【原创文章】从脑电波与4种大自然元素相连并的关系

从脑电波与4种大自然元素相连并的关系，来更清晰地了解你的人格特性：

Delta波对应【湖泊元素】：当你的大脑被Delta主导时，你非常容易受外界影响。你的同理心也颇强，容易感同身受，是个感性慈悲之人。为此，任何风吹草动都可以在你【脑湖】里造成涟漪。此外，你也特别容易因为湖泊过度的平静导致你特别想入睡。你或许会因为不想那么快入睡而一直马不停蹄地找事情来做。

Theta波对应【海浪元素】：你非常容易感到不安，因为海浪极容易激起你潜意识里的回忆与想法。常常出现发白日梦的状态与无法专心平静下来做事。简单而言，你心境就如海浪般不稳定。你的【脑海】就如海浪般难以放松，抗压力较弱，人际关系也可能因此受到影响。

Alpha波对应【龙卷风元素】：你的思绪就如风一般多变与无法掌控方向。经常会出现许多创意点子与想法，但不一定可以执行。个人生性不喜欢受到限制，好奇心重并喜爱玩乐。喜欢自由地做出决定，想法特别创新并拒绝以传统方式过活。注意力容易不集中，个人兴趣太多易导致三分钟热度反应。对此，你也变得容易因为自己的想法而感到不安。

Beta对应【火山元素】：你是充满能量与积极的人。重视个人效率，善于解决问题与做出决策。个人逻辑与行动能力强，是个具备执行能力的人。然而当你的火山过于强烈时，它将变成蓄势待发准备爆发的【活火山】对应HiBeta脑波状态。脑海中若是长时间在活火山状态中，你会较为冲动行事。不安的状态导致你无法好好的表现，影响了执行稳定性。因为过度担忧，亦较容易激发害怕等不安反应。

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Hiro Koo临床催眠师

First Master Trainer on EEG biofeedback for SBCIA in Asia Region

It is my honor and pleasure to be one of the first Master Trainers on EEG biofeedback for SBCIA in Asia region. It is one of the highest levels of qualification in Asia EEG biofeedback/Neurofeedback field. Thanks my mentor Dr Kang who has supported and guided me throughout the journey since long time ago:) Thanks Dr Kang and Prof Dato Dr Susie See for trusting me. I believe that 2017 will be a good year for all of us. We will do our best in offering the neurofeedback training to make sure that the services you enjoy are of the very best quality.

Keeping Emotions in Check With Neurofeedback

Difficulty handling emotions and keeping them under control can cause various psychological issues, and may even lead to full-blown psychiatric problems. This is especially true in childhood. Trauma experienced in youth can contribute to later problems such as depression and anxiety. There are various techniques for helping people control their emotions. One of these is neurofeedback; a training method in which information about changes in an individual’s neural activity is provided to the individual in real-time. This enables the individual to self-regulate thier neural activity and produces changes in behaviour. While already in use as a treatment tool for adults, this method has not been used on young people until now. Researchers believe neurofeedback could help younger people by providing more efficient control of their emotions.

The new study used real time fMRI-based neurofeedback on a sample of kids. “We worked with subjects between the ages of 7 and 16,” explains SISSA researcher and one of the authors of the study, Moses Sokunbi. “They observed emotionally- charged images while we monitored their brain activity, before ‘returning’ it back to them.” The region of the brain studied was the insula, which is in the cerebral cortex.

The young participants could see the level of activation in the insula on a “thermometer” presented on the MRI projector screen. They were instructed to reduce or increase activation with cognitive strategies while verifying the effects on the thermometer. All of them learned how to increase insula activity, although decreasing was more difficult. Specific analysis techniques made it possible to reconstruct the complete network of the areas involved in regulating emotions (besides the insula) and the internal flow of activation. The researchers observed that the direction of flow when activity was increased reversed when decreased.

“These results show that the effect of neurofeedback went beyond the superficial- simple activation of the insula- by influencing the entire network that regulates emotions,” explains Kathrine Cohen Kadosh, Oxford University researcher and first author of the study. “They demonstrate that neurofeedback is a methodology that can be used successfully with young people.”

“Childhood and adolescence is an extremely important time for young people’s emotional development,” says Jennifer Lau, from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London, who has taken part in the study. “Therefore, the ability to shape brain networks associated with the regulation of emotions could be crucial for preventing future mental health problems, which are known to arise during this vital period when the brain’s emotional capacity is still developing.”

Source:

http://neurosciencenews.com/emotion-psychology-neurofeedback-3201/

Treating ADHD, Anxiety, Depression: Here are 6 Important Things Your Doctors Won't Tell You

Treating ADHD, Anxiety, Depression: Here are 6 Important Things Your Doctors Won't Tell You. 

1. Your child is most likely suffering from a nutritional deficiency and/or a food sensitivity. 

2. Genetically modified foods (GMOs), food preservatives & chemicals are contributing to many of your child's attention, focus, sleep issues and even psychiatric symptoms. 

3. For every medication that benefits a person, there is a natural plant or remedy that can achieve the same result without the consequence of side-effects. 

4. Our emotions are largely governed by the state of our intestinal system. There is more serotonin in our bowels then in our brain. 

5. Research has shown that the brain has a tremendous amount of neuroplasticity. Brain training therapies such as Brain Balance, Integrative Reflex, Vision & EEG biofeedback can make a world of difference. 

6. The body has a greater ability to heal than anyone has permitted you to believe and recovery is possible without the need for potentially dangerous medication. 

Source: www.healingwithouthurting.com

[Event] Public health talk: Alternative treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at LPPKN

We have been invited to give a talk about alternative treatment for Autism. 

Special thanks to Lembaga Penduduk dan Pembangunan Keluarga Negara (LPPKN) for the invitation.

Today psychologists know that autism is a problem in the way the brain works, not in how people are raised. That discovery has led them to develop medical, educational and behavioral approaches to treatment. Autism is a brain disorder that often makes it hard to communicate with and relate to others. With autism, the different areas of the brain fail to work together. Most people with autism will always have some trouble relating to others. But early diagnosis and treatment have helped more and more people who have autism to reach their full potential.

Yes, EEG Biofeedback is very useful for ASD.

Reports from caregivers of people with autism suggest people have witnessed improvements in a variety of areas including speech and irritability after EEG biofeedback training. A few scientific reports have highlighted that a demonstrated increase in social interaction may be seen in child with autism following treatment. One study suggested that parents who noticed an improvement continued to see the benefits for at least a year after EEG biofeedback. We know from other studies that the brainwaves of children with autism may well be different in many ways to the brainwaves of their non-autistic peers (www.psychologytoday.com).

Other kind of therapies include:

Occupational Therapy, Sensory Integration Therapy, Speech Therapy, Complementary and Alternative Treatments such as special diets, Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA), acupuncture, homeopathic medicine etc.

You can contact us now for a free brain assessment session:

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[Light Sleeper Treatment Malaysia] What makes someone a light sleeper?

What makes someone a light sleeper? 

For some people, the slightest noise awakens them at night. For others, the wailing siren of a passing fire truck doesn’t disturb their slumber. Just why, though, remains a bit of a mystery. Although many people are self-proclaimed light sleepers or heavy sleepers, researchers have found that little is actually known about why people react differently to noises and other stimuli during sleep. Genetics, lifestyle choices, and undiagnosed sleep disorders may all play a role. In addition, some studies suggest that differences in brainwave activity during sleep may also make someone a light or heavy sleeper.

Light and Deep Sleep During sleep, you alternate between cycles of REM (rapid eye movement) and NREM (non-rapid eye movement) that repeat about every 90 minutes. You spend about 75 percent of the night in NREM sleep, which consists of four stages of increasing relaxation. 

Stage one, or the phase between being awake and asleep, is considered light sleep. 

Deeper sleep begins in stage two, as your breathing and heart rate become regular and your body temperature drops. 

Stages three and four are the deepest and most restorative stages of sleep, in which breathing slows, muscles relax, and tissue growth and repair occurs. 

Someone who gets eight hours of sleep a night may not experience as much slow-wave, deep sleep as the person who get six hours of sleep.

What Contributes to Light Sleep?

A small study, published in 2010 in Current Biology, suggests that differences in how sleeping people respond to noise may be related to levels of brain activity called sleep spindles. The researchers found that people whose brains produced the most of these high-frequency sleep spindles were more likely to sleep through loud noises. But more research is needed to confirm the results. Dr. Neubauer said that if someone is complaining of not feeling rested because of being a light sleeper, they should look at the factors that might be contributing to the inability to achieve a deep sleep.

Now, for the first time, sleep researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, led by neurologist Dr. Jeffrey Ellenbogen, have isolated the brain-wave pattern that predicts where an individual's brain has struck a balance between those demands — a window into how likely noises are to wake people from deep sleep.

For the three-night study, Ellenbogen's group invited 12 volunteers who reported being deep and healthy sleepers into a sleep lab with a comfy queen-size bed outfitted with enormous speakers at the headboard. The researchers recorded the participants' brain waves as they slept normally the first night, and then on subsequent nights as they were bombarded with 14 different noises — from the din of car traffic and the roar of airplane engines to flushing toilets and slamming doors — which were played at progressively louder volumes.

Ellenbogen paid particular attention to the patterns generated by the thalamus, a region deep in the brain that processes incoming visual and auditory stimuli. He found that the number of pulses, known as sleep spindles, generated by this organ and measured by an electroencephalogram (EEG), which records electrical activity in the brain, varied among the sleepers. Those with the highest number of spindles were able to sleep through more sounds without waking than those whose brains showed fewer spindles. "We wanted to know, if we counted the spindles the first night, did that predict anything about their subsequent sleep?" says Ellenbogen. "And indeed it did. More spindles meant they were more likely to be protected from sleep disruption."

How newmindcentre.com can help you? 

1) Neuro-Hypnotherapy:

Doctors at Harvard University found that hypnotherapy actually promotes faster healing. Get hypnotized. Many insomniacs have tried this with great success. Under hypnosis, you might work out any personal issues that are robbing you of sleep. A clinical hypnotherapist can also "program" you to sleep. Our neuro-hypnotherapy technique able to help you! Personalized self-hypnosis method to fall asleep will be developed based on your brainwave response.

2) EEG biofeedback therapy/Neurotherapy 

EEG biofeedback/Neurotherapy is based on the international standardized 10-20 electrode location system. it is essentially a way of teaching you how to self-regulate your own electrical activity in the brain. A powerful tool for helping people fall asleep and stay asleep. Over 3,000 licensed health professionals such as psychologists, therapists, and doctors now use this new technology daily with patients. As a group, they report significant and consistent improvements for client sleep problems.

Call to schedule an appointment to meet me.

Based on your condition, I can help you to find the cause and suggest appropriate treatment.

Contact me now for more information.

Source:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7828707_cure-light-sleeping.html

http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2009401,00.html

http://www.clearmindofcolorado.com/research-on-sleep-disorders/

用科技智慧EEG biofeedback，幫你改善自律神经失调

身体不适，却找不到病因？或许是自律神经失调！
自律神經系統由調節生理機能的交感神經系統、副交感神經系統組成，它們是兩股互相協調制衡的力量。交感神經系統會在面臨壓力或緊急狀況時啟動，協助做出「戰鬥或逃跑」的反應，例如心跳加速、肌肉收縮；而副交感神經系統則負責使心跳變慢、肌肉放鬆等，好讓我們能「休息和消化」。當太多、太久的壓力讓交感神經一直處在激活狀態時，就會讓自律神經系統失衡；好在，我們可以藉由某些訓練穩定神經系統，像是自我催眠疗法和脑波反馈生理回饋法等等。

在現在這個高科技的時代，還可以透過聰明的電子儀器，協助自己探索、嘗試控制生理狀態，找出讓自律神經系統回復穩定平衡的方法。

在国外，這個有許多醫師、心理治疗師會使用的身心症狀治療法叫做「生理回饋(biofeedback) 」。而Newmindcentre.com这里主要是透过大脑EEG脑电波来提供生理回馈。

EEG biofeedback therapy这非侵入性，安全，无痛，无副作用和非常科学的自然疗法已经可以在马来西亚newmindcentre.com我们这里找到。

马来西亚Newmindcentre.com的催眠治疗师，透過EEG biofeedback脑波生理回馈仪將脑电波生理訊息正確回饋，就能引導你在嘗試錯誤中學習控制大脑脑电波，身體與情緒狀態。例如，將Electrode（貼於大脑某部分、監控脑电波状态，然後告訴使用者：音乐停顿代表緊張程度增加、而音乐顺畅则代表緊張程度減少而且放松，請試著讓音乐越播越顺畅。即使不確定該怎麼做，但很多人能摸索、找出让音乐顺畅的做法，因而舒緩了緊繃的情绪和肌肉。生理回饋治療經常應用在偏頭痛、經前症候群的處理，以及學習降低血壓、克服失眠、控制焦慮、緩解疼痛等。

回想一下，小時候是如何學習綁鞋帶、騎腳踏車的?你可能在多次嘗試中，發現了該如何完成這些動作技巧，然後懂得重複、就學會了。

如今你想要學習掌控放鬆的感覺，可以藉著生理回饋儀器訊息的輔助，告訴你大脑脑电波的放鬆指標訊息，讓你知道自己找到放鬆的方向、做對了，那麼，你就可以重複練習創造同樣的感覺，逐漸精熟放鬆的技巧。當然，除了直接以生理回饋儀引導摸索出穩定神經系統的方法，亦可讓儀器提供呼吸/肌肉放鬆練習、脑波反馈自我催眠法(Neuro-hypnotherapy)練習等效果的客觀確認；大部分人就喜歡眼見為憑、有數據有真相吧！

看了以上這些介紹，會不會讓你很想試試以人工智慧小幫手協助自己發揮身體控制能力、改善自律神經失調、增加抗壓性呢？在马来西亚，受过EEG biofeedback专业训练和拥有丰富临床经验的人非常少有；若有興趣，欢迎email我询问详情：[email protected]

脑波反馈催眠疗法：自律神经失调与治疗

「醫師，我老是失眠！」「可能是自律神經失調。」

「我經常莫名地心跳加速，呼吸急促！」「應該是自律神經失調。」

「我也沒做什麼事，整天就全身無力沒有元氣。」「可能是自律神經出問題。」

似乎愈來愈常從醫師口裡說出，自律神經失調這個診斷名詞，罹患自律神經失調的人真的愈來愈多了嗎？

嚴格說來，自律神經失調並非單一疾病，所以沒有自律神經失調的流行病學調查報告，但是臨床上，有自律神經失調的患者的確增加了，因為現代人的生活步調太快，人和人的關係複雜，家人、親密關係複雜，工作及同儕環境也變複雜，金融海嘯、找不到工作的流浪博士......，這些都是壓力來源，而自律神經失調是壓力下引起的症狀，所以有自律神經失調的人愈來愈常見。

自律神經失調症狀百百種

幾乎所有症狀都可能和自律神經失調有關。「老是覺得心慌慌，快要心臟病發」、「呼吸急促氧氣不足，像是氣喘發作」、「肚子老是痛，一下便秘一下拉肚子」、「每天起床就覺得沒元氣」，生氣緊張時可以「怒髮衝冠」，害怕時腳底發寒、冷汗直流，可以說從頭皮到腳底，血管及皮膚等等，幾乎所有症狀都和自律神經有關。

自律神經的變化常會連帶發生肌肉張力增加。因為當面對危險或是不好的情況，腦的警覺度提高，自律神經的交感神經和副交感神經兩大系統，會一起動員，讓全身所有的器官及組織來配合，最主要地，肌肉要隨時用力，準備迎接挑戰或躲避逃跑。所以，絕大多數自律神經失調的病人都有頭痛症狀，因為警覺性會讓人肌肉繃緊，頸部及肩膀僵硬痠痛。緊張時，肌肉的收縮肌和舒張肌同時用力，全身肌肉張度過高，身體過度消耗氧氣及葡萄糖等能量，人也容易全身無力、易累疲倦、沒有元氣。

除了這些共通症狀外，自律神經失調的症狀很千變萬化，有些人會以氣喘等心肺功能症狀為主，有些人則是容易手腳冰冷，讓人奇怪：同樣都是自律神經失調，症狀表現為什麼不一樣？

實際情形是，自律神經雖然不受意志控制，卻很容易被暗示，而且還有學習效果。有些人可能看過親人罹患心臟病，甚至因而過世，就特別擔心心臟，自律神經失調時就會以心跳過速為主。

明明不舒服 為什麼查不出來

由於自律神經失調影響的，只是器官及組織表面上的神經功能，但患者本身器官及組織結構完好，所以檢查儀器往往查不出問題。一般人得知檢查一切正常，可能會很高興，但老覺得不舒服的自律神經失調患者聽到檢查不出問題，反而會更焦慮，以為：「我病情這麼嚴重，醫師卻檢查不出來，表示我的病一定很嚴重！」自己嚇自己，症狀愈來愈加重。

如果就醫時選對了專業的精神科醫師，或遇到警覺性高的醫師，告訴患者「檢查雖然顯示沒有器質上的問題，但並不表示真的沒問題，而是功能上失去平衡」，讓患者知道有人了解他的病痛，他反而會如釋重擔，覺得自己終於有救了。

自律神經失調的症狀
自律神經失調的症狀可以用「五花八門」來形容，罹病個案的不適症狀甚至可以由頭到腳、在不同部位來回轉移。以下是常見的症狀：
1.頭：頭暈、頭重、頭痛、頭部發麻、發燙感。
2.眼：眼睛疲勞、眼痛、淚眼、眼睛張不開、視線模糊、眼睛乾澀。
3.耳：耳鳴、耳阻塞感。
4.口：口乾、口渴、口內疼痛、口舌異常感、味覺異常。
5.喉嚨：阻塞感、異物感、壓迫感、發癢、異常咳嗽。
6.手：發麻、發抖、疼痛、感覺異常、發冷、發燙。
7.腳：下肢麻木、發冷、發燙、疼痛、腳跟貼地疼痛、肌肉跳動。
8.肌肉、關節：頸部緊繃酸痛、肩膀緊繃酸痛; 全身肌肉疼痛、多處神經痛、 背部及腰部緊繃疼痛、關節倦怠或無力。
9.呼吸器官：呼吸困難、肋間神經痛、呼吸肌肉緊繃酸痛、呼吸道阻塞感、類似鼻塞而無法呼吸、不自主深呼吸或嘆氣。
10.心臟：心悸(感覺到心跳)、心跳加速、心跳強勁、心臟無力感、胸悶、胸部壓迫感。
11.血官循環：血壓起伏變動（會出現假性高血壓）、頭昏眼花、手腳冰冷、臉部潮紅燥熱、起立性暈眩、血氣上衝、偏頭痛。
12.消化器官：食道阻塞感、噁心、嘔吐、胃部發熱、胃部痙攣、腹脹、腹部疼痛、便秘或腹瀉、腸胃蠕動異常、肛門口不快感、便意感頻繁。
13.膀胱：膀胱神經敏感、尿意感頻繁、頻尿、排連不易、排尿後不適感、殘尿感、尿床。
14.生殖器：性功能障礙。
15.皮膚：多汗、不出汗、異常發汗、皮膚乾燥、全身發癢、發燙、發冷。
16.精神症狀：焦躁易怒、莫名奇妙的恐慌不安感、寂寞孤獨感、悲傷感、沒有慾望、注意力不集中、記憶力減退。
17.全身症狀：全身倦怠、異常疲勞、全身無力、提不起勁、輕度發燒發燙、缺乏食慾、睡不著、淺眠或多夢、白天賴床睏倦。

怎樣克服「自律神經失調」&「生活焦慮」？

Newmindcentre.com: 我们使用Neuro-Hypnotherapy方法来帮助您！

生物回饋治療EEG Biofeedback therapy：利用人的心智希望能影響人體自主神經系統-可調節心跳、血液與消化作用的不隨意系統。本方法可將腦波從貝他(壓力)波(beta wave)轉換到阿爾法(靜態)波(alpha wave)。

在马来西亚，我们的脑波反馈催眠疗法Neuro-hypnotherapy结合生物回饋治療和临床催眠法;脑波反馈催眠疗法Neuro-hypnotherapy教导您如何自我转换到阿爾法(靜態)波(alpha wave)或慢波(theta wave)，让您可以改善自律神经失调问题。

自律神經是很奇妙的系統，很容易受暗示；而催眠是心理暗示行为，施术者通过语言、声音、动作、眼神的心理暗示在受术者的潜意识输入信息。因此透过催眠疗法，可大大改善自律神經失調的症狀。

资料来源: 

http://www.cth.org.tw/?aid=57&pid=96&page_name=detail&iid=359

http://www.twhealth.org.tw/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=487&Itemid=20

http://www.astm.org.tw/

Autism Therapy in Malaysia - Neurofeedback

Research on autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) shows that neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback) can remediate anomalies in brain activation, leading to symptom reduction and functional improvement. This evidence raises the hopes for a behavioral, psychophysiological intervention moderating the severity of ASD. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a lack of appropriate eye contact, facial expression, social interaction, communication, and restricted repetitive behavior.

Research on autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) shows that neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback) can remediate anomalies in brain activation, leading to symptom reduction and functional improvement. This evidence raises the hopes for a behavioral, psychophysiological intervention moderating the severity of ASD. 

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Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a lack of appropriate eye contact, facial expression, social interaction, communication, and restricted repetitive behavior. ASD represents a group of disorders, including Autism, PDD-nos, Rett’s Disorder, Child Disintegrative Disorder, and Asperger’s Disorder. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006) reported the prevalence of ASD as 2 to 6 per 1,000.

Research has shown that related symptoms of ASD are the result of brain dysfunction in multiple brain regions. Functional neuroimaging and electroencephalography research have shown this to be related to abnormal neural connectivity problems. The brains of individuals with ASD show areas of both excessively high connectivity and deficient connectivity. In other words, some areas of the brain are chatting excessively with themselves, while failing to communicate normally with other relevant regions.

In one 2006 study using connectivity-guided neurofeedback, pre-post analyses showed a 40 percent reduction in autistic symptoms, enhancement of function between the brain and behavior, and reduction of hyperconnectivity. These results begin to verify the theory that interhemispheric, bipolar neurofeedback montages can lead to reduction in hyperconnectivity based on the reward band trained.

Neurofeedback seems capable of remediating connectivity disturbances when these data are considered as part of therapy planning. Connectivity-guided neurofeedback is capable of significantly remedying these anomalies and reducing autistic symptoms. Hyperconnectivity seen in patients with ASD can be remedied with coherence training and other neurofeedback approaches.

The research is reviewed in a new article published in Biofeedback.

In Malaysia, we provide neurofeedback therapy for children with autism and special kids. 

Contact us now for more information. 

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080226185848.htm

Success Story (Empathy - Improve Social Skills)

10 year old boy, does not want to socialize.

At the initial stage, the goal for therapy is to improve the brain function so that he can start to communicate with others. A teacher’s remark was given to his mother saying that he does not have any friend at school and not joining any activities organized in school. He also have poor concentration in study and does not know what is happening in his surroundings. Therefore, the aim of his mother is to make her son to be more outspoken, able to communicate and socialize with other people especially his classmates and also to bring out his personality and potentials.

She is very curious with Brain Trainer (EEG biofeedback) at Spectrum of Life because she have not heard of it as it is very new. It is also able to see the brain waves. 

After few sessions of brain trainer and neuro-hypnotherapy session, the biggest difference notice is that now her son is more alert and aware of what is happening in school such as the activities organized and starting to be involved in it. He is also able to socialize as now he has a best friend that he communicate and share some stories with. He performed well in his academics as his results are better compared to the time before the Brain Trainer. He is more able to focus and not being distracted easily when he is doing his studies or revision. Responsibility is also noted as he does not loses things easily, took care of things given to him and will do some revision on his own when he knows exams are approaching.

She also remark that HTMA (Hair tissue mineral analysis) is very accurate. She is able to know what minerals are lacking or overdosed in her son’s body. The information is very useful for her to plan her son’s diet and supplementation. With that results’ interpretation, she now understood why her son is behavioring in such way. Combined with the remedies given by our consultant, the end result is very positive and remarkable. Her son idolise, respect and comfortable with Hiro Koo, the clinical therapist for brain trainer as well as neuro-hypnotherapy. The centre is very nice, cozy and well deco too. She also appreciated the staffs as they are very nice and helpful every time she comes with her son for the session. She already started recommending to her friends, but waiting for them to see on their own the changes that her son has undergo to actually believe that the Brain Trainer and neuro-hypnotherapy works.

Remark: Our client's information will be kept strictly confidential all the time. All reviews have been acknowledged and provided by past and current clients of Spectrum of Life proactive healthcare centre (Clinical Hypnotherapist Koo). Clients names have been changed to protect their identity. 

大脑健康不？

昨天受邀到PADINI位于Shah Alam的总部为他们进行脑电波检测和推广Neuro-hypnotherapy脑波催眠疗法。这场Corporate talk的现场反应很好，大家都很惊叹脑波检测的准确度和我们的分析。
大部分的人都有压力问题，这并不稀奇。
重点是，您如何排除您的压力和焦虑相关问题呢？
要知道，当你脑波显示压力问题时，而你却无法改善你脑波的压力指数且长期处在压力状态。这影响可以很深远的。压力和我们的免疫系统息息相关，如果你长期处在压力的状态下，你的健康极可能深受影响。

在PADINI总部进行脑波检测时，不难发现一些压力指数疑似超标的员工，皮肤也有许多明显的问题。皮肤问题或许和长期超标的压力指数有关。

除了压力，不健康的饮食习惯也是身体压力(Body Stress)的来源之一。

通常，我们的Healthcare Centre会推荐面对情绪或脑部相关问题的顾客做个头发重金属检测。

只需取下极少量头发，送往我们的美国实验室进行化验后就可以知道你身上缺乏什么维他命和有什么重金属超标。通过这个头发重金属检测，我们可以更有效的帮顾客进行全方位的脑健康保健工作。

虽然我们看不见大脑的状况，但它确实每天都左右我们的生活甚至健康。

试问你可有时常关心你的大脑状态呢？它健康不？

EEG Biofeedback for PAIN AND HEADACHE

EEG Biofeedback for PAIN AND HEADACHE meets all of the criteria for Level 4: Efficacious 

EFFICACY LEVELS

Explanation of Efficacy Levels

Biofeedback and neurofeedback therapies have continued to develop over the last 40 years. Today there are myriad disorders for which is used. Large research grants have funded studies on neurofeedback therapy for a variety of disorders. These studies consistently report positive results.

In 2001, a Task Force of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and the Society for Neuronal Regulation developed guidelines for the evaluation of the clinical efficacy of psychophysiological interventions. The board of directors of both organizations subsequently approved these guidelines.

A low efficacy rating does not mindicate that neurofeedback is not effective for the disorder, only that an insufficient number of studies have been completed for conclusive results. 

Level 1: Not Empirically Supported

Supported only by anecdotal reports and/or case studies in nonpeer-reviewed venues. Not empirically supported.

Level 2: Possibly Efficacious

At least one study of sufficient statistical power with well-identified outcome measures but lacking randomized assignment to a control condition internal to the study.

Level 3: Probably Efficacious

 Multiple observational studies, clinical studies, wait-list controlled studies, and within-subject and intrasubject replication studies that demonstrate efficacy.

Level 4: Efficacious

a. In a comparison with a no-treatment control group, alternative treatment group, or sham (placebo) control utilizing randomized assignment, the investigational treatment is shown to be statistically significantly superior to the control condition, or the investigational treatment is equivalent to a treatment of established efficacy in a study with sufficient power to detect moderate differences, and

b. The studies have been conducted with a population treated for a specific problem, for whom inclusion criteria are delineated in a reliable, operationally defined manner, and

c. The study used valid and clearly specified outcome measures related to the problem being treated, and

d. The data are subjected to appropriate data analysis, and

e. The diagnostic and treatment variables and procedures are clearly defined in a manner that

permits replication of the study by independent researchers, and

f. The superiority or equivalence of the investigational treatment has been shown in at least two independent research settings.

Level 5: Efficacious and Specific

Evidence for Level 5 efficacy meets all of the criteria for Level 4. In addition, the investigational treatment has been shown to be statistically superior to credible sham therapy, pill, or alternative bonafide treatment in at least two independent research settings.

Disclaimer: All the articles, documents or publications mentioned by or linked on this site have been provided as a public service. There is absolutely no endorsement of any statement made in any of these documents, articles, or publications.

Research studies:

Bazanova, O.M., Aftanas, L.I. (2010).Individual EEG alpha activity analysis for enhancement neurofeedback efficiency: Two case studies.  Journal of Neurotherapy14(3), 244 – 253.

Coger, R., & Werbach, M. (1975). Attention, anxiety, and the effects of learned enhancement of EEG alpha in chronic pain: A pilot study in biofeedback. Chapter in B. L. Drue, Jr. (Ed.), Pain Research and Treatment. New York: Academic Press.

Gannon, L., & Sternbach, R. A. (1971). Alpha enhancement as a treatment for pain: A case study. Behavior Therapy & Experimental Psychiatry, 2, 209-213.

Ham, L. P., & Packard, R. C. (1996). A retrospective, follow-up study of biofeedback-assisted relaxation therapy in patients with posttraumatic headache. Biofeedback & Self-Regulation, 21(2), 93-104.

Jensen, M.P., Sherlin, L.H., Hakimian, S., Fregni, F. (2009). Neuromodulatory approaches for chronic pain management: Research findings and clinical implications.Journal of Neurotherapy 13(4), 196 – 213.

Jensen, M. P., Grierson, C., Tracy-Smith, V., Bacigalupi, S. C., Othmer, S. (2007).  Neurofeedback treatment for pain associated with complex regional pain syndrome. Journal of Neurotherapy, 11(1), 45-53. 

Lehmann, D., Lang, W., & Debruyne, P. (1976). Controlled EEG alpha feedback training in normals and headache patients. Archives of Psychiatry, 221, 331-343.

Matthew, A., Mishm, H., & Kumamiah, V. (1987). Alpha feedback in the treatment of tension headache. Journal of Personality & Clinical Studies, 3(1), 17-22.

McKenzie, R., Ehrisman, W., Montgomery, P. S., & Barnes, R. H. (1974). The treatment of headache by means of electroencephalographic biofeedback. Headache, 13, 164-172.

Pelletier, K. R., & Pepper, E. (1977). Developing a biofeedback model: Alpha EEG feedback as a means for pain control. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 25, 361-371.

Rosenfeld, J. P., Dowman, R., Heinricher, N., & Silvia, R. (1984). Operantly controlled somatosensory evoked potentials: Specific effects on pain processes. Chapter in B. Rockstroh, T. Elbert, W. Lutzenberger, & N. Birbaumer (Eds.), Self-Regulation of the Brain and Behavior. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 164-179.

Rosenfeld, J. P., Silvia, R.,Weitkunat, R., & Dowman, R. (1985). Operant control of human somatosensory evoked potentials alters experimental pain perception. Chapter in H. L. Fields, R. Dubner, & F. Cervero (Eds.), Advances in Pain Research and Therapy, Volume 9: Proceedings of the Fourth World Congress on Pain. New York: Raven Press, 343-349.

Sime, A. (2004). Case study of trigeminal neuralgia using neurofeedback and peripheral biofeedback. Journal of Neurotherapy, 8(1), 59-71.

Siniatchkin, M., Hierundar, A., Kropp, P., Kuhnert, R., Gerber, W-D., & Stephani, U. (2000). Self-regulation of slow cortical potentials in children with migraine: An exploratory study. Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback, 25(1), 13-32.

Tansey, M. A. (1991). A neurobiological treatment for migraine: The response of four cases of migraine to EEG biofeedback training. Headache Quarterly: Current Treatment & Research, 90-96.

Source: http://www.brainworksneurotherapy.com/efficacy-levels

Dyslexia 失读症 - 跳动的符号

Dyslexia is a learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading. Also called specific reading disability, dyslexia is a common learning disability in children. Dyslexia occurs in children with normal vision and intelligence. Sometimes, dyslexia goes undiagnosed for years and isn't recognized until adulthood.

Emotional support and opportunities for achievement in activities that don't involve reading are important for children with dyslexia. If your child has dyslexia:

• Be supportive. Trouble learning to read may affect your child's self-esteem. Be sure to express your love and support. Encourage your child by praising his or her talents and strengths.
• Talk to your child. Explain to your child what dyslexia is and that it's not a failure on his or her part. The better your child understands this, the better he or she will be able to cope with having a learning disability.
• Take steps to help your child learn at home. Provide a clean, quiet, organized place for your child to study, and designate a study time. Also, make sure your child gets enough rest and eats regular, healthy meals.
• Stay in contact with your child's teachers. Talk with teachers frequently to make sure your child is able to stay on track. Be sure he or she gets extra time for tests that require reading, if needed. Ask your child's teacher if it would help your child to record the day's lessons to play back later.
• Join a support group. This can help you stay in contact with parents who face similar learning disabilities in their children. Support groups can provide useful information and emotional support. Check with your doctor or your child's reading specialist to find out if there are any support groups in your area. Or, search on the Internet for dyslexia or reading disability support groups.

All the above information is retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/basics/coping-support/con-20021904

• Biofeedback. This can help you to train your kid's brainwave pattern. At my heatlhcare centre, we can help you to improve your kid's performance. Welcome to drop me an email at [email protected] and discuss your case with me privately.

最近其中一位经诊断患有失读症（Dyslexia）的孩子的情形让我觉得很心痛。

他的情形是属于视觉知觉上的混淆。

她身边的师长亲戚和朋友都不了解他的问题，所以一直被人误会她懒惰读书和有行为偏差问题。

虽然才刚开始疗程不久，但我很期待可以帮到她改善问题！

她很乖很听话的，但她所面对的问题让她读书变得好累好疲倦。

想必不少人都有尝试过在昏暗的环境下去阅读细小的文字吧？

是不是很辛苦呢？

想一想如果你常常被人误会，但没人了解你的苦楚的同时还一直说你在找理由逃避责任。

那种感觉很委屈，很糟糕吧？

如果长期在这样的条件下成长，你的情绪和行为也会受到影响的对不？

所以除了家人的支持和针对脑部的Biofeedback训练，

孩子情绪上的处理也是非常重要的一环。