WHY DOES NEUROFEEDBACK WORK?
Just like our weight, the brain has a set point. We may not like our present weight, but we tend to be stuck there. When someone tries to lose weight, the person gets to one set point and gets stuck. It takes a while for the body to move to another lower weight. The same thing is true of brain waves. They are set in a particular pattern that may not be optimal. In this pattern, one may feel anxious, or depressed, have cravings for food or drugs, experience fatigue, or have migraines. When we change the brain wave patterns, they tend to find another set point. At the new set point, the person functions better. The individual feels more relaxed, happier, attends better, experiences less pain, has less intense cravings for food or drugs, experiences an improvement in migraines, and so on, depending on the purpose of training.
