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The hotel reservation deadline for winter brain is Jan 16. In the past, the hotel has been flexible on this date, but our room block will be just about sold out then and we are talking about the peak season. So… if you have already registered for the meeting and have put off getting your room reservation, you must do it by the 16^th to get the deeply reduced rate.

If you’ve put off registering for the meeting, you should at least book your room. You can register for the meeting up until the last minute.

Hotel info:

Book your room on line. Go to the Hilton website, then click on GROUPS in the bottom left. Then enter the name winterbrain and the Password brain (lower case letters). You'll be able to directly book your room, at the $139 conference rate, without having to make a phone call. This is good, since sometimes the Hilton people mess up on the conference rate and give rates of $200 a night or more, the going room rate in February in Palm Springs.

Or call the hotel and tell them you want the rates for the FUTUREHEALTH meeting.

Hilton Palm Springs Resort
400 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262
760-320-6868

Rob Kall

211 N. Sycamore St. www.futurehealth.org

Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374

Winter Brain Meeting Feb 6-10, 2004 www.brainmeeting.com

#29

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Sun Jan 4, 2004 5:22 pm
Subject: Complete Winter Brain Schedule Is Up

smilezyg

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The Schedule for the 2004 Palm Springs Winter Brain, Optimal Functioning, Positive Psychology and Storycon meeting is up.

Check it out by going to www.brainmeeting.com then clicking on schedule. You might also want to browse the abstracts for the meeting or put together faces with the names, since most of the 70+ speakers have their photos on our speakers page.

We are in the process of finalizing CE approvals for psych, SW, and Family Therapy.

We have the biggest selection ever of pre and post conference courses,

Including neurofeedback basics, QEEG courses, Peak Performance with Anna Wise or Rae Tattenbaum, and a course on working with audiovisual entrainment. And, we have more workshops than ever before—well over 55.

The exhibit hall will have a record number of exhibitors including several first timers showing new technology.

There are a number of interesting themes that have emerged, as well as a potpourri of miscellaneous topics.

Neurofeedback and psychotherapy.

Frontal Lobes (including Allan Schore

Meditation and neurofeedback

QEEG from beginning to advanced

Sports Psychology and Peak Performance

Autism and ADHD

Pain

Heart Rate Variability

Headache

The panels this year include:

Friday Can AAPB's Neurofeedback Div. and the Int. Soc. Neuronal Regulation Get It Together as a Profession and as a Field?

Friday Eve Tapping the Depths of the Unconscious

Friday Evening Tech Panels at 9:00, Brainmaster, Thought Tech, Roshi, Neurocarepro

Saturday The Frontal Lobes, Attachment and Affect Regulation Allan Schore, Sebern Fisher, Carol Schneider

Sunday Evening Panel "To Q or not to Q"

Sunday Evening Panel The biological bases of neurofeedback,"Why does Neurofeedback Work? Underlying physiology. Sterman, Gunkelman, Othmer

Monday Neurotechnologies of the Spirit; Emergent Properties as Spirituality Evolves on the Wheel of Science

Monday Panel on Migraine Headache

Tues Panel on Successful Practices Swingle, Bright

There’s still plenty of time to register and get a good airfare. Rooms at the hotel are about $120 less than the usual rate for beautiful Palm Springs hotels.

If money is a problem, let us know and we can work with you.

If you need to find a room-mate, call our office and we can usually assist.

Students are welcome to attend free as volunteers, or can pay half price.

Some endorsements:

Rob (Kall) historically sets the standard for EEG Biofeedback Conferences.

Lynda Kirk, President, SNR, President Elect, AAPB

The premier meeting in the entire area of EEG biofeedback and an outstanding opportunity for in-depth interaction with the experts in the field.

Joel Lubar, Past President, AAPB, President elect, SNR

The Futurehealth Conference continues to be the premier event in the field of NF Where else can you talk to and listen to the leading researchers and practitioners in neurofeedback? The atmosphere is collegial, respectful and it's fun! If you only go to one conference this year, this is the one to go to.
Valdeane Brown, Clinical Psychologist, Neurofeedback Trainer

This is the one conference with the right attitude-- people come here with open hearts and minds. It’s THE meeting I go to to hear the NEW IDEAS, to hear what people are thinking.

Sue Othmer

Your workshop is the only major one drawing field experts which allows concentrating on EEG, and completely avoiding any trace of politics and bureaucratic concerns.

Len Ochs

"Rob Kall through his Future Health conference is the originator of all that is the best in the realm of the convening of minds in the neurofeedback world. Rob has been able to put together the greatest thinkers in this field from the clinical, academic and research worlds and do so within a forum that is supportive, encouraging, and stimulating. There’s virtually no one else that I know of that could have made this happen and I believe that the field of neurofeedback owes Rob a deep deep debt of gratitude".

Thomas Brownback & Linda Mason Brownback

Rob Kall

211 N. Sycamore St. www.futurehealth.org

Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374

Winter Brain Meeting Feb 6-10, 2004 www.brainmeeting.com

StoryCon Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story; September 26-29, 2003 www.storycon.org

#28

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:40 pm
Subject: Travel Plans For Futurehealth Winter Brain 2004, plus updated exhibitor list

smilezyg

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Here are some tips on traveling to Our 2004 Palm Springs meeting.

By the way, last year, the temperature averaged 85 degrees and every single
day was sunny and great for the pools and hot tubs.


It's not that easy to fly from the east coast directly to Palm springs. You
usually connect through Denver, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix or LA.

But you can also fly to LA or Ontario airports and rent a car and drive.
Since fares to LA are often a real bargain, you can sometimes, especially if
two or more people are traveling, save on the cost of the flight direct to
Palm Springs, even though end up having a rental car for your use.

OTOH, the meeting hotel is centrally located, in the center of town, across
the street from the casino and natural hot spring spa, surrounded by walking
distance restaurants.

Keep in mind, students attend free as volunteers helping with taping.

We help match up room-mates to share hotel expenses.

Most exhibitors offer great savings that could equal or exceed your airfare
and or hotel bill.

Here's a list of the exhibitors so far:
Thought Technology,   Brainmaster,    Biocomp Research,    Zengar Institute,
Photosonics,       MindAlive,           J&J,             Roshi,
Deymed Diagnostic,
Brian Othmer Foundation,         Quantum Life,             Alpha Systems,
  Stress Management & Biofeedback Center,  Brainquiry/Brain Resource Company
The Futurehealth Bookstore
And we expect a few more, though we are almost out of booth space already.

Check out the speakers and their titles, abstracts and schedules at
www.brainmeeting.com

Rob Kall
www.OpEdNews.com
211 N. Sycamore St.   www.futurehealth.org
Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374
Winter Brain Meeting Feb 6-10, 2004  www.brainmeeting.com

#27

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Fri Jul 11, 2003 4:19 am
Subject: BioPsy Newsletter

smilezyg

Offline

Greetings Colleagues. Here’s some news, some announcements and offers.

I’ll be switching this mail list off of yahoogroups to a private mailing list and database that will make it very easy to update or unsubscribe. Hopefully, you’ll start seeing more of these, with fresh news. Later this year, we’ll be adding a discussion bulletin board and more great features.

If you haven’t seen my new project— www.opednews.com you might want to check it out if your politics lean left. If not, probably best to ignore it and attribute it to much alpha theta training.

Cordially,

Rob Kall

Table of Contents:

-Biofeedback/Mind-Body News and Updates

-Conference News

-New Products and Discount Specials

Biofeedback/Mind-Body News and Updates

Here's a new article that does a nice job covering neurofeedback: Train the brain Neurofeedback, also called EEG Biofeedback, is emerging as a way to treat everything from attention-deficit disorder, migraines, anxiety, depression, head injuries, and sleep disorders.
This is brand new, focusing on the work of Erik Peper and RSI: Awareness, technology can cut stress injuries for computer Workers
More articles on Mind/Body/ Brain:
Brain's secrets revealed AUKLAND, New Zealand, July 10 (UPI) -- A team of New Zealand scientists has determined our brains cells can regenerate themselves after injury or disease strikes
Brain region size, PTSD are linked, researchers say Japan Times
The brain's a puzzle, but its layout is logical
Reaching Through the Net to Touch Scientists are developing devices that let people share their sensation of touch with anyone connected to the Net. Wired
Americans Stressed More than Ever
The Wisdom of Leadership The journey to wisdom can follow many paths, one of which is the challenging realm of managing. The work of managers draws on knowledge and experience to inform action – which is the essence of wisdom.
Spiritual Beliefs Test: See how your beliefs match you up with different faiths

Conference News

StoryCon- the Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story is happening Sept 25-29. It's a fascinating meeting that anyone who is working with healing or transformation will find very valuable. Steve Larsen, Richard Soutar and I presented a panel on this at AAPB and it went over great. The process of psychotherapy is first the process of eliciting the stories your client tells himself and then, helping him to re-write his stories. The process of biofeedback follows the path of the Hero's Journey that Joseph Campbell described. www.storycon.org Reply to this email and receive a 20% discount on registration on the Storycon meeting-- any package.

Futurehealth's 12th Annual Winter Brain Meeting and 8th annual Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology meeting Feb 6-10, 2004

We already have more pre-registrations and advance exhibitor bookings than ever before. It’s because the word has gotten out that our meeting hotel is the best ever—gorgeous grounds and rooms in downtown Palm springs within walking distance of all kinds of stores and restaurants.

Call for proposals for presentations and workshops. We love to hear from new speakers.

This year's meeting will include a record number of pre-conference courses:

New: Ray Tattenbaum offers a two day course Titled: Adding Peak Performance Techniques to your practice!Introducing An Integrated Program to Enhance Performance in the Workplace, Academics, Sports and the Performing Arts.
Joel and Judith Lubar offer a two day course on neurofeedback and QEEG.
Sig and Sue Othmer offer a Two day Course on Neurofeedback
Jay Gunkelman and Richard Soutar offer a two day course on QEEG.
Anna Wise offers a two day workshop on Awakening the High Performance Mind
Futurehealth offers a one day Foundations of Neurofeedback course which will have over 10 speakers

As usual, we expect between 60 and 80 speakers. This year, after it worked beautifully last year, we will continue with plenary sessions running two tracks most of the time. This will allow a more diverse range of lectures which will cover biofeedback, neurofeedback, QEEG, Optimal Functioning, Positive Psychology, Energy Therapies, PSI, Consciousness, integration of mind, body, heart and spirit...

BONUS Register early and save. Register before the end of July and we'll give you a free two hour audio or video workshop tape from our previous meetings and a free tee shirt from last year's meeting ($56-$72 value. The tape and tee is free Shipping is $6) Order a biofeedback System from us for over $800 (A-1, Brainmaster, Waverider, C-2, Procomp) and take $100 off the price of registering for the meeting.

New Products and Discount Specials (special offers good until August 15)

20% discount on 2 and 4 hour Video Tapes from Past Winter Brain Meetings.
25% discount on Procomp Biograph Multitrace Video Tutorials.
Introduction to Story 10 hour Foundations Course cassette $79, CD $99, Video $149 shipping $12
10% discount on Intro To EEG Neurofeedback Foundations 15 hour Course (usually $289) Buy the tape set and attend the live course at the Winter Brain meeting free.
10% discount on Intro to QEEG Foundations Course 8 hr course

For Sale ATTENTION Trainer Clinical Model with two base receivers $1500 new.

Used Myotracs $300

Procomp with Biograph Software and two sensors Contact us for a special low summer price or even better deal with Winter Brain Registration.

Brainmaster 2.0 package $1449 and we'll include our 4 hour Brainmaster tutorial tape, usually $189, for $39. Save $200.

A-1 Pocket EEG standalone with built in microprocessor $879 including shipping. Add HEG Hemoencephalography for $500

$99 Thermal Training kit: Audio feedback, digital read-out thermal biofeedback relaxation training cassette, wallet stress thermometer card.

Bio-Stress Squares $15/100 $75/1000

#26

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Mon Jul 7, 2003 10:16 pm
Subject: Winter Brain 2004 Call for Presentation Proposals

smilezyg

Offline

It's time for people interested in presenting at the Winter Brain meeting to
contact us to propose talk and workshop topics.

We love to hear from first-timers. So if you have an interesting case or
technique or population to discuss, drop me a line.

If you've presented before, please contact me soon. I'm trying to get a
first draft of a schedule out in early August.

Keep in mind that this year, we'll be doing double track plenaries, so we
will be able to accept a wider diversity of topics ranging from mind
machines, consciousness, PSI,  energy therapies.... and more. .

Winter Brain Meeting Feb 6-10, 2004  www.brainmeeting.com
Preconference workshops on Feb 4 and 5th
Joel and Judith Lubar
QEEG Course: Jay Gunkelman and Rich Soutar

and Feb 5th Neurofeedback Foundations Course.

Cordially,

Rob Kall    Futurehealth, Inc.
211 N. Sycamore St.   www.futurehealth.org
Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374

StoryCon Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story;
September 26-29, 2003 www.storycon.org

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I've never come across this before and I just wanted to see what others have
experienced. I'm working with a 77 year old woman, "Bea", who has had
multiple TBI's over the years.  Before we started working together, I
conferenced with her referring physician and she told me Bea becomes
distressed whenever anything emotionally loaded is brought up - she assumes
a fetal position and howls, often holding her head. This has happened,
according to the physician, during counseling and also during cranial-sacral
work. The physician expressed the belief that this was Bea's "shtick."

I started working with Bea last fall, but because of her frail condition and
debilitating asthma, she discontinued over the winter. Our first sessions
were seemingly fruitless and certainly fatiguing for both of us - she became
extremely emotional. During the winter, she worked with a homeopath and her
asthma is gone. (I know, that's a whole nother conversation.)

Now most of her complaints point to under arousal, so when we resumed, I
started at C3-Cz, 15-18 with a 4-7 inhibit. We hadn't gotten through the
first maze when she started crying, moaning, writhing and grabbing her head.
She continued after I turned off the feedback, taking a minute or so to
eventually calm down. We talked about her experience and she told me that it
was a lot like the two re-birthing series she had been through; that she was
sure the forceps were hurting her head. She was game for trying more,
although I wasn't sure I was - until I thought of inhibiting 2-7. She sat
through subsequent feedback without comment or commotion and at the end,
said that her head felt "calm" for the first time ever. We've had a few
sessions since then and I've gone as high as 17-20, but have continued with
the 2-7 inhibit. She says she becomes peaceful during the session.

I had never thought of abreactions happening at higher frequencies. Have I
had my head in the sand?

Spike

Kayle Sandberg-Lewis, LMT, MA
Behavioral Medicine Education
Stress Management
1433 S.E. Tolman Street
Portland, Oregon  97202
503.234.2733
Oregon LMT #6915

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From: SigOthmer@...
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 18:54:05 EDT
Subject: Re: [EEG Associates] low inhibits for high frequency feedback
To: associates@...
Reply-To: associates@...

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In a message dated 7/6/03 3:27:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
StressLess@... writes:

> I've never come across this before and I just wanted to see what others
> have experienced. I'm working with a 77 year old woman, "Bea", who has had
> multiple TBI's over the years.  Before we started working together, I
conferenced
> with her referring physician and she told me Bea becomes distressed
whenever
> anything emotionally loaded is brought up - she assumes a fetal position
and
> howls, often holding her head. This has happened, according to the
physician,
> during counseling and also during cranial-sacral work. The physician
> expressed the belief that this was Bea's "shtick."

And what explanatory powers go along with the concept of "shtick" here, I
wonder? This seems to be just another way for the physician to say, "this is
not
my turf."

>
> Now most of her complaints point to under arousal, so when we resumed, I
> started at C3-Cz, 15-18 with a 4-7 inhibit. We hadn't gotten through the
first
> maze when she started crying, moaning, writhing and grabbing her head. She
> continued after I turned off the feedback, taking a minute or so to
eventually
> calm down. We talked about her experience and she told me that it was a
lot
> like the two re-birthing series she had been through; that she was sure
the
> forceps were hurting her head.

Two thoughts: This may be a case of over-arousal masquerading as
underarousal. Secondly, this response could be thought of as PTSD for
pre-verbal
experience. At CIC-2001 I talked about Grof's work with birth trauma. The
theory is
that birth trauma could serve as a body memory or template for the accretion
and
consolidation of subsequent traumas, thus forming a unitary memory that
embodies aspects of pre-verbal and pre-cognitive experience. It then appears
to the
person as if they are able to recall the actual birth experience, when in
fact
they are seeing it through the lens of subsequent traumas that have served
to
bring the original memory forward more or less intact.

> She was game for trying more, although I wasn't sure I was - until I
> thought of inhibiting 2-7. She sat through subsequent feedback without
comment or
> commotion and at the end, said that her head felt "calm" for the first
time
> ever. We've had a few sessions since then and I've gone as high as 17-20,
but
> have continued with the 2-7 inhibit. She says she becomes peaceful during
the
> session.
>
> I had never thought of abreactions happening at higher frequencies. Have I
> had my head in the sand?

PTSD events can occur without any apparent provocation at all. Any
neurofeedback with a sensitive brain such as this could be considered a
provocation. On
the other side, we have seen profound transformative experiences, which we
associate with alpha/theta states, also occur with the higher frequency
training.

Siegfried

>
> Spike
>

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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 17:06:05 -0700
From: Hershel Toomim <hershel@...>
Organization: Biocomp Research Institute
To: associates@...
Subject: Re: [EEG Associates] Sidman Avoidance Conditioning (SAC)
Reply-To: associates@...

Amanda,
The discussion was centered about a blow on the head. Similar symptoms,
however, may possibly be acquired from psychological trauma. The
separation is unclear at present.

Hershel Toomim

Amanda S. Armstrong, PhD wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> This topic was listed under the subject of under-recognized TBI.   Is
> this how the condition is caused?
> By a blow to the head?
>
> Or is this a result of exposure to a traumatic scene?   Could you
> explain further?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aloha,
> Amanda
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: SigOthmer@... <mailto:SigOthmer@...>
>     To: associates@...
>     <mailto:associates@...>
>     Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:17 PM
>     Subject: [EEG Associates] Traumatic Brain Injury under-recognized
>
>     Under the above topic, one of my favorite themes, George responded
>     on another list as follows. I thought I would pass it on, and
>     perhaps George will comment further:
>
>     "Physicians have no slight idea of Sidman Avoidance Conditioning
>     (SAC) which results in complex dysfunction often without there
>     having been the slightest impairment of consciousness.
>
>     "SAC requires that an event be surprising, no warning, vivid, a
>     strongly
>     unpleasant event, and either immobility or brief unconsciousness
>     during or
>     immediately after the event.
>
>     "Oddly, perception of the color red will intensify the
>     experience.  Quirk and
>     I believed this was due to the fact that in the whiplash movement
>     the eye
>     suddenly sees through the eyelid which is red, and that
>     intensification of
>     this natural red results in a more severe reaction.  I have seen
>     scores of
>     young ladies being treated for Asperger's Syndrome or even autism or
>     pathologically repressed personality who have a clear cut
>     traumatic memory
>     and as soon as Gerbode's TIR (Trauma Incidence Reduction), or
>     hypnosis or Pavlovian methods are used to desensitize the trauma,
>     normality is restored."
>
>

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#25

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Sat Mar 22, 2003 5:15 pm
Subject: sorry strange glitch in the last send. Correct links here.

smilezyg

Offline

I’ll be putting together some press releases, using a news service, that lists people with expertise on different aspects of the war.

The service I am using did a poll and received responses from over 150 reporters in less than 24 hours. They put together a huge list of different aspects of war, war protest, politics, health, stories, angles, psychological approaches that they are interested in.

You can access the link to this list of ideas for topics at the top of the middle the War/ ANTI War News section of the main page of www.opednews.com

I am putting together a press release that will announce

1) my new www.opednews.com website, where there is a central listing of war protest information, info on the connection between the war and the Project for a New American Century and examples in the news of how Sinclair Lewis’s 1936 book, It Can’t Happen Here is being manifested in reality.

2) A brief profile of people who contact me with info on their areas of War expertise, their credentials, and suggested topics. I am particularly interested in people who can explore ways to stop or prevent the war and further wars, stories on aspects of war, ways to help direct victims and people who are just stressed out by it being on the news 24-7. Stories about positive psychology, using stories to heal, applied psychophysiology, mythology are all of interest.

I do not have time to edit people’s material. I need it to be brief, to include name, e-mail, phone number and under 100 words. Send it as part of the message, not an attachment. I will either put it with the press release or on the page the press release links to on www.opednews.com

Feel free to pass this on.

Cordially,

Rob Kall

www.OpEdNews.com

211 N. Sycamore St. www.futurehealth.org

Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374

Winter Brain Meeting Feb 6-10, 2004 www.brainmeeting.com

StoryCon Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story; September 26-29, 2003 www.storycon.org

#24

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Sat Mar 22, 2003 4:42 pm
Subject: preparing press release for experts on War, its effects, coping, protesting, supporting, etc.

smilezyg

Offline

I’ll be putting together some press releases, using a news service, that lists people with expertise on different aspects of the war.

You can access the link to this list of ideas for topics at the top of the middle the War/ ANTI War News section of the main page of www.opednews.com

I am putting together a press release that will announce

1) 1) 1) my new www.opednews.com website, where there is a central listing of war protest information, info on the connection between the war and the Project for a New American Century and examples in the news of how Sinclair Lewis’s 1936 book, It Can’t Happen Here is being manifested in reality.

2) 2) 2) A brief profile of people who contact me with info on their areas of War expertise, their credentials, and suggested topics. I am particularly interested in people who can explore ways to stop or prevent the war and further wars, stories on aspects of war, ways to help direct victims and people who are just stressed out by it being on the news 24-7. Stories about positive psychology, using stories to heal, applied psychophysiology, mythology are all of interest.

Feel free to pass this on.

Cordially,

Rob Kall

www.OpEdNews.com

211 N. Sycamore St. www.futurehealth.org

Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374

Winter Brain Meeting Feb 6-10, 2004 www.brainmeeting.com

StoryCon Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story; September 26-29, 2003 www.storycon.org

#23

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Thu Mar 6, 2003 4:51 pm
Subject: PR for Bio, ADHD Drugs Prescribed more in some States; more news on brain, biofeedback, ADD

smilezyg

Offline

ADHD Drugs Prescribed more in Southern and Midwest States

One way to get more coverage of our work in the media is to BECOME THE MEDIA.

We’ve started a news website www.opednews.com .

Your “buzz” can get it busy enough to be significant. Tell your friends colleagues and clients about it.

Tell your listserves and mail lists to visit www.opednews.com/about.htm

Articles at our new web site www.opednews.com in the Health, Science, Ecology and MBH (Mind BodyHeart section)

Two Centers in Brain Control Breathing Rhythm

More in US Uninsured Than Previously Thought; 75 Million Uninsured

Native Americans Use Non-Drug Biofeedback for ADD

Problem Sleep, Snoring May Cause Hyperactivity Misdiagnosed as ADD

Brain Scans Reflect Problem-Solving Skill; Intelligence too?

Looking Inside the Brains of the Stingy

Editorials

How to be an Optimystic in these Dark Times Cathy Lynn Pagano

War is Not Viagra Rob Kall

Are Cynicism, Hate and Greed Side Effects of Modern Medicine?

HealthCare Reveals Real Conservative Agenda; Drown America in A Bathtub Thom Hartmann

Humor

State of The Universe Address Swami Beyondananda

I'm losing patience with my neighbours, Mr Bush Terry Jones of Monty Python

OpeEdNews.com (Six days old) provides a full range of news from a progressive perspective, with a better than average share of mind body oriented news than you’ll see in other internet general news providers or print publications.

We’ll be routinely loading the page with mind/body, biofeedback friendly articles.

We invite your written contribution of articles and suggestions for links to articles on biofeedback, hypnosis, all aspects of mental health, optimal functioning, peak performance.

We already have syndicated radio talk show hosts using the site for info. "Something Like the Drudge Report, But Designed For People Who Think" Mike Malloy

We already have several volunteers feeding us suggestions for story coverage,

We already have contributors.

We could also use volunteers for other help on the site.

Also, please add a link to the website. http://www.OpEdNews.com/about.htm

Rob Kall

www.OpEdNews.com

211 N. Sycamore St. www.futurehealth.org

Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374

Winter Brain Meeting Feb 6-10, 2004 www.brainmeeting.com

StoryCon Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story; September 26-29, 2003 www.storycon.org

#22

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Sat Mar 1, 2003 5:03 am
Subject: Totally new Rob Kall Project

smilezyg

Offline

Check out www.opednews.com and About to find out About the website’s goals and vision.

As some of you know, I’ve made my living in the past as a writer, with articles published in numerous national magazines.

This project is media related. The goal is to provide news, opinion, service articles, not just on national, international and political topics, but also on health, arts, entertainment, science, technology, people, business.

If you are a news junky like me, you’ll be familiar with the Drudge Report, which had over 100 million visits this month. I think I can do it better.

But I’ll need help. Please send me headlines and website links to articles or op-eds you think are worth sharing. If they work for me, I’ll put them on the web-site. The goal is to keep updating it throughout the day. Check the Volunteers page to see how you can help.

Best Regards,

Rob Kall

211 N. Sycamore St. www.futurehealth.org

Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374

Winter Brain Meeting Feb 6-10, 2004 www.brainmeeting.com

StoryCon Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story; September 26-29, 2003 www.storycon.org

#21

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Sat Mar 1, 2003 5:00 am
Subject: Totally new Rob Kall Project

smilezyg

Offline

Check out www.opednews.com and About to find out About the website’s goals and vision.

As some of you know, I’ve made my living in the past as a writer, with articles published in numerous national magazines.

If you are a news junky like me, you’ll be familiar with the Drudge Report, which had over 100 million visits this month. I think I can do it better.

Best Regards,

Rob Kall

211 N. Sycamore St. www.futurehealth.org

Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374

Winter Brain Meeting Feb 6-10, 2004 www.brainmeeting.com

StoryCon Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story; September 26-29, 2003 www.storycon.org

#20

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Wed Feb 12, 2003 2:01 pm
Subject: Winter Brain Meeting bargain rate, ADD Meeting, Poll, AAPB Meeting

smilezyg

Offline

Winter Brain Meeting Jan. 24-28, 2003 Hilton Palm Springs, CA

Four announcements here”

1) The rate to register for the Winter Brain meeting is the lowest we’ve ever offered-- $319 for the plenary sessions and $179 for ten hours of afternoon workshops. The prices are based on paying by check. Add 3% if using credit card or paypal. This rate expires Feb 15^th. We’ve already had more people register early than any previous year. Feel free to pass this info on.

******************************************************************************************

2) Dear Friend of the ADHD community

There is lots to tell you about:

1. The national ADDA conference from May 2-4 with both pre-and post conference sessions.

2. Opportunities to promote your practice or business at the conference

3. Ways you can help by becoming a sessions volunteer or a conference volunteer.

4. How to sign up for the unforgettable Talent Show at the conference or submit your work for the first-ever ADHD Women's Art show.

5. Ways you can help to spread the word about the conference.

1. To learn about the conference, visit http://www.add.org/conf2003/. and explore what we have to offer. It is guaranteed to get your adrenaline going. To print out a conference brochure for your ready reference, scroll to the bottom of the "Register" page, and click on "conference brochure--in PDF format.

2. To learn about being a sponsor, advertiser or exhibitor, go to "Advertise" at the web site or click here http://www.add.org/conf2003/marketing.php,

3. To be a volunteer (and we need lots of these) go to http://www.add.org/conf2003/volunteering.php. or click on Volunteer when you are at the conference web site. To submit artwork for the Women's Art show visit http://www.add.org/conf2003/activities.php#wom under Special Activities.

4. To sign up for the Talent show, go here http://www.add.org/conf2003/activities.php#tal under Special Activities.

5. To help spread the word, just forward this email to all your ADHD colleagues and acquaintances.

Thanks so much for making Connections 2003 the best ADDA conference yet.

Cynthia Hammer, ADDA Board Member

Conference Co-ordinator

3) Online poll:

I am a Board certified psychiatrist and a member of ISNR. I am contacting you to request your input on a study of the relationships between EEG biofeedback and above-chance occurrence of so-called “anomalous conscious states,” including telepathy, clairvoyance, and others. My goal is to obtain clinical impressions from several EEG biofeedback practitioners or EEG biofeedback equipment companies in order to obtain representative comments about the kinds of anomalous conscious states that are reported or observed during or following EEG biofeedback training. If this subject interests you, a questionnaire asking for specific observations can be completed on-line by going to http://cs.eegresearch.com. Alternatively, if you would prefer to contact me directly, I would enjoy the opportunity to speak with you at a convenient time. I will ask a series of questions (the same ones in the survey), and this should take no more than ten minutes of your time.

In exchange for your participation in the survey, I will forward a copy of the full paper on its completion sometime in the first part of 2003. I hope to eventually publish the paper in the ISNR journal or another journal concerned with consciousness research. The survey does not ask for your identity or contact information, but you may leave your name and contact information if you wish to receive a copy of the study that will eventually result from analysis of survey data. I will of course keep your identity and all contact information completely confidential.

Analysis of the survey results will be used to develop a hypothesis about specific relationships between dynamic brain states achieved using EEG biofeedback, and anomalous conscious states. The abstract of a paper that will be written following analysis of comments can also be viewed at http://cs.eegresearch.com.

If you know others who are interested in the relationship between dynamic brain states evoked during EEG biofeedback and anomalous conscious states, I would appreciate your forwarding this letter and attached abstract to them.

I will look forward to the opportunity to speak with you or to learn from your clinical experiences through the website survey. If you prefer to speak directly, please contact me at egret4@... to let me know of times that are convenient for a brief conversation. You can also reach me at my office in Pacific Grove, California, at 831-644-9125 between 9:00am and 6:30pm Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday.

Best regards,

James Lake M.D.

4) the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) annual meeting in Jacksonville from

3/27-3/30. This will be a phenomenal meeting for those of you interested in psychophysiologic approaches. I attached a letter from the program chair, Rich Sherman. There will be much new info on QEEG, stimulants and neurofeedback with ADHD, new pain management techniques based on enhancing neural plasticity, mind-body therapies for a variety of medical disorders, and integrating self-regulation approaches with traditional pharmacologic standards of care. More info is available at www.aapb.org

Dear Colleagues:

You are invited to attend the AAPB 34th Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida – “Beyond the Bounds of Biofeedback”. The program emphasizes presentations on new applications and techniques including many which are central to clinical psychophysiology.

Come and hear an internationally known group of speakers: Herta Flor speaking on a new type of biofeedback for pain based on training two-point discrimination ability; Dick Gevirtz will speak on his recent work conditioning trigger point activity to decrease pain; Adam Clarke will tell us about his new work on QEEG studies with ADHD patients; Sharon Lewis will present on relationships between stress and immunosuppression; Peter Kaufman will tell us about ways to design randomized clinical trials involving behavioral interventions; Susan Middaugh will discuss her work on postural correlates of headache, arm, shoulder and upper back pain; Jeannette Tries will present her new data on pelvic floor norms and urinary incontinence; David Shapiro will discuss his seminal work on effects of mood, social stress, and coping styles on blood pressure in everyday life; Yuji Sasaki will discuss the multitude of international studies on autogenics, especially as related to respiration; James Gordon will discuss how well alternative medicine is being accepted by the government and the standard medical communities. The Distinguished Scientist Lecture, presented by Ed Blanchard, will offer new data on MVA and PTSD.

A plethora of symposia cover so many fascinating topics--Alternative healing techniques, optimal performance, hypnosis, new psychophysiological measurement approaches, cross-cultural practices, heart rate variability, respiration, neurotherapy practice models. Papers and posters round out the offerings. This year some of the most exciting developments in psychophysiology will be on display during out poster session.

Not only do we have plenty of full and half day workshops and short courses ready to provide you with ample time to learn specialized information, there are one and two day “Institutes” put on by the Neurofeedback and SEMG divisions which will bring you up to speed on advances in these areas. You can even get your basic training in biofeedback while at the meeting by taking AAPB’s didactic courses.

Psychophysiological recording and biofeedback equipment are changing rapidly. Sensors are easier to apply and both in-clinic and environment based capabilities are literally exploding exponentially. There is no better way to see all the exciting new developments than to come to the exhibit hall to try the new devices for yourself. The AAPB Bookstore will have the latest from all the biofeedback authors.

And don’t forget to have fun while we are there. Join the Saturday night dinner cruise on the river and then back to the hotel for the AAPB Cabaret. This is going to be one great show! Come and join us Beyond the Bounds of Biofeedback.

Richard A. Sherman

2003 Program Chair

Rob Kall

http://www.futurehealth.org/

http://www.storycon.org/

211 N. Sycamore St. Newtown, PA 18940

215-504-1700 fax 215-860-5374

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From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Thu Feb 6, 2003 3:00 pm
Subject: PTSD Found in 52% of Patients Who Experience Orthopaedic Trauma

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Here’s an interesting article on PTSD.

BTW, register for the 2004 Winter Brain Meeting (Feb 6-10, 2004 in Palm Springs) before Feb 15^th for $319. That’s less than half the price at walk-in.

Rob Kall

http://www.futurehealth.org/ http://www.storycon.org/ http://www.positivepsychology.net http://www.brainmeeting.com

211 N. Sycamore St. Newtown, PA 18940

215-504-1700 fax 215-860-5374

"…what we call "normal" in psychology is really a psychopathology of the average, so undramatic and so widely spread that we don't notice it ordinarily."

Abraham H. Maslow, Toward A Psychology Of Being

PTSD Found in 52% of Patients Who Experience Orthopaedic Trauma

Library: MED
Keywords: POST TRAUMATIC STRESS ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS WAR
Description: Post-traumatic stress disorder, a psychological condition initially described as affecting combat veterans who have suffered severe emotional or physical trauma, is now being recognized in orthopaedic trauma patients. (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 70th Annual Meeting)

Orthopaedic surgeons find post-traumatic stress disorder in 52% of patients who experience orthopaedic trauma
PTSD Found in 52% of Patients Who Experience Orthopaedic Trauma

NEW ORLEANS-Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a psychological condition initially described as affecting combat veterans who have suffered severe emotional or physical trauma, is now being recognized in orthopaedic trauma patients, according to results of a study presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' (AAOS) 70th Annual Meeting. To date, there had been no study of the prevalence of PTSD in orthopaedic trauma patients. However, because serious extremity injury is known to have a negative impact on quality of life, this investigation was conducted to determine the prevalence of PTSD in orthopaedic trauma cases.

Research in other medical disciplines has shown that psychological disturbance can have a profound negative impact on outcome. This study indicates that PTSD after orthopaedic trauma is, in fact, very common. Orthopaedic surgeons are presently finding that in order to treat an injury, it is imperative to treat the whole person and to be aware of any other conditions that will affect orthopaedic trauma recovery. "Any illness or psychological disturbance that has a substantial negative impact on outcome after trauma cannot be ignored. In some cases, post-traumatic psychological illness may have a stronger effect on outcome than the severity of the injury itself," according to Adam J. Starr, MD, principal investigator of the study and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.

Symptoms of PTSD are divided into three categories: intrusion symptoms, such as recurring recollections of the event; avoidance symptoms, such as efforts to avoid certain activities, places or thoughts related to the event; and arousal symptoms, such as excessive vigilance, outbursts of anger, or sleeplessness. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders specifies that to merit a diagnosis of PTSD, patients must show a specific number of symptoms in each category. This was determined from the patients' answers to the questionnaire used in this study, which incorporated questions for each of the three categories. Positive responses to a certain number of questions in each category determine the PTSD diagnosis.

This study found that 52% of the orthopaedic trauma patients who answered the questionnaire met the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD. These patients also had significantly higher injury severity scores. Contrary to expectation, more elapsed time since injury seemed to raise the risk of PTSD rather than decrease it.

The study consisted of 330 orthopaedic trauma follow-up patients with various injuries who completed the questionnaire. Causes of patient injuries included in the study were motor vehicle collision, motor-pedestrian collision, motorcycle collision, crush injuries, horseback riding injuries, and gunshot wounds. The average injury severity score was 8.3, with a range from 1 to 36. The average time elapsed since injury was 14 months. The questionnaire used in this study was the Revised Civilian Mississippi Scale for PTSD, a self-report questionnaire that is widely used in the mental health industry. The investigative team created one additional question asking whether emotional aspects caused by the injury were more difficult to cope with than the physical problems.

#18

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:29 pm
Subject: FW: Winter Brain The big picture; new faces, data, ideas

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Winter Brain Meeting Jan. 24-28, 2003 Hilton Palm Springs, CA

This will probably be the final major e-mailing about the Winter Brain and Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology Meeting.

The even promises to be a great one, starting with the nicest hotel we’ve ever run it in.

This year, our Foundations course could be the best ever, with more presenters truly representing the broadest picture of the field.

The schedule is massive, with so many presentations we’re, for the first time, double tracking mot of the plenary lectures.

There are a total of 52 workshops.

We have a record number of exhibitors, perhaps a record for any biofeedback meeting this year. There will be a ton of new products, new software shown for the first time.

These include, so far:

Thought Technology

Futurehealth Book Store

Brainmaster

Biocomp Research HEG

Neurofeed.com/Zengar Institute

Photosonics

Comptronics

J&J Engineering

Pocket-Neurobics

The Peak Achievement Trainer

EEG Spectrum International

Brian Othmer Foundation

Roshi

Stens Corporation

Deymed

Ochs Labs

Better Physiology LTD

Lexicor

DocBlumInc.COM

Many of the exhibitors are offering special discounts for the meeting.

Our list of 60+ speakers includes many world-class keynoters and some newbies who have wonderful information to share. Just one example is Tato Sokhadze. When I met him, he was working at the Russian Academy Medical Science’s Medical Cybernetic’s Institute in Novosibirsk Siberia. Since then he’s been on the faculty of a South Korean University’s Psychophysiology Research Department and is now doing applied psychophysiology research in the US. He’ll be presenting on Brain-computer interfaces and Dense-array assessment techniques in psychophysiology and psychopharmacology.

Pre-conference, we have Joel and Judith Lubar offering a two day course, with credit towards BCIA certification, We have Sig Othmer teaching a six hour course on The Evolution and Current Status of Mechanisms-Based Training.

Thom Hartmann, an extraordinary and inspiring lecturer will be talking on ADD, transformation and about his new book—Unequal Protection

Near the other end of the spectrum we have Anna Wise, Marty Wuttke, Richard Soutar and Liana Mattulich exploring transpersonal approaches to Neurofeedback with an evening panel on Training for States of Consciousness.

Rae Tattenbaum will be lecturing on and offering a two day workshop on enhancing performance for performing artists and athletes

Post conference, Tom Collura and Pete Van Deusen are offering a two day course on Brainmaster and Mini-Qs.

We have a number of scientific presentations on what NIH calls Biofield Research (They’ve released funds for it coming close to two million dollars.) Ed May, Beverly Rubik, and Cheryl Alexander will cover this territory—looking at video kirlian aura photography, and other psi phenomenon. Tom Budzynski will also present a brief anecdotal report.

A few more new faces and info:

Fri 7:30 PM Naras Bhat, M.D.Reversing Heart Disease: Integrated approach

Sat: 12:05 Peter Orlando Controlled study Using EEG BF with Elementary Students Who Have Learning Problems

Sun 7:00 Lobsang Rapgay Mindfulness Practice to Enhance Attention Awareness and Affect; Integrating Tibetan and Western Approaches

Sun 8:20 Ed May Government Funded Psi Research; an overview

Mon 7:15 D�rte Klein Interwaving neurotechnologies with psychotherapy; a saluto-genetic adaptive model for the treatment of psychotrauma

Tues 8:30 Evelyn SoehnerNeuroelectric Behavior & Bio- communication Processes

Tues 9:00 Joel Lubar Loreta Neurofeedback, the next frontier: a First Report

Tues 9:30 Gay Larned Practice Building Strategies

Joel Lubar’s no new face. But this will be the first time he’s presenting on real-time Loreta Neurofeedback Training.

WE have nine slots for panel discussions.

One of those slots is a time when five or six different user groups will simultaneously present, including Brainmaster, Neurocarepro, Procomp, Roshi, HEG, and Len Ochs LENS system.

The other panels are:

-The Frontal Brain -Friday

-Roshi, -NCPro, -Brainmaster, Procomp panels (multiple track, ie. at same time), Friday evening

-The Autistic Spectrum - Saturday

-Mini-Qs; status, practicality, applications -Saturday

-Training for States of Consciousness Matulich, Wise -Sunday

-QEEG Case Review -Sunday Evening

-Non-Linear, Dynamical and Other Advanced Visualization Techniques in EEG: Gabor and Adaptive Transforms Valdeane Brown & Karl Pribram- Monday

-Free Will - Monday

-Successful Neurofeedback Practice Building Strategies -Tuesday

Tapes will be available for most of the workshops and lectures, except the user groups.

While the hotel is almost sold out, we’ve always been able to find rooms in or out of the hotel, and room-mates for latecomers.

Airfares can be found last minute at www.cheaptickets.com and www.Priceline.com

Attendees should be sure to bring bathing suits for the hot tubs and hiking shoes and clothes to check out the Indian Canyon Oases and Wild Palm Groves.

Looking forward to seeing you all

Rob Kall

http://www.futurehealth.org/

http://www.storycon.org/

211 N. Sycamore St. Newtown, PA 18940

215-504-1700 fax 215-860-5374

#17

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Mon Oct 28, 2002 4:40 pm
Subject: MRI Brain Study Shows Pain Signals in Pain Patients with No Lesions

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Here’s an interesting study, below my sign-off on back pain where lesions are not present.

The Winter Brain Meeting has a New Website www.brainmeeting.com Add it to your favorites.

We’re already up to 50+ speakers.

Featured speakers include:

Thom Hartmann, Beverly Rubik, Karl Pribram, Ken Blum, Hyla Cass

Check the speaker page, the schedule and abstract pages. They’ll be updated very regularly.

We’re still open to new speakers too. Drop me a note or give me a call.

Regards,

Rob Kall

http://www.storycon.org/

Winter Brain Meeting Jan. 24-28, 2003 Hilton Palm Springs, CA

211 N. Sycamore St.

Newtown, PA 18940

215-504-1700

fax 215-860-2555

Brain study of back pain sufferers yields intriguing results ; Scans show amplified pain signals in patients with back pain of unknown origin

Results parallel previous findings on fibromyalgia pain by same research team

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Patients with lower back pain that can't be traced to a specific physical cause may have abnormal pain-processing pathways in their brains, according to a new study led by University of Michigan researchers.

The effect, which as yet has no explanation, is similar to an altered pain perception effect in fibromyalgia patients recently reported by the same research team.

In fact, the study finds, people with lower back pain say they feel severe pain, and have measurable pain signals in their brains, from a gentle finger squeeze that barely feels unpleasant to people without lower back pain. People with fibromyalgia felt about the same pain from a squeeze of the same intensity.

But the squeeze's force must be increased sharply to cause healthy people to feel the same level of pain -- and their pain signals register p in different brain areas.

The results, which will be presented Oct. 27 at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in New Orleans, may help lead researchers to important findings on lower back pain, and on enhanced pain perception in general.

Senior authors Richard Gracely, Ph.D., and Daniel Clauw, M.D., did the study at Georgetown University Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health, but are now continuing the work at the University of Michigan Health System. In May, they and their colleagues published a paper in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism on pain perception in fibromyalgia patients.

To correlate subjective pain sensation with objective views of brain signals, the researchers used a super-fast form of MRI brain imaging, called functional MRI or fMRI. They looked at the brains of 15 people with lower back pain whose body scans showed no mechanical cause, such as a ruptured disk, for their pain. They also looked at 15 fibromyalgia patients and 15 normal control subjects.

As a result, they say, the study offers the first objective method for corroborating what lower back pain patients report they feel, and what's going on in their brains at the precise moment they feel it. And, it continues to give researchers a road map of the areas of the brain that are most -- and least -- active when patients feel pain. The researchers hope that further study on larger groups of patients will yield more information on altered pain processing.

"The fMRI technology gave us a unique opportunity to look at the neurobiology underlying tenderness, which is a hallmark of both lower back pain and fibromyalgia," says Clauw. "These results, combined with other work done by our group and others, have convinced us that some pathologic process is making these patients more sensitive. For some reason, still unknown, there's a neurobiological amplification of their pain signals."

Lower back pain affects nearly all Americans from time to time, especially those who are overweight, sedentary or work in physically demanding jobs. The pain can interfere with life and work; problems stemming from lower back pain are the second most frequent cause of lost work days in adults under the age of 45, ranking below only the common cold.

Much of the pain may be due to pulled muscles, strained ligaments, damaged joints or small tears in the disks that act as cushions between the bones of the spine -- all causes that don't show up well on X-rays but often can be seen on CT or conventional MRI scans. These physical causes often disappear after a few weeks, but many patients have chronic or recurring lower-back pain.

In the study, the lower-back pain patients were examined by CT scan to rule out mechanical causes of their pain. Then they, the fibromyalgia patients and the healthy control subjects had their brains scanned by fMRI for more than 10 minutes while a small, piston-controlled device applied precisely calibrated, rapidly pulsing pressure to the base of their left thumbnail. The pressures were varied over time, using painful and non-painful levels that had been set for each patient prior to the scan.

The study's design gave two opportunities to compare patients and controls. The subjective comparison measured the pressure levels at which the pain rating given by back pain patients, fibromyalgia patients and control subjects was the same. The objective comparison looked at the rating that the three types of participants gave when the same level of pressure was applied.

The researchers found that it only took a mild pressure to produce self-reported feelings of pain in the lower-back pain and fibromyalgia patients, while the control subjects tolerated the same pressure with little pain.

"In both the back pain patients and the fibromyalgia patients, that same mild pressure also produced measurable brain responses in areas that process the sensation of pain," says Clauw. "But the same kind of brain responses weren't seen in control subjects until the pressure on their thumb increased substantially."

Though brain activity increased in many of the same areas in both patients and control subjects, there were striking differences, too. All the subjects had increased activity in eight areas of their brains, but lower-back pain patients showed no increased activity in two areas that were active in both fibromyalgia patients and normal control subjects. Meanwhile, fibromyalgia patients showed increased activation in two other areas not active in back pain patients and healthy subjects.

This response suggests that lower-back pain patients have enhanced response to pain in some brain regions, and a diminished response in others, Clauw says.

The study was supported in part by the National Fibromyalgia Research Association, the U.S. Army and the NIH. In addition to Clauw and Gracely, the research team included Thorsten Giesecke and Masilo Grant of UMHS, Karen Munoz of NIH, Reshma Kumar of Georgetown, and Alf Nachemson of the University of Gotenberg, Sweden.

#16

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Sat Oct 5, 2002 4:25 pm
Subject: (No subject)

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Now that SNR is over, I’m curious about people’s impressions of the best presenters in terms of presentation skills, new information, inspiration, intelligence, vision, usefulness of the info in terms of being able to take it back to the office and use it. Any brilliant new faces?

I’m looking for new blood for the Futurehealth Winter Brain meeting.

IF you are interested in presenting at Winter Brain, let me know. Even if you have never presented before, we can probably find a slot for you. We’ve had many leading lights in Neurofeedback debut at Futurehealth, making their first neuro or biofeedback presentation there. First timers usually present at the edges of the time slots.

I am also looking for suggestions for high visibility experts to invite as keynoters. Your suggestions will be highly appreciated., and if you have a connection with someone that facilitates their participation, that would be awesome.

As usual, we’ll have somewhere between 40 and 60 speakers. This year we’ll be doing some things a bit differently, having learned a lot from running our new meeting, StoryCon.

WE’LL be running a good number aof pre-and post conference workshops with leading Neurofeedback experts, like Joel Lubar, Tom Collura and Peter Van Deusen, as well as Thom Hartmann. There will be a BCIA prep course for people wanting to take the EEG certification exam.. and as usual, the best EEG Biofeedback exhibit hall on the planet.

Check out the view from a hotel room at the Hilton,where we’re holding themeeting., at www.futurehealth.org/2003.htm

Cordially,

Rob Kall

Winter Brain 2003, last weekend in January, Palm Springs CA

www.storycon.org

211 N. Sycamore St.

Newtown, PA 18940

215-504-1700

fax 215-860-2555

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

Pablo Picasso

#15

From: "Rob Kall" <rob@...>
Date: Sun Aug 18, 2002 12:13 am
Subject: Thom Hartmann's New book

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Thom Hartmann. One of the best selling authors on ADD/ADHD, has been a super supporter of biofeedback. His recent ADD book Thom Hartmann’s Complete Book on ADHD discusses why he believes biofeedback is effective and is a must recommend to all new clients.

Now Thom has written a new book that is not about ADD. Those of you who know and love Thom’ss other books (Prophet’s Way, Last Hours of Ancient Sunllight) will probably click right over to Amazon or Barnes and Noble to get it.

I’ve written a review about the book. It’s on a new topic, but still follows Thom’s theme of getting people to awaken to make the world a better place. This one is very timely because it deals with out of control Corporations.

Check out the review, then order the book. Helping Thom raise his profile can only help the biofeedback community.

The book is currently listed as scheduled for October release, but it is already printed. I have a copy on my desk. So order now and get yours, probably within a week or two.

Please forward this on to any individuals or listserves you feel would be interested.

Rob Kall

www.Futurehealth.org www.StoryCon.org

211 N. Sycamore St. Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700 fax 215-860-5374

Book Review

Man's most dangerous invention Run Amok

Since the advent of science fiction, for more than 100 years, writers have predicted that man would invent some kind of 'thing' that would turn on humanity, enslaving or killing hundreds of thousands or millions, wasting the planet, or terraforming to meet the needs of the invented 'things.' That's what the movie series Terminator is about, for example.

Some stories propose the 'thing' to be a robot, or computer, or androids, or biological concoctions of some mad scientist. The truth is, the 'thing' exists and has been doing all of things threatened above. The 'thing' was invented over 100 years ago, and it keeps getting stronger, hurting more people. But the 'thing' is not what the futurists predicted.

The 'thing' is the big corporation, which 116 years ago was granted personhood by what seems to me to have been malicious error on the part of the supreme court of the US.

Thom Hartmann tells an extraordinary story, starting with the colonial era, about how big business has caused havoc and suffering among humanity. For example, the Boston Tea Part was aimed at a megacorporation, not the British Government.

The book tells how human rights, created for humans, have been stolen by corporations and used to corrupt the government created of by and for the people. Corporate personhood is the prime weapon they wield to manipulate laws that should be protecting real people. In Jurassic Park, the cloned dinosaurs got out of control when a 'theoretical' lock on their breeding failed.

Humanity lost control of corporations when a former Railroad company president took a job as a court reporter for the Supreme Court. He added a note on a case that said that corporations were persons and entitled to rights under the 14th amendment. The truth is that the justices of the court explicitly avoided a ruling on that issue. Since then, cases have been based on that 'plant' court reporter's sabotage of the Justices actual ruling.

Thom wrote the book before the Enron and Tyco and Worldcom horrors reached the news, but the book does an amazing job of explaining how these were possible. Most important, the book is a call to action with solutions. Bush doesn't have the answers, Greenspan has cute terms, but no answers.

Hartmann's book is a powerful read about a monster behemoth invented by man. Yes, it is a horror story that is true. But at least it opens up the door to discussion about how corporations can cause the massive levels of death, enslavement, human suffering and ecological disaster that is going on right now.

Hartmann actually includes model legislative verbiage that can be used at the state level to reign in out-of-control corporations. For this alone, the book is worth the investment. But, like Thom's other books, Prophet's Way, and Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, the book is written so it rivets your attention in a page-turning way. if you are passionate about making the world a better place, this book will whet your passion, and give you some focus and concrete strategies for doing something to make a difference. This review is based on a pre-release galley of the book I had an opportunity to enjoy.

#14

From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Fri May 17, 2002 8:24 pm
Subject: BioPsy Newsletter

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
-Intensor sound chairs
-journal of school violence
-A2 4 channel Standalone EEG
-Winter Brain 2003
-Used Procomp, Focus 1000, A-620, Waverider, J&J Stand-alone EMG and TEMP,
Davicon M-44,

I just bought an Intensor chair (two, actually) which has built in speakers
on the seat and back. It's designed to make video games a more realistic,
intense experience.

These sold new for about $200. Mine cost $59 at Value City. I think these
will work well for biofeedback. I like the way they work, the sound and the
way the are built.

The Value City sale starts Sunday, but my local store had them out on
display already yesterday. About 5 minutes of assembly are required. One of
my chairs came with a european power cord, so you might want to check that
out.

Here's a review, with pictures.
http://www.cdmag.com/Home/home.html?article=/articles/015/070/intensor_revi
ew.html

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This is a very hot journal, with fast growing circulation.

Journal of School Violence
Official journal of the International School Violence Prevention
Association

         http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/TOC.asp?sku=J202


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-A2 4 channel Standalone EEG
Our new A2  ($995 and $30 shipping)  standalone Microprocessor Based EEG is
a very hot item.  It's paste free electrodes, built in microprocessor, four
EEG channels,  LCD graphic display, and integrated sound and light
stimulation. This puppy is exciting. New features added in the last month:
single channel feedback  with auto-thresholding, conventional lead
electrodes for special placements and old die-hards. ($100 additional)

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Winter Brain 2003.
We have a location now-- Palm Springs Hilton, The last weekend in January.
Register Early and save.
Check our website for rates and a preliminar list of speakers.
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StoryCon  an exciting meeting on the Art Science and Application of Story--
a historic worlds first.  Okay, so this is not a biofeedback event. But
I've organized it and it will have a number of familiar faces-- Thom
Hartmann, Tom Budzynski and Gary Schwartz, for starters.  And at least 32
more peeople who will be talking about the power of story.

If you've ever registered as an attendee or exhibitor at the winter brain
meeting, you can save $30% off the registreation fee for this historic
event.

The first Winter Brain meeting was like a WOodstock experience. If you made
it, back in 1993,  you'll know why this will be a great meeting to attend,
If you missed, here's your chance.

Check it out at StoryCon
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-Used Procomp, Focus 1000, A-620, Waverider, J&J Stand-alone EMG and TEMP,
Davicon M-44,

Used Procomp with 2 EEG   $2975

Focus 1000 $2000

A-620 with computer   $2400

Waverider  four channel unit. Retails for $1695  this is literally five
months old with almost no use  $1275 Includes EEG,  EMG, GSR, Heart rate

J&J M-57  $500  light bar and dual channel integrator and wood carry case
available.

J&J T-68   $500

Davicon M-44  $750 (Dual channel EMG)


Best Regards
Rob Kall
Futurehealth, Inc.
211 N. Sycamore St., Newtown, PA 18940  215-504-1700, fax 215-860-5374

11th annual  Winter Brain Meeting  www.futurehealth.org/2003.htm

"Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and
myth frame our response." Arthur M. Schlesinger
www.storyscience.com
Storycon World's First Conference on the Science Art and Application of
Story, Sept 26-29, 2002, Palm Springs

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#13

From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Thu May 2, 2002 12:55 pm
Subject: BioPsy Newsletter May 2

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Table of Contents
-Great websites
-brain museum
-new products
     A2 Standalone Microprocessor 4 channel EEG  $995 includes EEG driven
light sound.
     C2 Systems
     Procomp Biograph Instructional Videos: Louise Marks, Joel Lubar, Lynda
& Michael Thompson
-It's Official!   Futurehealth Winter Brain Meeting Hilton Palm Springs,
January 23-27, 2003

Here's a great site I discovered which gives awards for great sites in a
range of 30 topics, including health, science, news, arts, community,
education, radio, etc.
http://www.webbyawards.com/main/webby_awards/nominees.html

By checking out one of the nominees-- Becoming Human-- I found another
site-- The Brain Museum  http://brainmuseum.org/index.html.  It's a
fascinating look at mammalian brains..

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  *
Our Newest Products:
A2 Standalone Microprocessor 4 channel EEG  $995 ($30 shipping, disposables
package $120)  pocket sized , with games, synchrony training,  and brain
driven sound and light stimulation. Compare to other Brain driven light
sound systems starting at $3500  http://www.futurehealth.org/a-2.htm

C2 HRV System HRV, RSA,, HR, Respiration $1189
C2-I-330  EMG, EDG, TEMP  HRV, RSA,, HR, Respiration (EEG hardware, with
software coming)  $2889
         These are solid workshorses and are available with USB connections.

For Procomp Biograph
Our Biograph Video tapes have been very popular as low cost ways to learn
the ins and outs of operating the Procomp BIograph.
  The newest four hour tape by Louise Marks (BG5-4) focuses more on
peripheral biofeedback than the other tapes, which all emphasize EEG. As is
the case for all the tapes in this series, Louise is a Trainer for Thought
Technology. $189 ,  $79

Biograph Instructional Video Products and pricing (Videos are published by
and only available through  Futurehealth, recorded at the Futurehealth
Winter Brain meetings and are not Thought Technology Products)First price
is if purchased with Procomp, second price is if purchased separately.
CLients who have purchased their Procomp systems through Futurehealth may
apply the lower price.
Introduction to BioGraph (2 hours) by Didier Combatalade, research
director, Thought Technology  #BG1-2 $99 Free
An intermediate BIOGRAPH WORKSHOP (4 hours) with Joel Lubar #BG2-4 $189 $79

Using the Procomp+/Biograph to Profile and Treat Clients (2 hours) by
Michael Thompson, M.D., Lynda Thompson, Ph.D. #BG3-2 $99 $39
Combination of Lubar  #BG 2-4 and Thompson #BG3-2 (Strongly recommended for
Procomp Purchasers in addition to the free Didier workshop))  #BGC6 $249
$99
Valdeane Brown: An Intro to Biograph from the Period Three Perspective  (4
hours)  #WC9-4 $189 $95
Combination of  Lubar  #BG 2-4 and Thompson #BG3-2 and Didier's intro
course.  This gives you a total of eight hours of training on Biograph with
the technical expertise of the manufacturer and the clinical perspectives
of the best trainers and leaders in the field.  #BGC8 $299 $99
Combination of Lubar, Thompson,  and Brown courses BGC10 $399 $194
Combination of all the above courses: Didier, Lubar, Thompson, Brown BGC12
$449 $194


The 11th annual Futurehealth  Winter Brain Meeting will be held in  Palm
Springs, January 23-27, 2003 at the Hilton Palm Springs
http://www.hiltonpalmsprings.com/

Meeting information is available at www.futurehealth.org/2003.htm.

Meeting registrants staying at the hotel will receive a $20 per night
rebate credit  from Futurehealth as specified on our website.

Speakers who have tentatively committed to participate so far include:

Joel & Judith Lubar, Thom Hartmann, Beverly Rubik, Anna Wise, Corydon
Hammond, Tom Budzynski, Bernard Brucker, Jaime Romano, Seb Striefel, Robert
Gurnee, Barry Sterman, Lynda & Michael Thompson, Stephen Sideroff, Richard
Gevirtz, Bill Scott, Michael Linden, Rob Kall, Victoria Ibric, Sebern
Fisher, Carol Schneider, Paul Swingle, Hershel Toomim, Julian Isaacs, Tom
Collura, Richard Soutar, James V. Hardt, John Anderson, Alexander Giorgio,
Kathleen Power

If you are interested in presenting at the meeting, contact me. You'd be
amazed at the people who did their neurofeedback presentations at the
meeting.
If you've been a presenter before and are interested in speaking, please
contact me to finalize your participation.

If you've never attended a Winter Brain meeting, check our website for
comments what you've been missing.

Cordially,






Rob Kall
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"Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and
myth frame our response." Arthur M. Schlesinger
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#12

From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Tue Apr 2, 2002 1:01 pm
Subject: yahoo update you'll want to respond to

smilezyg

Offline

Sigh. One of the liabilities of working with Yahoo is they have changed
their policy and flipped their privacy switches.

You'll want to go to

http://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.done=http://subscribe.yahoo.co
m/showaccount


Log in, then it takes about a minute to click on a batch of NO's, declining
their "offer" to send you information and offers.


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"Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis. " Karl Kraus (1874 -
1936) Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, poet, Pro Domo et Mundo, ch.
4

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#11

From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Thu Feb 21, 2002 4:04 pm
Subject: discounted tapes from Futurehealth Winter Brain 2002

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Offline

This year, for the first time, we brought in top flight pros to do the
recording for our meeting and workshops.
They brought about 15 years of expertise and great equipment.

To make sure their participation was worthwhile, to insure they'll be
coming back next year, we are letting them take orders on tapes for the
next month.
To sweeten the deal for you, they will be offering better prices than
you'll get when we take over sales after the month.

Below is a partial, enumerating the most popular workshops. With the price
for video format.
The atached files list audio and video prices for lectures and workshops
(only $8 for lecture tapes)
Feel free to forward this to any interested listserves or parties you like.
After March 20, it will be necessary to place orders with Futurehealth
directly. The prices will be our standard workshop prices of $95 for
fourhours and $49 for two hours. Lecture tapes will be $9. Lecture videos
will be $29 and $55


WV01    L & M Thompson  ADD Workshop (6 hours)  $120
WV08    V. Brown        Non-Duality Practices & Neurofeedback   $89
WV10    L. & M. Thompson        Athletic/Golf Enhancement w/ NeuroFB &
Conventional BioFB      $89
WV11    Brownback & Mason       The BMA Comp. Approach to Neurodiagnostics
$89
WV12    Paul Lehrer     Conditioning the Baroreflex     $89
WV13    Louise Marks    Elimination Disorders & Chronic Pelvic Floor Pain
$89
WV14    Gary Schwartz   The Afterlife Experiments       $44
WV15    Paul Swingle    Rapid Assessment & Treatment of ADD     $44
WV19    Judith Lubar    Interactions & Techniques w/ Patients While Hooked
Up      $44
WV20    Don Moss        Physiological Tools  for the Anxiety Disorders  $44
WV21    W. Sime & F. Fox        East Meets West...Subtle Energy in...
Conservative Community  $44
WV23    Gary Schwartz   Advances in Energy Medicine & Healing   $44
WV24    Nancy White     Alpha/Theta NeuroFB to Resolve Disorders & Enhance
Consciousness.  $44
WV25    Louise Marks    Advanced BioGraph & MultiTrance Tutorial        $89
WV26    Barry Sternman  New Findings & New Realities with QEEG  $89
WV28    Ed Sorel        RSA Breath Training Technologies        $44
WV30    Sig Othmer      Fertile Domain  of Targeted Training... $44
WV31    Sue Othmer      Interhemispheric EEG Training   $44
WV32    David Morehouse Remote Viewing Workshop $89
WV33    Paul Swingle    Autism: Assessment & Treatment  $44
WV37    V. Brown        Guided Tour of NeuroCare Pro    $89
WV38    Thomas Collura  Advanced Brain Master Workshop  $44
WV41    Peter VanDeusen Systems & Processes for Home-Based  NeuroFB
Training        $44

The following panel was also very popular and you can get it as one video
tape for $50
EVV02   Gay Larned      Start a Mommy Underground Network
         Linda Mason     Marketing & Expanding Your NeuroFB Practice
         Peter van Deusen        The 6 P's of Practice Development
         Panel   The Successful Practice
         Panel   QEEG Case Discussion    $50


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When you are involved with other human beings, the work on yourself is a
critical part of your gift to the other person.
Ram Dass, 1996, lecture on Conscious Aging

Enlarge your consciousness.  If your consciousness is small, you will
experience smallness in every department of your life.
      Robert Pante
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#10

From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Thu Feb 14, 2002 2:58 pm
Subject: Free Issue of Journal of Neurotherapy

smilezyg

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Though I wish they'd change the title of the Journal, it's still an
excellent publication.

Here's a recent message sent by the editor, David Trudeau, announcing the
availability of a free sample copy of the Journal of Neurotherapy  from the
publisher.

>>   Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 04:30:50 -0000
    From: "trude003" <trude003@...>
Subject: Free samples copies of Journal of Neurotherapy

Dear SNR Member,
As you know I am the editor of the Journal of Neurotherapy, and the
publisher, The Haworth Press, Inc., is offering a free sample copy of
the journal to anyone interested. We need your help in promoting our
journal to others. If you know of anyone who may be interested in the
Journal of Neurotherapy, please forward this offer for free copies of the
journal to them. To request a sample or to sign up for our free
table-of-contents e-mail alert service, go to

http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/product.asp?sku=J184

Or if you prefer, you can send an email to

<orders@...>

  and include your physical address (not absolutely necessary) and the title
of the journal in the body of the message.

OR click here to view a .pdf  version of a sample copy of the Journal of
Neurotherapy:

http://www.haworthpressinc.com/store/sampletext/J184.pdf

Thank you for your interest and help.<<

Since I've sent this announcement to about 700 people, you are welcome,
David.

Rob Kall
PS here's a comment from a first time Winter Brain meeting Attendee:
"The conference was fantastic! I'm really excited about all that I have
learned and the new friends and aquaintences I have made. "

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7-11, Miami Florida

When you are involved with other human beings, the work on yourself is a
critical part of your gift to the other person.
Ram Dass, 1996, lecture on Conscious Aging

Enlarge your consciousness.  If your consciousness is small, you will
experience smallness in every department of your life.
      Robert Pante
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From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Sun Jan 13, 2002 6:52 pm
Subject: Winter Brain Schedule

smilezyg

Offline

The Schedule for the Winter Brain 2002 Meeting is now available on the
website at

http:// www.futurehealth.org/2002.htm

It's about 98% final. There may be a few corrections and there are usually
some very last minute additions (always fun new info or ideas added either
days before or even during the meeting)

Special info:
-The hotel is on the beach and also has a pool and new helath club and new
elevators.
-Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology Meeting
-2 Day Lubar  PreConference EEG Biofeedback Intro
�������� -Intro to QEEG for Neurofeedback
-BCIA Exam review prep course (followed by BCIA Exam)
         -Intro to EEG Biofeedback/ Neurofeedback -Foundations /Overview
Course:
Only $50 with full meeting registration!!!� A full day and evening of
training from the best. Even if you've been through one or two other
trainings, this is a great way to get the big picture, and essential if you
are just getting started Speakers include: Lubar, Othmer, Thompson,  Brown,
Gunkelman, Swingle, Van Deusen, Kall, White, Kherekazi, more Feb 6th�
-Building, maintaining, Expanding a Successful Practice�(panel, lectures,
workshops during the meeting)
-Lynda/Michael Thompson  ADD Workshop (afternoon & evening total 6 hrs Feb
7)
-Barry Sterman Introduction to Neuronavigator 7 hrs Monday Feb 11
-Untying the Knots: Non-Linear Possibilities for Personal Transformation
Presented by Valdeane W. Brown, Ph.D. & Susan Cheshire Brown, Ph.D. Post
conference Three Day Workshop Feb 12-14  register at www.neurofeed.com


Please pass this on to other colleagues and listserve groups.

While registrations were slow in the fall, as of Jan 3, we were just abo ut
even with where we were at that time last year. This year, hotel rooms are
down to $99, air fare bargains are readily available (flying into either
Ft. Lauderdale or Miami)

As always, Students register for the main meeting for either half price or,
if doing work study, for free.

And, also,  if you would come, but money is an issue, talk to us and we'll
try to work something out. (This happens more than you'd think. )
We can help in a number of ways.

Again, please pass this on and tell your friends.

Rob Kall
Futurehealth, Inc.
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10th annual  Winter Brain Meeting  www.futurehealth.org/2002.htm  February
7-11, Miami Florida

When you are involved with other human beings, the work on yourself is a
critical part of your gift to the other person.
Ram Dass, 1996, lecture on Conscious Aging

Enlarge your consciousness.  If your consciousness is small, you will
experience smallness in every department of your life.
      Robert Pante
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From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Mon Oct 29, 2001 5:57 pm
Subject: Winter Brain 2002 Update

smilezyg

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10th annual  Winter Brain Meeting February 7-11, Miami Florida
www.futurehealth.org/2002.htm

Theme, speakers, hotel rooms ($99),

In response to the 9/11 WTC event, the 2002 Tenth Annual Winter Brain
Meeting will have a good number of presentations aimed at helping
neurofeedback and biofeedback practitioners to more effectively help others
affected by the changed world we live in- to cope and to grow. Of course
we'll have our usual wide, eclectic selection of presentations on theory,
application, optimal functioning, as well as several talks on practice
building and management.

In addition, we have several very special keynote speakers coming:

Ned Hallowell co-author of Driven to Distraction, the number one book on
ADD, and of Human Moments.
David Morehouse, former CIA Stargate staffer and author of Psychic Warrior,
speaking on Empowering Human Beings Through The Art & Science Of Remote
Viewing

There will be pre-conmference workshops by Joel and Judieth Lubar,  Michael
and Lynda Thompson,
And multi-staff Intro courses to Neurofeedback and to QEEG.
Barry Sterman will give a one day course on Neuronavigator.

Last, but not least, we've re-negotiated a fantastic rate for the hotel--
$99.99 That's $20 less than last year (and with our $20 per might rebatre,
you can stay for just $80 a night. The hotel has replaced all their
elevators, built a new beach, a  new 10,000 square foot health club and has
added several new restaurants.  Though the hotel is in North Miami, you can
fly into either Ft. Lauderdale or Miami and get to the hotel for the same
cost.
Cordially,

Rob Kall
PS

The meeting, By the Day:

Thursday & Friday Conference Highlights

New Neurofeedback Applications, QEEG,
LORETA (new, deep brain imaging),
New Clinical  Population Areas and Techniques,
Fresh Brain / BF Models & Theories,
Practice marketing, Management & Building Strategies,
Golf / Athletic Performance Enhancement,
  Incontinence Training,   Spinal Cord Rehabilitation,
The World after September 11th: Healing Trauma, Stress, Anxiety & Positive
Psychology.   You will leave this meeting with powerful new skills and
ideas for helping the people in your community who so much need your
services.

Saturday Conference Highlights

Ned Hallowell Co-author of Driven To Distraction,
Hyla Cass, Brain nutrients and Herbal Approaches,
ADD, ADHD, Attention, Learning Disability,School Issues,
Using QEEG to fine tune treatment,
Optimal Functioning Workshops.

Sunday & Monday Conference Highlights
Optimal Functioning, Positive Psychology,
Remote Viewing: David Morehouse(former member of CIA Stargate),
Ned Hallowell; Human Moments
Gary Schwartz reporting on new findings from Human Energy Systems Lab.

From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Thu Oct 4, 2001 6:22 pm
Subject: Nobel Laureates Panel to Discuss 50 Years of Brain Research at the NIH

smile@...

Here's a late notice about a very exciting brain conference at NIH.

And don't forget to mark your calendars for the Futurehealth Winter Brain
meeting Feb 7-11, with preconference workshops on EEG biofeedback
foundations one day course, a two day course on neurofeedback with Joel and
Judith Lubar, a one day post conference course (feb 7) with Barry Sterman
on the new neuronavigator system, and more to be announced soon.

Rob Kall
meeting:   www.futurehealth.org/2002.htm.


Panel of Nobel Laureates to Discuss 50 Years of Brain Research at NIH
Library: SCI
Keywords: BRAIN NEUOROLOGY RESEARCH PARKINSON'S ALZHEIMERS STROKE NOBEL
Description: The National Institutes of Health is celebrating 50 years of
achievement in brain research with a two-day scientific symposium that will
bring together the country's leaders in neuroscience and neurology.



NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institute of Mental Health

Panel of Nobel Laureates to Discuss 50 Years of Brain Research at the NIH
Christopher Reeve to Address Patients' Perspective

The National Institutes of Health is celebrating 50 years of achievement in
brain research with a two-day scientific symposium that will bring together
the country's leaders in neuroscience and neurology. While the entire
symposium is open to the media, there are two sessions that may be of
particular interest. In one session, Christopher Reeve will discuss the
contribution of brain research toward helping him and other patients with
spinal cord injuries. In the other session, four Nobel Prize winning
neuroscientists will have a panel discussion of how past and current
research has led to a better understanding of the brain and how this will
lead to treatments and cures for neurological diseases.

The symposium, cosponsored by the National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH) is drawing top researchers, clinicians, and members of patient
advocacy groups from across the country. The full program is available at
www.50brain.org.

Session One: Tuesday October 9, 2001, 3:45 p.m.
Christopher Reeve "My View" A Patient's Perspective

Session Two: Wednesday October 10, 2001, 1 p.m.
Panel of Four Nobel Laureates in the Neurosciences

Paul Greengard, Ph.D. 2000 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine for his discovery
of the mechanism for synaptic transmission in the central nervous system.

Eric Kandel, M.D. 2000 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine for his demonstration
of the way nerve cells alter their responsiveness to chemical signals to
produce a coordinated change in behavior
Stanley Prusiner, M.D. 1997 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine for his
discovery of the link of prions ( protein particles in the brain) to
several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's and mad cow
disease.

Torsten Wiesel, M.D. 1981 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine along with David
H. Hubel for discovering the process underlying the origin of visual
perception.

WHERE: Natcher Conference Center, NIH Campus
Bethesda, Maryland

###

To register, please contact Margo Warren at (301) 496-5751.



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"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one
suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to
suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then,
is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one
must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. "
Woody Allen


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From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Tue Aug 28, 2001 2:54 am
Subject: Neurobiologists Identify Brain Cells That Control Breathing

smile@...

Brain Cells that Generate Breathing Pinpointed

Keywords: BREATHING DISORDERS SLEEP APNEA SIDS BRAIN

Description: For the first time, scientists have identified the small group
of brain cells believed to originate breathing in mammals. Reported in the
September issue of Nature Neuroscience, their discovery could lead
researchers to new approaches to addressing serious health problems, such
as sleep apnea and sudden infant death syndrome. (Nature Neuroscience;
Sept-2001)


  Neurobiologists Identify Brain Cells That Control Breathing

For the first time, UCLA scientists have identified the small group of
brain cells believed to originate breathing in mammals. Reported in the
September issue of Nature Neuroscience, their discovery could lead
researchers to new approaches to addressing serious health problems, such
as sleep apnea and sudden infant death syndrome.

In a previous study, the UCLA team had pinpointed a specific region of
brain tissue called the preB�tzinger Complex as the command post for
controlling breathing in mammals. Now, within the region, they
distinguished a small group of neurons responsible for issuing the commands
that generate breathing.

"We hypothesized that if these neurons were important, something unusual
would happen to breathing if we destroyed them," explained Dr. Jack
Feldman, Edith Agnes Plum Professor, UCLA neurobiology chair and principal
investigator. "As it turned out, we were right."

Using a rat model, the UCLA team zeroed in on the roughly 600 neurons -
less than one millionth of one percent of the total neurons in an adult
rat's brain. The researchers stained a unique marker on the cells' surfaces
to identify and count them. Then they administered a toxin that targeted
the marker to kill just these cells.

The results proved striking in animals that lost more than 80 percent of
their neurons.

"These rats' breathing dissolved from a regular, rhythmic pattern into a
highly irregular pattern of breathing frequency and depth," said Dr. Paul
Gray, UCLA neurobiologist and first author. "Equally important, the rats'
brains stopped controlling the amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the
bloodstream - the whole point of breathing," he added.

While the findings prove the necessary role of these neurons in normal
breathing, UCLA researchers are equally excited by the study's implications
for the future.

"Our findings suggest that these neurons may hold the underlying causes of
breathing disorders and offer an excellent target for drugs treating these
disorders," said Feldman.

Because mammals' brains are organized in similar ways, Feldman believes
that the same portion of the human brain will likely control breathing as
in rats.

The UCLA team's next step will be to locate the same set of neurons in a
human brainstem and then compare their physiology and function with the
neurons of people with breathing disorders. If his hypothesis proves
correct, Feldman may find fewer or dysfunctional neurons in the brains of
people with breathing disorders.

Funding was provided by the National Institutes of Health, a Ford
Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for Minorities and the Porter Physiology
Development Program of the American Physiological Society. Drs. Wiktor
Janzewski, Nicholas Mellen and Donald McCrimmon co-authored the study.

-UCLA-

Rob Kall
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From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Sat Jun 2, 2001 9:56 pm
Subject: caution, virus hoax

smile@...

If it weren't for the fact that I've already seen a lot of people fooled, I
wouldn't be using this webzine for this message.

Be careful. There is a widespread virus Hoax circulating around the
internet.

It basically tells people to look on their computer for the file

  SULFNBK.EXE

That file is supposed to be there. It is part of WINDOWS. So, when people
have found it, they have deleted it. You don't want to do that.


SULFNBK.EXE is part of your Windows operating system and it
should be in the c:\windows\command directory for your computer
to operate properly.

If you want to check out the reliability of this message, or ifyou want
directions on how to replace the file, . Check out the following web sites:

http://www.virusmyths.com/hoax.cfm?id=257&page=3
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.htm

Best regards,


Rob Kall
PS register in June for the Winter Brain meeting and get $25 off the
registration fee for 10 hours of workshops, or pick a 2 hour workshop tape
you can have for free (just pay the $8 shipping charge.).
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From: Rob Kall <smile@...>
Date: Thu May 17, 2001 9:01 pm
Subject: Biopsy Webzine may 2001

smile@...

Biopsy Webzine may 2001

-Researchers Discover Mind's Key to Self-Image

-Musical Training During Childhood May Influence Regional Brain Growth

-STUDY FINDS THERAPIST IS KEY TO MENTAL HEALTH , not the Therapy. Study
argues against medicalization for the purpose of prescribing drugs.

-10th Annual Futurehealth Winter Brain meeting Feb 7-11 2002, Miami, FL.
Register early and see the speaker list and panel topics so far.
www.futurehealth.org/2002.htm

-BIOGRAPH TUTORIAL VIDEOS FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED USERS by Joel Lubar,
Lynda and Michael Thompson, and TT research Director Didier Combatalade
INFO AT

-Neurobiology of Transcendant Religious & Mystical Experience book review
of
Why God Won't Go Away : Brain Science and the Biology of Belief  by Andrew
Newberg M.D., et al   Book Review by Rob Kall


Researchers Discover Mind's Key to Self-Image
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Researchers may have identified the area of the brain
that controls our sense of self, according to a study presented during the
American Academy of Neurology's 53rd Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA,
May 5-11, 2001.

"We think of our 'self' -- including our beliefs and values and even the
way we dress -- as something we determine, not just an anatomical process,"
said study author and neurologist Bruce L. Miller, MD, of the University of
California, San Francisco. "But this research shows that one area of the
brain controls much of our sense of self, and damage to that area can
dramatically change who we are."

Miller started investigating the anatomy of the self after noticing that
several of his patients with frontotemporal dementia underwent dramatic
changes, from changing their political and religious beliefs to changing
the clothes they wore and the food they ate.

"One woman was a charming, dynamic real estate agent who went from wearing
expensive designer apparel to choosing cheap clothing and gaudy beads and
asking strangers the cost of their clothing," Miller said. "Her preference
for fine dining in French restaurants turned into a love of fast food."

In another case, a 40-year-old man sold his business and tried several
jobs, but was always fired for irresponsible behavior. "He had been a
critical, self-reliant person who recognized his own mistakes, but now he
blamed his employers for his poor work record," Miller said. "At home he
went from being tight-fisted and short-tempered to relaxed and easy-going.
His views about sex, which had been puritanical, were now tolerant and even
experimental -- he even urged his children to share his new, uninhibited
philosophy."

"We wanted to figure out how this disease could cause such dramatic
changes," Miller said.

For the study, researchers examined 72 people with frontotemporal dementia,
a rare form of dementia that is often genetic and usually develops in
people in their 50s. The patients were evaluated to identify those with a
change in their "self," which was defined as changes in their political,
social or religious values or style of dress. MRI and single photon
emission computerized tomography (SPECT) images were used to determine
which areas of the brain had the most severe degeneration from the disease.


Seven patients had a dramatic change of self. Of those, six had the most
severe abnormalities in the brain's right frontal lobe. In the seventh
patient, the right temporal lobe was the most affected. Of the 65 patients
whose sense of self did not change dramatically, only one had the most
severe damage in the right frontal lobe, Miller said.

"This suggests that normal functioning of the right frontal lobe is
necessary for people to maintain their sense of self," Miller said. "It
shows that a biological disorder can not only have profound effects on
behavior, but it can even break down well-established patterns of awareness
and self-reflection."

The patients with the loss of self had relatively normal memory and
language functioning, which is impaired in some frontotemporal dementia
patients, according to Miller.

Musical Training During Childhood May Influence Regional Brain Growth

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Research has revealed significant differences in the
gray matter distribution between professional musicians trained at an early
age and non-musicians, as presented today at the American Academy of
Neurology's 53rd Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA. The musicians in the
study had more relative gray matter volume in left and right primary
sensorimotor regions, the left more than the right intraparietal sulcus
region, the left basal ganglia region and the left posterior perisylvian
region, with pronounced differences also seen in the cerebellum
bilaterally.

"We were interested to know whether intense environmental demands such as
musical training at an early age influenced actual brain growth and
development," comments study leader Gottfried Schlaug, MD, PhD. Results of
this cross-sectional study may indicate use-dependent brain growth or
structural plasticity of gray matter volume in response to such demands
during a critical period of brain maturation. "An alternative explanation
may be that these musicians were born with these differences, which may
draw them toward their musical gifts."

Fifteen male professional musicians and 15 age and gender matched
non-musicians were included in the study conducted by neurologist Schlaug
and Gaser Christian, PhD, of Germany, at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston. Using a magnetic resonance imaging sequence, they compared
high resolution anatomical datasets of the professional musicians' and
non-musicians' brains on a voxel-by-voxel basis using SPM99 software.

"Musicians typically commence training at an early age, making them ideal
subjects for this type of investigation," notes Schlaug. These presumed
cerebral adaptations may not only lead to modifications of functional
sensory and motor maps, but may also lead to structural adaptations within
the sensorimotor system.

"However," Schlaug concludes, "additional study is necessary to confirm
causal relationships between intense motor training for a long period of
time and structural changes in motor and non-motor related brain regions."
Schlaug is continuing this study to identify areas of the brain that are
different, and to determine if training and experience create the
differences.




STUDY FINDS THERAPIST IS KEY TO MENTAL HEALTH , not the Therapy. In a study
arguing against medicalization for the purpose of prescribing drugs.

MADISON - The drive by HMOs to "medicalize" psychotherapy - insisting that
practitioners look for a medical disorder such as clinical depression and
then dispense a prescribed treatment - will ultimately suffocate
psychotherapy through ignorance of how it works.

That's the contention of Bruce Wampold, professor of counseling psychology
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of a new, controversial
book, "The Great Psychotherapy Debate."

Based on a comprehensive quantitative review of studies on psychotherapy's
effectiveness, he rejects the a-pill-for-a-pain approach of HMOs and
clinical scientists who use a medical model for psychotherapy.

"The evidence is clear," Wampold says. "There is a dramatically greater
variance in outcomes due to the therapist, compared to the chosen
treatment. A person with a need for psychotherapy should seek the most
competent therapist possible without regard to various therapies."

In fact, Wampold's analysis shows that specific treatments or techniques
account for less than 1 percent of the variance in improvement in
psychotherapy patients. It's the therapist that counts, not the therapy.

Wampold contends that the research does not support the current trend to
identify certain treatments for particular disorders regardless of the
characteristics of the patients. Instead, he proposes a contextual model
that takes into account patient attitudes, values, culture and world view.

Medicalizing psychotherapy has ominous overtones, he says: "Medicine, which
includes the pharmaceutical companies, is a bold gorilla that will crush
the warm, fuzzy psychotherapy teddy bear. For example, you are infinitely
more likely to see TV ads for Prozac or Zoloft to treat depression than for
psychotherapy."

Wampold believes that medicine and psychotherapy can work together without
forcing psychotherapy into a medical reimbursement mentality. Moreover,
universities should focus their training on the therapeutic skills so
important to improving clients' lives - empathetic listening and
responding, building client relationships and self-reflection.

CONTACT: Bruce Wampold, (608) 262-2878, wampold@...


Why God Won't Go Away : Brain Science and the Biology of Belief
by Andrew Newberg M.D., et al
Book Review by Rob Kall

Neurobiology of Transcendant Religious & Mystical Experience

This is a great book, one I've already recommended to hundreds of people! I
bought it because I was interested in how neurology could explain religious
experience. Then, as I went from chapter to chapter, my expectations would
be surpassed, again and again.
As the organizer of The Futurehealth Winter Brain Meeting, I have a good
feel for what is going on in the world of brain research, particularly
around the issues of consciousness and spirituality.

This book covers some new ground, with new PET scan data, but more
important, it is a well woven exploration of a new model which covers how
the neurological functioning of the brain not only explains, but inevitably
leads to the creation of myths, rituals and the kinds of transcendent
mystical experiences upon which religions are founded.

The authors  have done their homework so they can discuss the neurobiology
of the brain from a renaissance person's rounded perspective.

Since I am also very interested in the art and science of story, it was a
wonderful treat to discover the chapter on the neurobiological foundations
for the creation of myths.

It's a controversial book which raises plenty of questions. I give the
authors lots of credit for not trying to provide, or suggesting they have
all the answers. But they do raise good questions.

So, if you want to have a transcendent religious or mystical experience,
read the book and learn how to deafferentize the part of your parietal
loves they describe with explicit detail. (according to a colleague who has
done surgical deafferentation research, deafferentize means to reduce,
restrict or cut off signals or information to a specific neural area.) <g>

Or.... try some rituals-- the other means of accessing transcendence which
they explain the workings of.

From: <smile@...>
Date: Fri May 4, 2001 2:00 am
Subject: MSNBC News Link: Faith Is More Than A Feeling

smile@...

Rob Kall sent you this MSNBC News Link:

Message:
Here's another article from Newsweek on neurotheology.
Faith is more than a feeling

We hope to be covering this topic at the 2002 Winter Brain Meeting.

Cheers,

Rob Kall
www. futurehealth. org

** Faith Is More Than A Feeling **
The problem with neurotheology is that it confuses spiritual experiences--Which
few believers actually have--with religion

http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_email.asp?/news/566076.asp

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From: <smile@...>
Date: Fri May 4, 2001 1:57 am
Subject: MSNBC News Link: Religion And The Brain

smile@...

Rob Kall sent you this MSNBC News Link:

Message:
Check out Newsweek's current issue--  on God and the Brain and the new book:

Why God Won't Go Away, authored by a radiologist who studied brain activity
during deep spiritual meditation.  He found posterior superior parietal lobe,
bilaterally, becomes less active then.  Perhaps, biofeedback using those
placements,  or combined with frontal activation, could produce some interesting
effects

Any comments?

Rob Kall
www. futurehealth. org
10th  Winter Brain Meeting
Feb 7-11, Miami FL


** Religion And The Brain **
In the new field of 'neurotheology,' scientists seek the biological basis of
sprituality. Is God all in our heads?

http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_email.asp?/news/566079.asp

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From: "Rob Kall" <smile@...>
Date: Tue Dec 7, 1999 5:01 pm
Subject: Welcome to BioPsy Webzine

smile@...

Hi,
I'm moving themanagementof by BioPsy webzine to e-groups, which will make it
much easier for me to handle.


The first Webzine covering mind/body sciences, biofeedback, and much more.

BioPsy covers the fields of biofeedback, brain/mind/ body/heart/spirit
education, health, assessment, therapies, peak/optimal performance, Positive
States, emotions, holistic integral health, pain and stress management, sEMG,
kinesiology, hypnosis, EMDR, behavioral medicine, mind technologies such as CES,
light sound machines, subliminals-- and psychophysiology, psychology,
phenomenology, research methodology and whatever else the recipients (who will
ultimately become subscribers of a moderated listserve group) Within these
fields, BioPsy will cover new developments, research, politics, product
information, professional and industry news and tidbits, product and website
reviews, conferences and other contents related to the above themes.

Cheers,

Rob Kall