What's New in Neurofeedback

A Monthly Summary of News and Events

Vol. 11 No. 10 - October 2008

This newsletter is sponsored by EEG Spectrum International, Inc.,
the leader in providing neurotherapeutic services and training professionals.

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  • Announcements  - News
  • In the Spotlight     - Journal of Neurotherapy, 2002-2008
  • News & Reviews - Books & journal papers
  • Events & Locations - Conferences, Courses
  • Last Word    - Information wants to be free (2008)

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    Announcements


     

    In the Spotlight

    Journal of Neurotherapy, 2002-2008

    Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. - Immanuel Kant

    Below is a part 2 of a list of scientific articles published in the Journal of Neurotherapy. Part 1 was published in last month's newsletter. Below is a chronological index of its scientific articles since 2002:

     


    News & Reviews NEW BOOKS

    Misdiagnosis And Dual Diagnoses Of Gifted Children And Adults
    by James T. Webb
    Discussion of dual diagnoses and giftedness ---http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0910707642/eegspectrum

    Social Neuroscience: People Thinking about Thinking People
    by JT Cacioppo, PS Visser, CL Pickett (Eds)
    Mental and brain function during social cognition, emotion, and behavior. ---http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262033356/eegspectrum

    Stroke Survivor: A Personal Guide to Coping and Recovery
    by Andy Mccann
    Layperson guide to stroke recovery. ---http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1843104105/eegspectrum

    Attention Deficit Disorder : A Different Perception
    by Thom Hartmann
    A classic in the utility-of-non-goal-directed thinking. ---http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887424148/eegspectrum

    How to Be an Adult in Relationships
    by David Richo
    Guide to healthier love relationships ---http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570628122/eegspectrum

     


    JOURNAL PAPERS

    Comorbidity as a predictor and moderator of treatment outcome in youth : The most common childhood psychiatric disorders are anxiety disorders, affective disorders, ADHD, and oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder. click for more ---http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18973971

    Motor cortex excitability and co-morbidity in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome. : Gilles de la Tourette syndrome with ADHD is associated with extensive changes in motor cortex excitatbility. click for more ---http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18931001

    Individual Differences in Typical Reappraisal Use Predict Amygdala and Prefrontal Responses. : Reappraisal was related to decreased amygdala activity and increased prefrontal and parietal activity during processing of negative facial expressions. click for more ---http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18930182

    Psychology and neurobiology of addiction: an incentive-sensitization view. : Sensitized brain systems do not mediate euphoric effects of drugs but instead mediate incentive salience (drug "wanting"). click for more ---http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11002906

    Stigma of epilepsy. : One in 4 adults with epilepsy feel socially stigmatized from this condition, fearing rejection and often feeling shame and loneliness. click for more ---http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18973059

     


     

    Events & Locations

    Upcoming Courses

      4-Day Comprehensive Course on Neurotherapy (dates subject to change)
    • Durham NC Nov 13-16
    • Glendale CA Dec 11-14

    Our course is a hands-on experience right from the start. Attendees consistently say this format is a very good way to learn neurofeedback.

    "Neurofeedback should be viewed as one of the three essential or primary forms of intervention - psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and neurofeedback. In my experience, neurofeedback is every bit as important and powerful as the other two forms of treatment." - Dr. Laurence Hirshberg, Brown University Medical School, psychologist specializing in Developmental Disorders and Autism.

    Contact Karie Kramer, our training coordinator, for more information 818-789-3456 ext 847 or see www.eegspectrum.com/Training

    * EEG Spectrum International, Inc. is approved by the APA to offer continuing education to psychologists. ESII maintains responsibility for the program.

    Conferences for Neurofeedback Clinicians & Researchers

    CONFERENCELOCATIONDATES
    AAPB - aapb.orgAlbuquerque, NMApr 2-4


     

    Last Word

    Information wants to be free (2008)

    The control and distribution of information has been a primary source of conflict since the dawn of history. The battle rages on to this day, scarcely unchecked, in medical, legal, and scientific fields. Entire careers, many prominent, are based on maintaining the status quo of inequality and inefficiency in these information distribution systems. But the information itself has now grown so vast and so powerful that its distribution can no longer be controlled by a select few. There's a saying on the Net, "Information wants to be free." Recent volleys against the bulwarks of the info-establishment:

    CogPrints
    http://cogprints.org/
    Self-archive papers in psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science, Philosophy, Biology, Medicine, Anthropology , and other disciplines relevant to the study of cognition.

    arXiv - God's Playground (my nickname for it)
    http://xxx.lanl.gov
    Open access to 500K+ e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics

    Behavioral and Brain Sciences
    http://www.bbsonline.org/
    Interdisciplinary journal of "open peer commentary" in which target articles are interdisciplinary and by nature controversial, encompassing topics from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and related fields. Prior to publication, articles are circulated to specialists around the world for commentaries, which appear after the target article along with author's response.

    Google
    http://www.google.com/search?as_filetype=pdf
    Search Google's index for PDF files, how most authors maintain their papers on the web. For instance, I found 1,600,000 papers for EEG in this format.