BIOFEEDBACK NEWS
July 9, 2000
 Love
Is A Brainy Matter
Apparently, love is nothing more than a
specific form of cerebral activity. Two British neurologists have
arrived at this sobering conclusion after examining the flow of blood in
the brains of 17 test persons who had recently fallen in love. The
eleven women and six men under study were shown photographs of their
partners. For comparison, the researchers then showed the lovers
pictures of friends and acquaintances. [more...]
June 24, 2000
Electronic
circuit mimics brain activity
A new electronic circuit can mimic the activity of
the brain and may one day be used to create computers that think more
like humans, scientists said on Wednesday [more...]
June 10, 2000
Biofeedback
for Nausea Relief Helping More Than Astronauts
Space Medicine comes to Earth
June 5, 2000
A
Scalpel, a Life and Language, by By
Robert Lee Hotz
In
every human thought and reflection,
there is a word. For Paul Sailer, the essence of all his words is
concealed in the cells along a pastel furrow of brain tissue behind his
ear, just to the left of the surgeon's probe.
June 01, 2000
Treatment-Induced
Cortical Reorganization
This is the first demonstration in humans
of a long-term alteration in brain function associated with a
therapy-induced improvement in the rehabilitation of movement after
neurological injury. Click here
to access the CNN story, including video of AAPB members Ed Taub and
Steven Wolf, discussing the research.
May 30, 2000
NASA biofeedback training helps patients with chronic upper GI problems,
By Sherry Kahn
A biofeedback training procedure developed by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that helped
astronauts with motion sickness is effective for people on Earth who have
gastrointestinal motility disorders.
May 18, 2000
Neurofeedback Gains Attention for ADD Kids
Sam was diagnosed with ADD. His pediatrician prescribed Ritalin. While the medicine allowed Sam to settle down in the classroom, after several months, he was unable to sleep or eat and lost weight. His mother says that Sam's personality changed from happy and easygoing to angry and upset.
February 17, 2000
Biofeedback
Widens its Role in Medicine, By
Rita Baron-Faust
It looks like a scene from a 1950s science fiction
flick: Patients with electrodes attached to their skulls sit deep in
concentration, focusing their minds to control the beeps and squiggly
lines produced by an electronic monitor.
February 01, 2000
Biofeedback
and Anxiety
Psychiatric Times February 1999 Vol. XVI
Issue 2 Considered a "fringe" therapy 25 years ago, biofeedback
has matured today to a modality much closer to mainstream treatment. Its
value is accepted by a growing number of professionals, and it is covered
by Medicare for some conditions, as well as by most health insurers.
January 1, 2000
Alternative
Attention Deficit Treatment
"Controversial Biofeedback Therapy
Doesn't Involve Drugs"
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