When meds didn’t improve my depression, I tried retraining my brain waves instead

As neurofeedback graduates from its “late adolescence,” it’s finding a wider audience in the brain-health field - Laura Zera

Benefits of Biofeedback

Biofeedback has developed rapidly as an alternative medical treatment since it was discovered by researchers, meditators and healthcare clinicians in the 1960s. Since then, treatment protocols have been refined and procedures have been standardized to begin to meet the criteria required for documentation of efficacy as a "hard science" medical procedure.

Biofeedback in medicine: who, when, why and how?

Biofeedback is a self‐regulation technique through which patients learn to voluntarily control what were once thought to be involuntary body processes. This intervention requires specialised equipment to convert physiological signals into meaningful visual and auditory cues, as well as a trained biofeedback practitioner to guide the therapy.

Biofeedback Therapy: A Proven Treatment for 16+ Medical Conditions

Various forms of biofeedback therapy — performed using certain muscle relaxation, breath and mental exercises — are now being proven in numerous studies to treat more than a dozen health conditions.

Biofeedback – or Things that go ‘beep’!

Why does it work? Well, that’s a question that a lot of people have asked! There are several reasons that spring to my mind...

Biofeedback: Can you teach your body to lose stress?

“It’s a brand new technique that’s about 2,500 years old,” joked Richard Gevirtz, professor of psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. “Yogis and swamis used these same methods when they wanted to be calm and stress-free.

Biofeedback: medicine’s best kept secret

I call biofeedback “medicine’s best kept secret” because so few people know about it and because it’s so truly amazing in terms of its healing potential.

Biohack Guru Stresses Big Data and Biofeedback for Wellness

Famous for biohacking himself down 100 pounds by exercising 15 minutes per week and brewing addictive butter-powered coffee, Dave Asprey now advises top executives on using existing tech to make lifestyle changes, handle stress and sleep better.

Breathing for Your Better Health

To help foster the habit of healthful breathing, a San Francisco technology startup recently launched a wearable device called Spire that tracks breathing patterns and tells users when they are too tense or anxious.

Building Trust in Self-Driving Cars Through Biofeedback

BraiQ wants to use bio sensors to teach you to trust your self-driving car.

Can Meditation Gadgets Help You Reduce Your Stress—and Find Happiness?

New gadgets and apps are trying to make mindfulness meditation—an often perplexing practice—a lot easier for beginners. But how much can we expect our smartphones to enlighten us?

Can Neurofeedback Change Your Brain?

Thirty years from now, we all might be getting some sort of neurofeedback. Scientists are now using this cutting-edge method — a way of scanning the brain and giving it course corrections — to treat a battery of conditions that range from ADHD to depression and seizures. In short, here’s how it works: An electroencephalogram (EEG), sits on your skull and scans your brain.

Creative relaxation: the healing potential of interactive art

I started working with biofeedback in 2002, excited about the possibilities for a new way of experiencing and interacting with our bodies. This work combined the “objectivity” of bio-medical sensing technologies with the meditative sensibilities of eastern body-mind practices and the evocative power of live electronic art and music.

DeVos-Backed Neurofeedback Company Has Escaped Government Scrutiny

The company, Neurocore, markets the brain training as an autism cure. The problem is, there’s no data to support that claim.

New Speech-Therapy Tools Make Practicing at Home Easier

Speech therapy for children is becoming a do-it-yourself project for parents, thanks to a host of new technology tools and medical devices.

Quantified-Self: Are Wearable Technologies Just a Luxury for the Upper-Class?

Fitness bands already monitor our actions, our sleep, calories burn and so on. The medical implications alone are mind boggling, how about keeping infant or a child safe?

The Doctor’s Remedy: Biofeedback for Stress

A number of studies have found evidence that biofeedback devices can help reduce stress in hospital settings, though they have mostly been small and not always placebo-controlled.

The Doctor’s Remedy: Biofeedback for Stress

A number of studies have found evidence that biofeedback devices can help reduce stress in hospital settings, though they have mostly been small and not always placebo-controlled.

The Key To How AI Can Help Us Be Healthier

“Absolutely. If we design AI for the long-term benefits of people’s health rather than as solutions to immediate desires (the pleasure brain) or short-term life hacks, AI has the potential to be a huge help...

Understanding Biofeedback

The major advantages of biofeedback are that it is noninvasive, has virtually no side effects, and is possibly effective over the long-term. Before going forward with biofeedback, you should be aware that it will require lots of effort, commitment, and involvement.