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This week, we have two superb new podcasts. One came as a suprise-- Earl Miller-- a neuroscientist at MIT studying top down and bottom up brain processes. I think, if you are interested in neurofeedback, or Autism, or ADHD, or neurobehavioral continuum disorders, you will be thrilled with the info he provides.

My interview with Peter Russell, author of Global Brain, was fascinating.



I am very excited that Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., has become a regular article contributor. How about you? It takes a little focus to get in the habit of writing an article every week or two, but the rewards are many. Give it a try. Meanwhile, check out Lewis's latest writings below.

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AAPB Conference is coming up. I'll be there, my 26 year of attendance, my first as a member of the media. It's nice to wear new hats, since I've attended in the past as a practitioner, researcher, inventor, exhibitor, member of the board, and repeatedly as a presenter. Look me up if you're going. I'm staying at a hotel three blocks away and I'm looking for a room-mate to share my room with if anyone's interested (male.)
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By Rob Kall
Earl Miller top down Bottom Up brain processes

Earl Miller is the Picower professor of Neuroscience at MIT. His paper, "An Integrative Theory of Prefrontal Cortex Function", has been designated a Current Classic as among the most cited papers in Neuroscience and Behavior. He use fMRI and implanted microelectrodes in humans and monkeys.

By Rob Kall
Peter Russell global brain- letting go- waking up consciousness meditation

Perhaps best known for the video, Global Brain, principal interest is the deeper, spiritual significance of the times we are passing through. He has written several books in this area -- The TM Technique, The Upanishads, The Brain Book, The Global Brain Awakens, The Creative Manager, The Consciousness Revolution, Waking Up in Time, and From Science to God.

By Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Short Sighted Health Insurer Policies Which Refuse to Pay for Healing & Preventive Services Hurt Patients, Cost Fortune
I don't know anyone who is happy with their health insurance...

By Erik Peper
Repetitive Strain Injury; Computer User Injury With Biofeedback: Assessment and Training Protocol

By tom collura
FLEXIBILITY AND APPROPRIATENESS -AN UNDERPINNING WE CAN ALL AGREE UPON
Flexibility and appropriateness of brain function are put into context, and show up at the core of many applications of neurofeedback. It is not so much an issue of "too much" or "too little" as it is one of the brain having the ability to be flexible and appropriate, to access brain states that are suited to the task or situation.

By Mariella Fischer-Williams, MD, FRCP
The Neurology of Biofeedback; A Neuro-anatomical and Physiological Review
People commonly ask the questions : "Why?", "How does a thing work?" and "How can I fix it?". I do not attempt to answer "Why?" because it is a metaphysical question. Much of this article answers the question of "How can I fix it?".

By Lewis Mehl-Madrona
The Miracle of Peacefulness

Unfortunately, miracles cannot be guaranteed or produced on demand. What is more certain is our ability to cultivate a sense of peacefulness and meaning even in the face of illness. This is miraculous in itself given today's world and medical culture. So many people sit namelessly, faceless and alone on nursing home floors, passing the time before death.

By Vietta Sue Wilson
Electroencephalography and Sport; Review and Future Directions
The purpose of this paper is to briefly review the psychological traits and states that are believed necessary for performance in competitive sport. This information may help guide areas of brain research that could have a large practical impact upon enhancing performance. The paper will then focus on reviewing studies which used electroencephalography (EEG) to assess brain processing in athletes.

By Jon Frederick
The Role of Mind Body Medicine in the Mind-Body Problem
It is commonly claimed that biofeedback increases conscious awareness of physiological processes that are otherwise subconscious. By measuring awareness explicitly, EEG state discrimination paradigms provide a quantitatively rigorous and largely unexplored method of observing the boundaries between consciousness and the brain.

By Rob Kall
Crosstraining for Body, Mind & Spirit; Integral Life Practice: Interview With Terry Patten

This is a transcript of my Jan 24th, 2010 interview with Terry Patten, co-author, with Ken Wilber and others, of Integral Life Practice; A 21st Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening. Terry was, on an earlier leg of his journey, founder of Tools for Exploration.

Brain music: Turn on, tune in, feel better
To make brain music, a doctor records the electrical activity in a person's brain with EEG equipment. An EEG, in essence, represents the brain's main musical score, and its rhythm and tempo deviate from this depending on a person's waking state, mood and other factors. A complex computer algorithm then translates the recorded EEG patterns into a music CD with two tracks: one for relaxation and one for stimulation

By Rob Kall
Les Fehmi & Susan Shor Fehmi; Open Focus, Attention, Brain Synchrony, Couples EEG Training

a wide ranging interview with Les and Susan, covering much of their work, Les's book, their approach to healing, their ideas about attention, about neurofeedback, about qEEG.

Ski Gold Medal Winner Bilodeau's sports psychologist shares some advice, Including Biofeedback
"...if the heart is beating too fast or an athlete is sweating from feeling anxious, they must use biofeedback or other things they've been taught to regulate or self-manage themselves."

By Rob Kall
An interview with Joe Kamiya Inventor of Neurofeedback

Joe

Olympic Gold Winner Says Neurofeedback Helped

Alexandre Bilodeau won the Men's Mogul event in Vancouver with the help of neurofeedback.

By Rob Kall
Karl Pribram, M.D. on a new scientific revolution, amygdala, holographic brain, triune brain, Breaking new ground, EEG and Z scores.

Karl Pribram Interview Distinguished Research Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience Program, Georgetown, Universitylink to Dr. Pribram's wikipedia pageThere's a real revolution going on in science. Copernicus, Newton, Darwin, Freud-- their ideas took us away from the center of the universe. The Information revolution is now putting us back at the center. -Holographic brain-Triune Brain-- why he disagrees with

By Jim Donovan
Yes, You Have Every Right to be Angry But . . .
Remaining angry at someone is like letting them live rent free in your head.

Depression's Upside

Is there an evolutionary purpose to feeling really sad?

By Kathie Albertson
How does Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine Treat the Swine Flu: 3 Reasons to consider how it can!
Swine flu is a strong virus. Traditional Chinese Medicine( which includes acupuncture and Chinese herbs fights virus!! Read how it helps!

By Dr. Clare Albright
Neurofeedback, Dyslexia, and Learning Disabilities
Is neurofeedback training helpful for dyslexia and learning disabilities?

By Rob Kall
The Politics of Responsibility, Self Regulation & Optimal Functioning
Moving from an illness care model to a health and self responsibility model of health care.

By Rob Kall
Nate Zinsser; Sports Psychology, Preventing Soldier PTSD, Optimizing Winners, the Science of Confidence, the Heart of the Warrior

a wide ranging conversation with a true, cutting edge leader in Sports Psychology and Performance Enahancement, whose work has been adopted by the US army and used with tens of thousands of troops.

By Rob Kall
Terry Patten: Crosstraining for Body, Mind & Spirit; Integral Life Practice

Terry Patten is the co-author of Integral Life practice: A 21st-Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening, with Ken Wilber and two others. He characterizes it as a cross training approach to wake up, open your heart, show up... It takes Ken Wilber's theoretical ideas and provides a GPS for applying them.

By Rob Kall
Futurehealth Ames Schneider Gunkelman MTBI
The first Rob Kall Futurehealth Radio show, with Gary Ames, Carol Schneider and Jay Gunkelman discuss LENS, Neurocare, Minimal Traumatic Brain Injury, qEEG, working with the military, new ways to describe neurofeedback to get paid for doing it, helping wake coma victims.

By Rob Kall
Gary Schummer; Working with ADD ADHD with Neurofeedback, with the system

Neuropsychologist specializing in Neurofeedback, Brain Mapping, / qEEG, particularly with ADHD attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity.

By Judith Acosta
The Right to Expect?
It is, or so we believed, our natural birthright. Birds did it. Bees did it. We did it. Just like that. In fact, most of the women visiting fertility specialists right now were afraid of getting pregnant and, for years, juggled IUD's, diaphragms, condoms, and pills to protect themselves from what they felt would be inevitable if they didn't cover themselves with creams and impermeable membranes.

By Dr. Clare Albright
How Neurofeedback Therapy Can Help Athletes Reach Peak Performance Levels
Can neurofeedback help athletes to reach peak performance levels?

By Rob Kall
Your Biofeedback Practitioner's Hero's Journey

Joseph Campbell described a mythic pattern that any hero, any person going through a process of growth and increased personal awareness experiences. This model works very well for biofeedback practitioners, describing the stages, steps, experiences, problems, opportunities, challenges and rewards you can expect to encounter on your path to becoming a master of the world of biofeedback.

By Thomas Budzynski
Tuning In On The Twilight Zone
FOR A BRIEF TIME as we lie in bed at night, neither fully awake nor yet asleep, we pass through a twilight mental zone that Arthur Koestler has described as a state of reverie. Many people associate this drowsy stage with hallucinatory images, more fleeting and disjointed than dreams, and compare it to the viewing of a speeded-up, jerky series of photographic slides. A host of artists and scientists have credited the...

 

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