Re: Re: Increasing beta amplitudes is not such a hot idea?

[Guest guest]

Bruce,I don't usually use rewards outside the middle bands (6-8, 8-12, 12-16), but sometimes I do.  Lots of others do as well.  The material from the workshops includes beta uptraining as an option.

My usual recommendation is implemented in our Options designs:  Inhibit bands start in auto mode and then are fixed at baseline levels 30-40 seconds into the session.  Thus, if the client reduces them, he increases her percent of success and receipt of feedback.  Reward bands are left in Auto mode, so the thresholds allow the fastwave activity to fall as the slowwave activity does.  In a sense, we aren't really training beta up with a, say, 80% reward rate.  We're simply blocking the feedback when beta is at its lowest 20%.

Pete-- Van Deusenpvdtlc@...http://www.brain-trainer.com

USA 678 224 5895BR 47 3346 6235The Learning Curve, Inc.

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:14 PM, thor432001 <MindFitness@...> wrote:

 

> It's not altogether clear to me that trying to

> increase beta amplitudes is such a hot idea.

Pete, can you say a little elaborate a bit more on what you say above within the context of your neurofeedback protocol recomendations from the level 2 and 3 workshops which mention rewars for such frequencies?

Thanks,

Bruce

[Guest guest]

Pete, Thank you!

Bruce

Re: Re: Increasing beta amplitudes is not such a hot idea?

Bruce,

I don't usually use rewards outside the middle bands (6-8, 8-12, 12-16), but sometimes I do. Lots of others do as well. The material from the workshops includes beta uptraining as an option.

My usual recommendation is implemented in our Options designs: Inhibit bands start in auto mode and then are fixed at baseline levels 30-40 seconds into the session. Thus, if the client reduces them, he increases her percent of success and receipt of feedback. Reward bands are left in Auto mode, so the thresholds allow the fastwave activity to fall as the slowwave activity does. In a sense, we aren't really training beta up with a, say, 80% reward rate. We're simply blocking the feedback when beta is at its lowest 20%.

Pete-- Van Deusenpvdtlc@...http://www.brain-trainer.comUSA 678 224 5895BR 47 3346 6235The Learning Curve, Inc.

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:14 PM, thor432001 <MindFitness@...> wrote:

> It's not altogether clear to me that trying to> increase beta amplitudes is such a hot idea. Pete, can you say a little elaborate a bit more on what you say above within the context of your neurofeedback protocol recomendations from the level 2 and 3 workshops which mention rewars for such frequencies?Thanks,Bruce