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... However, students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) have recently been treated with neurofeedback. ... Neurofeedback was primarily a means of helping those with ADD, but its impact on raising IQ scores is an exciting, and surprising discovery that has never before been possible. ... ” Prior to neurofeedback, studies have been done attempting to raise IQs, yet those efforts were unsuccessful or they only worked in the short run. ... This previous inability to find a long-term method of raising IQ further indicates the importance of recent neurofeedback findings.
Neurofeedback is currently being used on sufferers of Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD. ...
The brain waves of patients with ADD are a large part of neurofeedback training. ...
Neurofeedback is the most efficient treatment for patients with ADD. ... Instead of using chemicals to alter brain activity, neurofeedback training uses computer technology to teach people with ADD to sustain focus and concentration in situations they normally would drift off. The goal of neurofeedback is to produce a mental state in the patient can act appropriately in every situation. ...
Neurofeedback is like weight training for the brain. ... ” EEG instruments are used in neurofeedback training. ...
Unlike drugs in the market, neurofeedback has been shown to produce permanent shifts in learning and behavior. ... Amazingly, there aren’t any negative side effects with neurofeedback training. ...
Neurofeedback has clearly been shown to be successful in helping patients relieve symptoms of ADD, but it also has been successful in raising intelligence scores. ... All participants attended forty 50-min sessions of neurofeedback training, normally twice a week. ... This test showed neurofeedback’s effectiveness in raising intelligence. ...
Another important study was done to evaluate the effects of neurofeedback on children. ... The experimental group, consisting of 9 children, received 40 sessions, twice a week, of neurofeedback training. ... This is shown by the fact that “neurofeedback activates an increase in neural excitation and a positive shift in natural frequency and arousability towards the best attainable level where higher IQs do result. ... ” Neurofeedback does raise IQ scores in patients, because it “positively corrects pathological cerebral dysfunction.” (Tansey, 1991)
Though the outcomes of these studies look favorable for neurofeedback increasing IQ, it is possible the raise in IQ isn’t due to actual intelligence increases. ... This also prohibits effective proof that neurofeedback is in fact raising IQs.
Neurofeedback is still a very new procedure. ... Neurofeedback is a start, and other methods will most likely follow to increase IQ scores permanently. ... Sue Othmer, executive director of EEG Spectrum said, in reference to the future of neurofeedback, “ I feel like someone has given us a piano and we’ve learned to play a couple of keys.” For those already helped by neurofeedback training, “those few keys are already a symphony.
Approximate Word count = 2317
Approximate Pages = 9.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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