BCIA Continuing Education Posts

György Buzsáki argued, with decades of evidence behind him, that brain rhythms are not passive reflections of "brain states" but functional organizing tools that help the brain coordinate large populations of neurons in time.

Neurofeedback training develops flexibility, resilience, and choice—skills that enhance any endeavor without altering personality or eliminating existing strengths.

Methamphetamine cues directly undermine response inhibition by activating brain networks that compete with self-control.

Neurofeedback outcomes improve when we stop treating feedback as “information” and start treating it as an engineered learning environment.

Connectivity effects were observed only when FB and ILF were delivered together.

Training individuals to self-regulate both autonomic activity and prefrontal blood oxygenation may enhance specific components of inhibitory control that rely on prefrontal circuitry.

Efforts to bolster cognitive abilities during normal ageing may be protective against neurocognitive disorders in older adults.

The brain wasn't just switching between networks. It was circulating through them in a consistent order.

The brain's wiring passes through a series of turning points that divide the lifespan into five distinct phases.

Neurophysiological assessment serves not as an independent diagnostic tool but as a physiologically grounded framework for understanding how clients process information, regulate emotions, respond to stressors, and organize their behavior.

This case involves a 28-year-old male who presented with progressive irritability and explosive anger episodes that emerged following sequential trials of two antidepressants and subsequently a psychostimulant.

Pacemaker neurons cycle between quiet and active phases on their own, creating brief bursts of action potentials that can set the tempo for larger populations.

John Anderson and John Davis discuss learning processes and mindfulness in neurofeedback.

Neurofeedback combines precise signal measurement with human learning.

A null result does not always mean that the independent variable (the factor manipulated by the researcher) does not affect on the dependent variable (the outcome being measured).

If you record enough EEGs, you eventually meet the benzodiazepine (BZD) signature. The patient looks calm, the tracing looks faster than usual, and the familiar posterior alpha rhythm feels washed out. That impression is not a mirage.

A comprehensive meta-analysis of 138 studies found that facial feedback does have a statistically significant effect on emotional experience, but the effect is small and highly variable.

A global drop in amplitude suggests either a disruption in metabolic support—such as mitochondrial failure—or widespread cortical inhibition.

The identification of the FOXP4 variant marked a turning point in the case formulation, shifting the clinical emphasis toward genomics, mitochondrial assessment, and integrative medicine.

We wish clinicians—particularly those interpreting pediatric EEGs—understood that alpha squeaks are normal, age-appropriate findings that reflect an active but immature visual-cortical network.