3 new studies: EFAs May Protect Against Dementia Too
The American Psychiatric Association has called attention to a very recently published article that extends the growing literature on the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. The current ...
Preview: Poster on Over-Diagnosis and Misdiagnosis of ADHD
American Psychiatric Association annual meeting Philadelphia May 6, 2012. I will be presenting a poster (NR4-56) with Tanju Surmeli"s group entitled, "Misdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD) Lowered IQ, and efficacy of QEEG and Neurofeedback in the Assessment and Treatment ...
Fatty Acids:The Skinny on Fish Oils and Brain Health
MAKING SENSE OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS: The Skinny on Fish Oils and Brain Health Personally, I take a lot of nutritional supplements, but it is difficult to know which of ...
Brain Plasticity: Culture Has Shifted the Brains of Teenagers in Today’s Era.
An elegant notion about the modern teenage brain and brain plasticity from Dr. Alison Gopnik. Notions of brain plasticity are no longer new. The marvelous book The ...
Can EEG Tell If Telekinesis Is A Magician’s Trick?
Can objects be moved by thought alone? A dubious notion, eh? So when the History Channel asked me to look at the brain waves of "a mentalist" I ...
Anti-Depressants and Pregnancy Risk
With this post I initiate a series on unwanted effects of psychiatric drugs and how EEG neurofeedback can sometimes be used as an alternative or to minimize ...
Updates on ADHD-Food Additives and also ADHD-Autism Gene Finding
A couple of reports in Science News this week pick up on stories we have been following. The first is a "backgrounder" on hyeractivity and food additives; the second illuminates ...
More on the Genetic Factors in ADHD, the Autism Spectrum
ADHD is an invisible disability that is largely non-psychiatric--though it has life-long psychological sequellae for those who grow up with it. As I noted in a blog entry November ...
More on Electro-Magnetic Radiation and Cell Phones
Below I have posted a round up of stories on the ...
EEGym® adds QEEG Services
The QEEG (quantitative EEG, a map of brain electrical patterns referenced to normative databases) issue is major in neurofeedback circles. Most of us old-timers (I go back ...