Research from two collaborating laboratories at The University of London: Goldsmith and the Institute of Neurology, have discovered significant evidence that neuroplastic changes do occur directly after a neurofeedback therapy training session. It was demonstrated in the 2010 study that after a 30 minute brainwave session, voluntary control of brain rhythms was sufficient to create a lasting change in “the shifting of cortical excitability and intracortical function.”
These important findings could have a major impact on how we look at drug- free therapies in the future and help to re-examine the efficacy of neurofeedback therapy as a safe, painless and natural way to deal with brain health. And a promising endorsement for more robust research into brainwave therapies.
Neurofeedback therapy is a technology that helps a person to control their own inner brain activity through a brain -computer interface. The computer screen is a visual display of ones brain activity instantaneously , known as a “neurofeedback loop”. The screen serves as a “virtual inner reality” that mirrors in real time, bio-electrical oscillations within the brain. The data is received and recorded by sensors placed on the scalp.
The study was conducted by Tomas Ros , Diane Ruge and Moniek Munneke, under the supervision of Professors John Gruzelier and John Rothwell. It concluded that after a neurofeedback session cortical response was significantly enhanced along with a disinhibited synaptic function in surrounding areas up to 150%. It also showed that the effect lasted over 20 minutes which indicates a neuroplastic change has occurred.
With more subsequent treatments the neural pathways and connectivity can become stronger leading to more optimal functioning and a reduction of symptoms.
A balance brain is a better brain.