Brainboost Neurofeedback
Better brain.
Better life.
What makes Brainboost the BEST neurofeedback?
At Brainboost, our services are individualized based on the needs of each client. Instead of comparing a client's brain to a "normal" brain or telling clients what their symptoms are based on a computer printout, we carefully discuss the challenges clients are facing in their lives and design a protocol specific to their needs. From there, using our medical grade EEG equipment, we collect baseline data and continue to collect and analyze client specific data at each session. Our comparisons occur over time as we compare and report client progress at each session. Using this data driven approach, we can make informed decisions and ensure our clients receive the most effective and lasting treatment results designed specifically to address each client's needs.
Our Brainboost practitioners have completed rigorous training with our European partner, Brainboost in Munich, Germany. Brainboost (Germany) manages a thriving, highly respected neurofeedback clinic in Munich and is a global leader in the field of research, training, design, and innovation. They are continuously developing and updating protocols, systems, and games through their BrainAssistant training program. Our partnership enables us to receive on-going training, support, and supervision from the medical doctors, psychologists, and neurofeedback professionals at Brainboost (Germany).
We recognize each individual faces unique challenges in their daily lives. We treat each client with the utmost respect and are committed to high quality training sessions and lasting results. Our protocols and sessions are tailored to meet each client's needs in real time. One size never fits all at Brainboost.
EEG measurement in real-time
During neurofeedback training, measuring electrodes connected to a comfortable cap are attached to the head at fixed points. The client does not feel anything from the EEG recording. The client may feel nothing is happening at all! The EEG amplifier measures all relevant brain waves and forwards them to a computer. A special computer program divides the brain waves into frequency ranges and subjects them to analysis. All important data are measured in real-time (with a delay of only 30 milliseconds) and 50 times per second.
The EEG is a medical technology that was established in the 1930s. The devices used by Brainboost meet the highest technical standards and are FDA-approved medical devices. In this way, optimal data quality is ensured. While the brain activity is recorded, the client simply sits in a comfortable lounge chair and relaxes. The electrodes only measure signals. The brain itself is not influenced or stimulated by electrical signals.
Data analysis and feedback
The data analysis described above will be conveyed to the client in a simple form as feedback. There are many different ways to convey feedback to the client. These include, for example, virtual reality environments, films, music/sounds, games (often interesting for children to maintain motivation during training), and many other options.
The feedback is based on the principle of operant conditioning. This means the feedback given to the client is a reward if the client succeeds in activating certain areas of the brain so that they generate the desired brain activity. Specifically, the reward means that, for example, the film appears bright and visible. The "quasi-punishment" shows a dark and poorly visible film. These processes work in the same way with music. It is either loud and easily audible or quiet and almost incomprehensible.
Our brain wants to be rewarded as often as possible. It tries to permanently recognize and understand the patterns hidden in the feedback to receive a reward as often as possible. This process happens entirely unconsciously, without active intervention by the patient and medication.
Time Commitment
A neurofeedback training at our clinic takes between 30-45 minutes. 30 minutes of this is pure training. Afterward, there is still some time to discuss the training and the progress of the entire therapy.
