2-Day Advanced Neurofeedback/EEG
Saturday9:00 a.m. Introduction and Overview of the Two-Day Program
9:30 a.m. Context: Issues in Clinical Assessment
- Structured Clinical Interview- the big picture
- Standardized Testing- Rating Scales, Neurocognitive Assessment
- Neurophysiological Evaluation- qEEG/ERP, SPECT, PET, fMRI
10:00 a.m. Introduction to EEG
Basics of EEG Recording and Interpretation:
- Medical Issues- “normalcy”, specificity, diagnosis, neuropathology (“brain damage”)
- Frequency, Amplitude, Impedance, Polarity, Montages (including Laplacian, CSD)
- Generators and pacemakers - high threshold neuronal bursting
- Recording conditions: eyes closed vs. open resting, tasking, drowsiness, medications.
11:00 a.m. BREAK ****
Importance of Reading the Waveforms- LOTS OF EXAMPLES:
- EEG displays from Nexus/Biotrace
- Common artifacts
- Slowing in drowsiness and sleep compared to pathological slowing
- Transient Events – slow bursts, seizure activity, shifting laterality
12:30 p.m. *LUNCH BREAK
1:30 Introduction to Quantitative EEG/ERP: Fundamentals
- Background: Neurophysiological Evaluation, EEG, qEEG, ERP.
- Terminology: Amplitude, magnitude, power, relative power, D.C. potentials, coherence, phase, synchrony, comodulation, “connectivity”, bispectrum.
- Computations: Digitizing, Spectral Analysis (FFT), Source Localization (sLORETA), cortical vs. subcortical events.
3:00 p.m. BREAK ****
- Databases: Z-scores, references, numbers, comparison of databases (NxLink, NeuroGuide, SKIL, LORETA, Institute of the Human Brain database, BRC).
- Discriminant Analysis - Problems and pitfalls in clinical practice
- Event-Related Potentials (ERPs)
5:00 p.m. ADJOURN ****
Sunday
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Introduction to Quantitative EEG/ERP: Applications.
- Reports: Critical elements, interpretation of qEEG features, integration of findings.
- Phenotype Model - EEG profiles vs. behavioral profiles “learning disability”
- Clinical management
- Medical-legal Applications: Admissibility, “organicity”, objectivity.
10:30 a.m. BREAK ****
Understanding qEEG Reports:
- qEEG Report Examples - adult
- qEEG Report Examples - developmental
12:30 p.m. *LUNCH BREAK
1:30 p.m. Interventions :
- Intervention with Medication.
- Effects of psychoactive medication on EEG
- Predicting/managing medication response with qEEG
- Intervention with Neurofeedback.
- Comparisons with medication and psychotherapy
- Training the EEG and learning theory
- Using qEEG to guide Neurofeedback: Translation rules, predictive algorithms, Z-Score training
3:00 p.m. BREAK ****
Related Issues:
Localization of Function in the Nervous System.
- Fixed localization
- Sources of evidence: animal studies, studies of brain damage, cortical stimulation, neuroimaging
- Interaction of oscillatory systems - emergent properties.
“Arousal”, a Multidimensional Approach.
- Dimensions of Arousal: Behavioral, Mental, and Neurophysiological
- Activation and Arousal
- Sleep Wake Cycle
- Stability