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Neuroscience - Dr. Andrew Hill - Neurofeedback

Collective Insights

Qualia Life

Alternative Health, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.8525 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Andrew Hill, a previous guest on this podcast, who holds a Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience and is the founder of Peak Brain Institute, joins us for an episode devoted to the topic of neurofeedback.Neurofeedback has been gaining attention for its potential to optimize brain function, enhance cognition, and improve overall well-being. But to truly grasp its power, we must first have a strong understanding of brainwave patterns, understanding how they influence our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. We uncover some of the incredible benefits associated with neurofeedback, from reducing stress and anxiety to improving focus and memory retention, and even share our own stories of transformative change from this innovative approach. Sponsored by Qualia Mind: https://www.neurohacker.com/podcastdiscount. Use code james when you shop Qualia Mind for 15% off your order. Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neurohacker/. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neurohackercollective. Email: support@neurohacker.com.

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The big trick in neurofeedback is that we're moving the goalposts. So over the 30-minute run of

0:05.6

the neurofeedback session, your brain's going to go through several normal to itself,

0:10.3

typical endogenous, if you will, changes, runs of theta and beta and changes in speed and

0:15.0

fatigue and stuff just happening. If we only pick out the 70 times that your brain had little 10 second runs of theta dropping and the beta climbing and just applauded those of all the billions of things your brain is doing, your brain's going to notice, hey, wait a minute, why is my theta going down being applauded? Okay.

0:32.7

And it's going to start chasing the information flow as we ask it to have to do even more to get the same gameplay.

0:39.3

We move the goalposts adaptively.

0:41.3

And then 10 minutes and 50 minutes in, your brain's a little tired.

0:44.3

And you're actually not able to make the same, you aren't fluctuating as well in that direction anymore.

0:51.3

So we make it easier.

0:52.3

We move the goalposts, the thresholds next to where you are.

0:55.0

So when you fluctuate again in the right direction, the applause resumes. So we're giving a directed

1:00.8

signal of movement. And so we have these two or three different brainwaves you might be training

1:05.2

in a session. It might be training down some slow brainwaves, training down some very fast brain waves,

1:11.1

and training up some in the middle.

1:13.3

So you simply measure the amount you're making,

1:14.8

boom, boom, boom,

1:15.9

and put a threshold just above

1:17.7

or just below where somebody is.

1:22.8

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1:24.3

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1:25.7

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1:28.3

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