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Neurologist can provide a report for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes based upon the QEEG data. When requested, an experienced board certified M.D. A BRAINMAP is also useful as a diagnostic tool for head injury, addictions, learning disabilities, autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression and other neurological conditions. The goal is to normalize the QEEG patterns, which in turn normalizes the functions and connections of the brain, resulting in remediation of the patient's symptoms. If a given feature is lower than in the normal group, it is "uptrained," i.e., the patient is trained to make more of it. If a given feature is quantitatively more in the patient than in the controls (normal data base), that feature is "downtrained," i.e., the patient is trained with neurofeedback, to make less of it. The BRAINMAP is then used to guide neurofeedback training. The patient's data is then statistically compared with the data from a group of individuals the same age who are normal (a normal data base). Coherence is a measure of connectivity between the various brain areas. It determines the amount (power) of the different frequency bands of the EEG (delta, theta, alpha, beta) and determines the coherence (relationship) between these bands. It is a quantitative computer analysis of the raw EEG.
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The EEG can be used to detect epileptic or other abnormal brain activity.Ī QEEG is a BRAINMAP. Brain waves are amplified and the signals are fed to a computer, saved on the hard drive, and later retrieved for visual and computer analyses. » Psychiatry Research: Excess beta activity in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder:Īn EEG is a painless, non-invasive diagnostic test which monitors the ever present and ongoing electrical activity in the brain. » International Journal of Psychophysiology: Simultaneous EEG and EDA measures in adolescent » Clinical Neurophysiology: EEG evidence for a new conceptualisation of attention deficit Scientific Studies on QEEG Brain Mapping and ADD/ADHD: (pdf format) » Society of Biological Psychiatry: Inhibition in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder:Ī Psychophysiological Study of the Stop Task Neurofeedback treatment can then be based on these findings. If neurological, the Brainmap pinpoints which brainwaves are abnormal and which location. Without a QEEG, a clinician cannot truly know if the symptoms are neurologically based, or simply psychological/behavioral. Again, here we can help this child with Neurofeedback to normalize this region to improve emotional regulation.ĮEG is a diagnostic approach, very similar to a physician doing a throat culture on a patient with a sore throat and fever to determine which antibiotic would best eradicate the infection. For example, if the frontal region of the brain shows excessive slow brainwaves and the patient has attentional difficulties, then we have a "match" to help him/her with a Neurofeedback protocol to train the frontal lobes to regulate more normally.Īs another example, the right temporal region is involved in emotional regulation, so if it is malfunctioning, we would expect the child to have difficulty with emotional regulation or frustration tolerance. If one or more of the locations shows reduced activity (either from too many slow brain waves or not enough fast brain waves), then we can predict what type of symptoms the patient may be experiencing as a result of that area malfunctioning. We know in general what cognitive or emotional functions each area of the brain performs. The patient's brainmap is processed and compared to a "normative database." This means that your brainmap is compared to that of a group of normal people your age and sex.
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The Brain Mapping will detect if any area of the brain is malfunctioning or misfiring. Much like a thermometer which only records your temperature but does not affect your temperature, the Brainmap only records the electrical activity of the brain it does not do anything to the brain. If neurologically caused, then there is a high probability of treatment success using a Neurofeedback treatment program.ġ9 sensors are placed on the surface of the head, according to a system of clinical EEG standards, and brain wave activity is recorded over those 19 areas. It tells us if the symptoms are neurologically based. QEEG (Quantitative Electroencephalogram) or Brain Mapping is an essential diagnostic procedure used in evaluating ADD/ADHD, Autism, Learning Disorders, Anxiety, and Depression.