BCIA Continuing Education Posts

Neuroscientist Dr. Daniel Levitin has discovered that music is medicine for the brain.

"Lowering dopamine" is scientifically meaningless.

Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to trauma due to their developmental stage and limited coping mechanisms.

The emphasis on craving reduction and detailed documentation of individual responses provide a valuable model for future research.

Trauma

Trauma

This post summarizes the open-access article Neurofeedback Effect on Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Biofeedback providers monitor electrodermal activity during clinical interventions and optimal performance training.

Blood volume pulse (BVP) is an indispensable tool for evaluating and training clients for chronic pain, hypertension, and performance.

This post shows how applied psychophysiology assessment can contribute objective input to enhance ADHD assessment and training.

Breathing assessment should always precede HRV biofeedback because dysfunctional breathing can frustrate training success. Clinicians may...

Events are traumatic when they involve harm or threat of harm to oneself or others (McLaughlin et al., 2014). Childhood trauma is a...

Since major depressive disorder (MDD) is a heterogeneous disorder, researchers study its diverse phenotypes. Heritability ranges from...

Behavioral neuroscience discoveries have proceeded at a rapid pace. This series highlights cutting-edge findings and explains their...

Some individuals do not experience illness or psychological distress when exposed to adverse life events and hassles. Although they may...

Cannon (1942) studied voodoo deaths in shamanistic cultures and published speculation about how beliefs can produce lethal cascades of...