards
> Stefan
>