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Types of NFB

All these types of neurofeedback (NFB) are available at 
this office: 

LENS and Traditional Neurofeedback are both EEG-Biofeedback systems.  The chart below will help you understand the differences.

Personal Roshi ("pRoshi") is a light/sound machine used to disrupt inefficient patterns in the brain.  The lights flash at a constantly varying speed, helping the brain to "get out of the rut" of current dysfunctional patterns. 

Photonics Stimulator uses infrared light as a healing modality.  The infrared light is used to calm the nervous system, reduce spasm and spasticity, relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

HEG (Hemoencephalography) measures the blood flow in the brain and gives feedback to encourage blood flow to the targeted regions.

 LENS vs. Traditional EEG Feedback

                  LENS 
        (Low Energy Neurofeedback System)
Feedback:  very weak radio frequency based on the frequency of the brain waves  (There is no electricity going into the brain!)
Change happens because the radio frequency is new information for the brain. The brain is able to change it's activation patterns.
Client tasks: sit quietly

Approach: The whole brain is treated, working from most functional to least functional sites.
Duration of feedback: less than 1 second per site.  Often several sites can be done in one session.
Sustained results seen in 5-40 sessions.
LENS is featured in the book The Healing Power of Neurofeedback

     Traditional EEG Feedback


Feedback: sights and sounds on the computer, based on the brainwaves


Change happens because the brain is gradually taught to produce the desired activation patterns. 
Client tasks: learn to perform to keep rewards coming by achieving threshold requirements.
Approach: treat "problem areas" as defined by the therapist, based on assessment findings.
Duration: EEG training may last 20 minutes or longer.
Sustained results in 20 to 100 sessions, or more.

Traditional EEG is featured in the book ADD the 20 hour solution
How can just a second or two of feedback (with LENS) make such a difference?
We think it's because the feedback frequency is so very faint (one trillionth of a watt) and because it echoes the brain's activity, the brain senses the feedback.  The brain's homeodynamics (the state it's usually in) is disrupted with the information of the feedback signal, and the brain reestablishes a new and higher functioning state.  The amount of information needed to disrupt a pattern is incredibly small, and different for each person.  As a clinician, I find the right amount of information/feedback for each of my clients.