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What's Doing the Work? Isolating the Active Ingredients in ILF Neurofeedback
Connectivity effects were observed only when FB and ILF were delivered together.
Fred Shaffer
Dec 18, 20258 min read
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Listening to the Body: Why Interoception Might Be Critical to Mental Health
Interoception invites clinicians to ask not only "what are you thinking?" and "what are you feeling emotionally?" but also "what is your body telling you, and how clearly can you hear it?"
Fred Shaffer
Dec 17, 202513 min read
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Enhancing Inhibitory Control in Older Adults: A Biofeedback Study
Training individuals to self-regulate both autonomic activity and prefrontal blood oxygenation may enhance specific components of inhibitory control that rely on prefrontal circuitry.

John Davis
Dec 17, 20258 min read
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Neurofeedback May Protect Older Adults' Cognitive Abilities
Efforts to bolster cognitive abilities during normal ageing may be protective against neurocognitive disorders in older adults.

John Davis
Dec 10, 20259 min read
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Neurofeedback Can Protect and Enhance the Aging Brain
Across the studies reviewed by Jiang and colleagues (2022), neurofeedback consistently produced modest improvements in working memory and attention in both younger and older adults.

John Davis
Dec 8, 20257 min read
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Steven Porges' HRV Journey
Heart rate variability is not a mistake in the system. It is a living signature of how the nervous system is regulating the heart in real-time.
Fred Shaffer
Dec 6, 202510 min read
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On the Same Wavelength: How Brain Similarity Predicts Who Becomes Friends
Neural similarity measured when people were still near-strangers predicted who ended up socially closer in a real friendship network months later.
Fred Shaffer
Dec 4, 20259 min read
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The Brain's Hidden Rhythm: How Neural Networks Cycle Through States in Under a Second
The brain wasn't just switching between networks. It was circulating through them in a consistent order.
Fred Shaffer
Dec 4, 20259 min read
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Slow-Paced Contraction Training Using a Multichannel Biofeedback System
Slow-paced contraction (SPC) training to increase HRV can also benefit from multichannel systems.
Fred Shaffer
Dec 3, 202518 min read
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Five Phases of Brain Wiring: How Your Neural Networks Change From Birth to Old Age
The brain's wiring passes through a series of turning points that divide the lifespan into five distinct phases.
Fred Shaffer
Nov 27, 20259 min read
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BioSource Update
Upcoming posts will explore slow-paced contraction using data-acquisition systems and best practices in the clinical assessment of ADHD and autism.
Fred Shaffer
Nov 23, 20252 min read
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Neurophysiological Assessment in Clinical Practice
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.

John S. Anderson
Nov 21, 202516 min read
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Precision Psychopharmacology: Irritability and Rage
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.
Fred Shaffer
Nov 19, 202518 min read
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5-Min Science: The Role of Pacemaker Neurons in Networks Trained by Neurofeedback
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.
Fred Shaffer
Nov 17, 202511 min read
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Honoring an HRV Pioneer: Dr. Paul Lehrer's Journey Through the Heart of Biofeedback
Dr. Paul Lehrer offered a masterclass in humility, collaboration, and the relentless pursuit of understanding how the body heals itself.
Fred Shaffer
Nov 15, 202512 min read
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5-Min Science: Exercise Can Lower Your Risk of Alzheimer's Cognitive Decline
Walking just 5,000 to 7,500 steps a day could delay Alzheimer's symptoms by six years.
Fred Shaffer
Nov 13, 20258 min read
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John Anderson and John Davis Answer Your Questions About Learning Processes and Mindfulness in Neurofeedback
John Anderson and John Davis discuss learning processes and mindfulness in neurofeedback.

John Anderson and John Davis
Nov 9, 202519 min read
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Slow-Paced Contraction Training with the Optimal HRV Application
Clients can perform SPC correctly with minimal instruction.
Fred Shaffer
Nov 8, 202510 min read
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John Anderson and John Davis Answer Your Neurofeedback Questions
Neurofeedback combines precise signal measurement with human learning.

John Anderson and John Davis
Nov 4, 202517 min read
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Best Practice: Handling Null Results
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).
BioSource Faculty
Nov 3, 202513 min read
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