Anyone know how the different brainwave frequencies where named and why? need a clue, ...comment....

Dr. Sharlin's presentation pointed out this contradiction regarding super agers' brains & plaques....

Alot of great info on brain health here today! Overload of biochemistry...lol fascinating stuff!! Hope to distill and simplify some key points to share with you!

Curious what your favorite and most valuable metrics and analysis are on the map reports you use if you use qEEG map reports. If you could change your report what would you do?

Excerpt from my book: Overarousal & Beta Asymmetry and Anxiety Anxiety is a common problem in today’s stressful world. Even prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic, we were seeing more and more qEEG brain maps with patterns that correlate with anxiety. Most people don’t know that chronic anxiety underpins many medical conditions. When we face a stressful situation, our body is built to react by activating the fight or flight response. This response sends energy to our muscles and makes us super alert, so we can deal with emergencies. It made sense when we had to run from predators or be eaten. But sometimes our stressors are not physical threats, like preparing for an exam, a difficult conversation about your child, or kids not doing what you ask. In these cases, our body's fight or flight response is not useful and when chronic, can actually be harmful. The stress response also impacts the immune system and other chemical changes in your body. If this goes on chronically, the chemical imbalance in your system lingers, making you vulnerable to disease and health challenges due to a weakened immune system. In the brain, this massive increase in energy and arousal creates an increase in beta waves (~13-30+Hz) . Beta wave activity is related to thought processing. As beta wave activity increases your mind revs up even more, leading to massive consumption of oxygen, glucose and many other chemicals and nutrients. It takes a lot of energy to stay in that mode! In a well regulated brain, Beta should be predominant on the left side, if it is not, we refer to this as Beta Asymmetry. When this is the case, people tend to experience anxiety related symptoms like insomnia, restlessness, migraines, panic attacks, worry, etc. Having too much beta can add to this. Using neurofeedback to correct patterns of Beta Asymmetry, and calm excessive beta activity, helps conserve use of resources in the brain.