A Symphony in the Brain, The Evolution of the New Brain Wave BiofeedbackMindware, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science (272 pages, 2001).djvu

A Symphony in the Brain: The Evolution of the New Brain Wave Biofeedback by Jim Robbins
Publisher: Grove Press; Reprint edition (July 10, 2001) | ISBN: 0802138195 | Pages: 272 | DJVU | 3.27 MB

Can you fix your own neurologic problems without resorting to drugs? Science writer Jim Robbins suggests that some such conditions--like epilepsy, autism, and depression--could yield to a recently developed technique called neurofeedback. His book A Symphony in the Brain describes the process, its evolution from the 1970s fad of biofeedback, its practitioners, and some of its success stories. Using computers to quickly provide information on real-time EEG, practitioners train patients to control global or local brain states--or so the theory goes. Unfortunately for its proponents, there are still no rigorous research data showing conclusive results.