Dynamic Neurofeedback Transforming Lives
NeurOptimal® has so many features that describing them
adequately — including their value is a
daunting task. It can get very technical. Here is an overview
NeurOptimal® is an Information-Based Technology
The
most over-arching feature of NeurOptimal® is that it has been designed
from the ground up to work with the brain as a non-linear dynamical
system (we call this “dynamical neurofeedback”). As the brain itself is a
non-linear system, interacting with it in a non-linear dynamical way is
a perfect match— like talking to the brain in its own language. No more
diagnosis or treatment planning! Instead, NeurOptimal®more elegantly
and “simply” offers the brain the information it needs to organize and
re-organize itself. Presented with the right information, the brain can
become more flexible and resilient, which results in a better quality
of life for the client. This has important implications for the
trainer’s role, which becomes one of sharing a journey with the client
in which the information, and the client’s experience, evolves moment by
moment.
Incredible Ease of Use
Although
non-linear dynamical theory and its application can be complex and
involved, NeurOptimal® is incredibly simple to operate. All you do is
hook up and press “Go”. NeurOptimal® provides the information the brain
needs moment by moment while the difficulty level automatically adjusts
itself (we call this “auto-nav”) based on the brain’s behavior each
micro-second. There is no guesswork for the trainer, so no need to worry
about making mistakes. You can trust NeurOptimal® to do the work. An individual sessions require no up-front
assessments or planning.
The Elegance of working with Instabilities
NeurOptimal®
works with brain instabilities, not amplitudes or any other linear
measures used by older style neurofeedback systems. As the brain starts
to move into an instability in a particular frequency range (we call
these “targets”), the sound pauses very briefly and the image changes.
The brain immediately brings itself “back to the present” (this is not a
conscious process and you don’t “try” to do it - you can just sit and
relax and close your eyes if you want and your brain responds). Over
time, the brain learns to maneuver around instabilities -- instead of
just falling into them -- resulting in increased flexibility and
resilience. Because we work with instabilities and how the brain
responds to those instabilities, muscle movement and other sources of
“artifact” are far less of an issue than when running older style
systems, making effective training much easier.
Permissive Non-Directive Healing Stance
NeurOptimal®
doesn’t “push” the brain by telling it what it needs to do.
NeurOptimal® provides information to the client’s brain about its own
activity— that is all. The brain then does its own reorganizing. While
it is true you can sometimes get dramatic effects by pushing the brain
in a particular way as other systems do, it is also very possible that
you can push the brain into a de-stabilized state, resulting in
unpleasant side effects. NeurOptimal® is designed differently. Simply
giving the brain information rather than telling it what to do results
in powerful shifts in a positive direction for the client, gently and
easily.
Effortless Client Engagement
The
client doesn’t have to do anything, they don’t have to make any kind of
conscious effort at all. They can listen to music, they can watch a
movie, or they can deeply “zone out” with eyes closed. It doesn’t
matter. You can use the default music and fractal image, play CDs or
movies. NeurOptimal® comes with music especially composed by
multi-Grammy award-winning musician Jeff Bova, written to support the
movement through our “ZenX-Modes” during a NeurOptimal® session. This is
the basis of the “default session”, but you can create any kind of
media experience you want.
Real-time JTFA
NeurOptimal®
works with real-time Joint Time Frequency Analysis (JTFA) in a special
way that accurately and precisely captures the “event-structure” of our
brainwaves. This is state of the art and no other brain training system
has this capability even if they claim to be “non-linear”. Superior
Precision unmatched in the Industry NeurOptimal®’s sampling rate of 256
samples per second is coupled with incredible precision of filtering,
targeting and triggering of feedback. The data of other systems, (you
can import their data and look at it in NeurOptimal®) looks incredibly
“smeary” in comparison, when viewed through the sharp eye of
NeurOptimal®.
True Dynamical Thresholding
Dynamical
thresholding (which is where we get the name “dynamical neurofeedback”
to describe what we do), is incredibly good at allowing release of
clients “points of stuckness,” allowing superior possibilities for
client change. What this means practically is two important things. The
first is that NeurOptimal® works with “where the client is” moment by
moment. This is why you do not need to diagnose or assess clients ahead
of time. (Diagnosis minutes, hours, days or months ahead is very crude
by NeurOptimal®‘s standards). And when a client gets fatigued,
NeurOptimal® adapts with the client and works with them where they are
at that time, so over-training is not really an issue (although we do
recommend not training more than twice in a day). NeurOptimal®’s special
Dynamical targeting procedures are a powerful support for
re-organization, allowing unprecedented yet safe, client transformation.
Adjust Filter (Target) Bandwidths on the Fly
Should
you choose to do so, you can adjust filter bandwidths (which determine
the frequencies you work with) and many other filtering characteristics
on the fly, with no disturbance to ongoing feedback.
Information-Rich Matrix for the Brain
NeurOptimal®
works with sixteen different targets (filter sets) throughout the
range 0.001- 42 Hertz, changeable to work up to 64 Hertz. This means
broad-based client transformation across the board— no chipping away at
client challenges with a limited toolbox, as with older style systems.
And NeurOptimal®’s next evolution will see it offering twenty targets
working up to 64 hertz by default. The high-precision technology under
the hood gives you flexible options while taking you assuredly into the
future.
No Diagnosis or Pre-Evaluation
NeurOptimal®
works moment by moment with where the client is regardless of any
diagnostic classification. You can give your client more training for
the same money without having to resort to expensive diagnostics that
don’t directly contribute to the client’s wellbeing or satisfaction. We
dance with the brain in a non-linear journey of seamless transformation
in which the client’s whole life re-awakens.
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Elise Thomson 816-305-2414
elisethomson@icloud.com
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