What's New in Neurofeedback
A Monthly Summary of News and Events

Vol. 10 No. 8 - August 2007

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Announcements - News
In the Spotlight - Word and Infinity
News & Reviews - Books & journal papers
Events & Locations - Conferences, Courses
Last Word - nada
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Announcements

See July listings

All links at: news.yahoo.com/fc/Science/Brain_Research
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In the Spotlight

Word and Infinity

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness
from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is
engulfed. - Pascal (1623-1662).

August is my vacation from reality. Raising 4 young
kids means I left reality in the dust long ago. Here
is my summer in tractatus, which is something like an
existential haiku, verbal rifts in a piece of
cerebral jazz.

I spent this summer playing with infinity, reading
about continuum and integers, and deciphering what I
could, as well as reading about my version of human
infinity, Jesus. Like Tupac the late rap star, Jesus'
production hasn't faded, despite premature reports of
his demise. New rifts continue to be released
regularly, 2,000 years after he tangled with
Jerusalem and Rome.

In the beginning was the Word. The Word was family.

"No matter where you are, you are to go to James the
Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into
being," --Jesus, according to Thomas.

Jesus' commentary on the Torah includes many
disturbing points. For instance, in the first
beatitude, Jesus advocates destitution, according to
JD Crossan's translation. "Blessed are the destitute,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." This is
Crossan's English and it does change the opening
chord in jesus' music, which I read as, if you lack
spirit, you are in the kindgom of heaven, and
clarifies the opening to a decision I can
contemplate. Jesus asks me to give up all security.
Will this make me free, a human photon of Earth?

Here is much of Matthew's version of the Sermon.

Blessed (God's people) are those who mourn, for they
shall be comforted.

Blessed (God's people) are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth.

Blessed (God's people) are those who hunger and
thirst for doing what's right, for they shall be
filled.

Blessed (God's people) are the merciful, for they
shall obtain mercy.

Blessed (God's people) are the pure in heart, for
they shall see God.

Blessed (God's people) are the peacemakers, for they
are His children.

Blessed (God's people) are those who are persecuted
for doing what's right, for they shall soon live in
the kingdom of heaven.

Let's stir in Gospel of Thomas,

"Do not lie and do not do what you hate"

Love your friends like your own soul, protecting them
like the pupil of your eye"

"Where there are three deities, they are divine.
Where there are two or one, I am with that one."

"This heaven will pass away, and the one above it
will pass away, -- [when the thalamus and cortex act
as one.]

"Congratulations to the one who came into being
before coming into being.

Now follows my month of August Tractatus:

Always move first to end a staring contest.

Word created Abba. Abba created Love.

Life is infinitely bounded on both sides.

There are three infinities: countable, continuum, and
the zero.

Let your cerebellum control your brain. It is left
and right brain in infinite regress.

We are all galaxies.

Some of us decay quickly, others extremely slowly,
teachers not at all.

Serve the whole by being whole, and less.

The arrow of time is driven by size.

Life occurs only when there is change of status or
size.

Words (1) convey desires, (2) remind us of past
experiences, and (3) act as substitutes for complex
events. Speech (1) trains attention on specific
features; (2) facilitates recall and (3) allows
comparison without perceptual influence. Attempts to
reconstruct our earliest languages suggest that past
languages were as complex as modern languages and may
stretch back millions of years.

You are in the one and only Story. Do not fret!

Speak.

There is no information loss, none.

Early hominids invaded the social predator niche,
pushing out the great cats. Group defense became
offense and now humans exist somewhere between apes
and cats.

Your world must be separated from Mine.

Anytime you need more life, synchronize with all that
is around you.

Synchrony feeds us physically, mentally, socially.

Healing rituals should produce psychobiological
synchrony between individuals.

Language improves when priorities change.

Self is a set of nested propositions, a tractatus.

Self was invented when people speaking different
languages were encountered by early Greek and Hebrew
cultures. When mental states were publicly discussed
and compared, recognized as shared experiences
(Jaynes, 1976), the concept of self ignited and has
yet to fade.

Like the universe, healthy people are always in the
process of unbounding. Unsustainable boundaries, for
whatever reason unrewarding, should be dismantled and
reconstituted, else everything about existence will
come into doubt.

The I should know no it.

Awareness is a boundary the thalamus creates against
sensory information. Self-awareness is cortical
boundary against thalamic activity.

We map our own story deeper than all and have no
shame in it.

Mind discovered story, story became body.

We are the one true sole negotiation with All. The
universe expands out from us. We cannot deny our
role.

Emerson considered beauty to be the moment of
transition, one form becoming another -- but beauty
is, without any process of becoming. It is one that
is two. Beauty is identifying you and another in
another.

There is only one pain, infinite loss.

Life is attraction and change. Don't make it about
you.

Be unique.

Sing.

Release history, or don't.

Who can define you except you?

-DK
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News & Reviews

NEW BOOKS

ADD in The Workplace: Choices, Changes, and Challenges
by Kathleen G. Nadeau
Discusses ways to maintain an optimal work environment for ADD adults.
--www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ 0876308477/eegspectrum

The Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy
by Michael Trimble, Bettina Schmitz
Recent findings for epilepsy and behavior disorders.
--www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521005167/eegspectrum

Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
by Michel Foucault
A timely look back at a classic (which is an oxymoronic statement, I guess).
--www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ 067972110X/eegspectrum

The Computer and the Brain
by John von Neumann
A giant of 20th century mathematics and his thoughts on the brain and
intelligence. --www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ 0300024150/eegspectrum

Journeys Through ADDulthood
by Sari Solden
A response to how ADHD treatment focuses on overcoming its symptoms rather than
leading a fulfilling life. --
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802713769/eegspectrum

Starting Again: Early Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury
by Patricia M. Davies
Practical advice on physical rehab of brain injured patients.
--www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0387559345/eegspectrum

Beethoven's Anvil: Music in Mind and Culture
by William L. Benzon
Speculation on how emotion and physiology combine in music-making.
--www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465015441/ eegspectrum

Asperger's: What Does It Mean to Me?
by Catherine Faherty
Workbook to help child learn more about himself.
--www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1885477597/eegspectrum


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JOURNAL PAPERS

Coherence in ADHD and excess beta activity : Excessive beta power in ADHD
children may be evidence of a frontal lobe dysfunction in this subtype.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17502165


No neurochemical evidence for brain injury caused by heading in soccer. :
Repeated low severity head impacts were not associated with neurochemical signs
of brain injury.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17496068


Grandchildren at Risk for Depression Differ in EEG Asymmetry. : Grandchildren
with depressed parent and grandparent showed relatively less right than left
hemisphere activity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17481594


Can behavioural therapy influence neuromodulation? : Reviews behavioral therapy
impact on CNS function.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17508158


Testosterone-related disorders in women with autism spectrum conditions. :
Androgen theory of autism evaluated by surveying women with autism spectrum
conditions. These women more often exhibited irregular menstrual cycle,
epilepsy, and tomboyism, among other conditions.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17462645


Complementary and alternative medicine for epilepsy in Midwest : Nearly 2 in 5
epileptics surveyed used CAMs, including prayer/spirituality, "mega" vitamins,
and stress management (16%).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17459780


Electrophysiological activity underlying inhibition in late-life depression :
Frontal dysfunction in the depressed group was observed in p300b measure for
Go/NoGo task.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17462822


Topographic brain: from neural connectivity to cognition. : Broader
understanding of topographic maps may link genetics, neurophysiology and
cognition.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17462748


Correlation between EEG rhythms during sleep: surface versus mediotemporal EEG.
: Power density is negatively correlated between delta/theta and beta
frequencies above 16 Hz during NREM sleep.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17471077


Event-related functional MRI study of working memory in euthymic bipolar
disorder. : Widespread fronto-cortico- limbic dysfunction may be inherent in
bipolar disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17476364


EEG power and coherence in dyslexic children : Dyslexic children show increased
slow activity in frontal and right temporal regions
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17472228
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Events & Locations

Upcoming Courses

A Pathway to Brain Regulation - Neurofeedback helps improve
neuroregulation. It's used by health care professionals for ADHD,
depression, anxiety disorders, LD, mood disorders, and behavioral
problems. This 4-day course, Neurofeedback in a Clinical Practice,
provides the basis for using Neurofeedback clinically. - *28 CEs

4-Day Comprehensive Course Dates (subject to change)

* Glensdale CA Aug 23-26
* Alexandria VA Sep 6-9
* Chicago IL Sep 27-30

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

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

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

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


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Conferences for Neurofeedback Clinicians & Researchers

CONFERENCE LOCATION DATES

ISNR - www.isnr.org San Diego, CA Sep 6-9, 2007
AAPB - www.aapb.org Daytona Beach, FL May 13-18, 2008

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Last Word


None - Summer Break! See you after Labor Day.


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