EEG and Neurofeedback efficacy

[montecristo]

I am looking into buying an eeg machine for home use neurofeedback. There are options out there like https://40yearsofzen.com or https://www.biocybernaut.com/ but I think i'd rather have my own machine to play with for years and decades to come. I have seen @Leo Gura mention in various places that he does this but no real specifics on it. So I have a few questions for Leo or anyone else with experience on this.

1. Are there any aspects of this work neurofeedback can especially benefit in your experience?

2. What specific system do you use?

3. Does it require advanced technical skill to use effectively or simply time and attention?

4. Is it worth the money or would it be better spent elsewhere, psychedelic retreats etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.biocybernaut.com/40-years-zen-meditation/ Just found this page on their site with some interesting claims about EEG, including a scientific empirical basis for the different stages of attainment:

("At Biocybernaut, in seven days, you can make the same changes in your brain waves as if you were a dedicated practitioner of Zen meditation spending 21 years to 40 years in a serious meditative practice, doing all that which is needed to become an advanced practitioner of Zazen.

One study done in Japan by Kasamatsu and Hirai with zen monks from both the Soto and the Rinzai branches of Zen began by asking the Zen masters of the Zen monks to rate their monks for level of spiritual development (beginner, intermediate and advanced).  Then they measured the monks' brain waves as they were doing Zen meditation, sitting Zazen. And what they found was that the more highly rated the monks were in spiritual development by their Zen master, the more Alpha brain waves they had in their meditation records.

There were important nuances, such that in beginners, Alpha increased at the back of the head only; in intermediate Zen, the alpha waves increased first at the back of the head and then spread forward on the head.  And in advanced Zen, Alpha began by increasing at the back of the head and then spread forward on the head, and then the frequency of the Alpha slowed a little, and at Frontal locations of the brain (F3 and F4) the monks began producing Theta waves.

SUSTAINED ALPHA BRAIN WAVE STATES

This is the exact pattern of brain wave changes that we see in graduates of the seven-day Alpha One training at Biocybernaut.")

Edited April 12, 2019 by montecristo
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