NeurOptimal® is the most  advanced neurofeedback technology today, which assists athletes and executives to manage their mental and physical processes more effectively.   NeurOptimal has been used by athletes and executives around the world to improve focus, alertness, flow, calmness, resilience and reduce anxiety chiefly. NeurOptimal allows you to learn easily and quickly during practice sessions with your coach and achieve higher levels of performance in a shorter time.  Other additional benefits  include benefits at work, improvement in sleep and recovery, better mental well-being, improve memory, reduced pain and reduction in many other physical and mental concerns.  Training with NeurOptimal brings the benefits of peak performance to any sport to help you excel and enjoy your sport more.

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During your NeurOptimal® brain training session, you wear two tiny sensors (placed on the C3 and C4 of the skull) and ear clips that record your brain waves.  You sit in your favorite chair listen to the music. That's it.  Training happens naturally and you  you do not have to "do" anything.

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In the traditional neurofeedback, you will be required to be diagnosed via undergoing a QEEG or brain map.  In traditional neurofeedback, the protocol is state oriented, that is the brainwaves  are pushed or inhibited to some desired state.  So if you come and present the symptom of the lack of focus, then the therapist with their skill and experience decide what should be done.  They will take a snap shot of your brainwaves i.e. by doing the brain map or QEEG. Sensors are placed on your scalp an a "picture" of your current brainwaves is taken to know what are the dysfunctional brainwaves that are interfering with your optimal performance. This brain picture taken  a few periods ago is then compared to a database of normal cortical functions  used by the practitioner to decide where and which brain waves needs to be pushed or inhibited to some desired state.  Do note that doing a QEEG is not cheap and there is not scientific evidence of any treatment benefit from doing it.    In non-traditional neurofeedback, the brainwaves that is the focus of the therapy focuses on a very  narrow number of frequencies creating states which if over trained, can create major instabilities. 

 

NeurOptimal®uses a the unique dynamical targeting that naturally releases those places where you are "stuck" by providing information to the brain to what it just did.  Information to the brain is provided from across very wide range of frequencies.

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In the traditional neurofeedback, the brain is told what to do by the practitioner setting the goals for that day.  But in our advanced brain training NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback™ the system takes advantage of the brain’s natural dynamical learning processes by giving the brain the information it needs to do the work itself. It’s like holding up a mirror to the brain so it can make its own adjustments. This gently, surely and powerfully enables the brain to function more efficiently. NeurOptimal® naturally maximizes the brain’s innate capabilities of self-regulation, resilience and flexibility.

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NeurOptimal®’s Dynamical Neurofeedback™ technology is based on the co-creator Dr. Val Brown’s understanding of the non-local “holographic” way the brain functions as a rich interconnected neural net (and that’s putting it super-simply). This distinguishes NeurOptimal® from every other neurofeedback system, in some very important ways:

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Brain Dynamics: The Brain Minds its Own Business

The brain is a non-linear, dynamical system that perceives information and adjusts to incoming stimuli in a dynamic dance of ongoing balance. As a result, the brain is inherently geared towards general (but not absolute) self-regulation based on incoming information. This is why NeurOptimal® provides the brain with the information it needs to do its job itself, rather than telling it what it needs to do, which is how traditional neurofeedback works. This is one reason we are so safe — because we are not pushing the brain towards an externally determined goal.

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Process Variability

Most neurofeedback systems try to train the brain to produce more or less of something, based on norms in the population. But the brain exhibits Process Variability, in simple terms meaning it does NOT demonstrate absolute values for the “amount” of brain activity required for specific functions. Rather, this varies from person to person, determined by the task in which the person is engaged, the time of day, blood sugar levels, recent amount of rest and sleep, overall health, genetics and so on. So trying to train the brain to levels decided by an “expert” based on a diagnosis or on an evaluation, or on a test showing one moment in time maybe weeks earlier, or on symptoms experienced by the person during the week as is all done in traditional neurofeedback, is not, we believe, the way to go!

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Functional Targeting

Instead, we utilize Functional Targeting, which is how NeurOptimal® provides the brain with the crucial information about itself (the mirror), that we have discussed before. There is a dynamic range of variability within different “Time-Frequency Envelopes” (see our Cartography of Consciousness HERE) that determines the optimal balance for each individual. NeurOptimal® dances with the brain where it is, micro-second by micro-second, allowing it to carry out its own re-organization. This can result in powerful changes that show up in all areas of your life. In contrast, traditional neurofeedback is more likely to be less effective while triggering unwanted side effects. This is because the brain’s “ideal” ongoing processes cannot be accurately determined through diagnosis or evaluation.

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Results

Given the above assumptions, NeurOptimal® Dynamical Neurofeedback™ does not attempt to restore brain function to some presumed “average” or “best” level based on other people, such as comparing your brain to a database. Instead, NeurOptimal® provides YOUR central nervous system with accurate information about ITSELF which allows the brain to assemble its own, best organizing strategies moment by moment. Perfectly simple. Perfectly safe. Perfectly You.

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Know more about NeurOptimal here.

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