Thread by @CraigZengar

1/ #EricksonianHypnosis #Aficionados: What would Milton Hyland Erickson #MHE say? miltonericksoncanoediary.com

Back in 2016, I stumbled across what I consider to be the epitome of a permissive and inclusive approach to #Neurofeedback, Dynamical Neurofeedback® that is.

2/ It only offers a mirror to the brain/CNS in regard to the measured voltage drops at the scalp and the “flutter” it recognizes in the EEG as it is about to change phase state.

3/ It allows the brain/CNS to return to the present moment (orienting response), with the use of “negative feedback,” the safest form of feedback, btw, and through the use of interruptions in the audiovisual stream (a takeaway of sound) and offering a difference in information.

4/ This allows the brain/CNS to notice this difference in information regarding its own electrical activity (measured at 256 times/sec by the zAmp and software and thus, make its own decision whether to proceed with that phase change state or reorganize back to the preceding…

5/ …state. This is all in the context of what it always does every single moment of our lives - viz, to minimize discomfort (not to be thought of as “comfort”) as the brain is about survival and not always “thrival.”

More if inclined to read… or not. 😉

6/ Valdeane W. Brown, PhD, Co-Founder of the Zengar® Institute and Co-Creator of NeurOptimal® on how it works:

7/ “Interruptions in the audiovisual streams are generated by the software detecting acute changes of emergent variability in the electrical activity of the brain: i.e., flutter, similar to the flutter of a humming bird as it changes position.

8/ Flutter precedes a change in the phase state in all non-linear dynamic systems and the brain is a non-linear, dynamical system that is self-organizing based on information value.

9/ Flutter in the energy flow of such a system indicates a change in the value of information of that system, both with respect to its external environment, but also with respect to its internal environment.

10/ The interruptions produced by NeurOptimal® can provide a trigger for the “Orienting Response" in the brain. This is due to the variation of the value of the information that has been received by the brain to that time.

11/ The “Orienting Response” prompts the brain to “Return To Present” and perceive what is really happening both inside and outside so that it can make a decision on what to do next: that is, how to self-organize and continue to change state or to release the potential…

12/ …phase-state change that was announced by the interrupt, thereby, returning to the state just preceding the flutter.

13/ If this response to the potential phase-state change leads to a decrease in overall discomfort to the brain, it will continue to use that comprehensive behavioral repertoire.

I hope you find this helpful.” ~ Val

14/ Neurofeedback: The First Fifty Years - Valdeane W. Brown, PhD’s Preview chapter can be viewed here:
books.google.com/books?id=CEW9D…

History of NeurOptimal®, written by Susan Cheshire Brown, PhD - neuroptimal.com/discover-neuro…

NeurOptimal® Getting Started Manuals:

15/ English: neuroptimal.com/wp-content/upl…

Français : neuroptimal.com/wp-content/upl…

The NeurOptimal® Complete User Manual - neuroptimal.com/wp-content/upl…

The NeurOptimal® New User Resources Pages:

English: neuroptimal.com/new-user-resou…

Français : neuroptimal.com/ressources-pou…

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