Re: Re: Brain Training at Home

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Craig,I prefer to train with headphones.  Many of the TLC designs include binaural beats at a level that is nearly subliminal.  The effect seems to be improved by headphones.  I also like headphones (like Sennheisers) that cover the ear and isolate it from outside noise, so the feedback becomes the main thing coming into the brain.  It is NOT a good idea to get headphones with volume controls or noise canceling technology, since those do tend to produce some interference, but regular headphones don't seem to cause a problem.  If you are training the temporals, you might want to place a sweatband around the head to secure the electrodes at T3 and/or T4 before putting on the phones.

The answer to your second question is, " it depends " .  I generally train 15-20 minutes of one protocol--though with synchrony or alpha-theta I might go much longer, maybe 40 minutes or so.  My basic rule of thumb is that if I'm working with an overly activated brain, training longer and more densely--more sessions in a short time--can be very useful.  Jim Hardt has done his alpha training this way for many years.  The lower the level of activation, however, the more I have found training less densely over a longer period is likely to have the positive effect, since the brain needs to change metabolic levels, not just activate control systems.

Others may disagree.Pete-- Van Deusenpvdtlc@...http://www.brain-trainer.comUSA 305 433 3160

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   Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:07:48 -0700

 Subject: Re: Brain Training at Home

Hi , I was wondering if it is optimal to train with headphones/earphones? Is it more optimal to use a speaker system? Do earphone/headphones create artifact noise when training using EEG Pendant and Pendant happens to be in close proximity to the earphones? Are there any earphones that you recommend using that  that don't interfere with the training feedback?

My other question was does it matter the length of time you train in a session. How do you determine how long to train a protocol in one session?Does it make a difference to train as many hours as close together as possible to get the desired effect or does that have no bearing on the result of the training. Thanks for your help, Craig