Applied Neuroscience: Rewiring Neural Pathways in the Brain to Repair the Damage of Trauma & Neglect

Learn breakthrough applications of EEG neurofeedback from today's leading experts.

This applied neuroscience track brings together researchers, engineers, clinicians and neurobiologists who are exploring ways in which computers can assist in the modulation of focusing, arousal, and filtering, and thereby shape mental and physiological self-experience. One of the oldest, and best researched, approaches for improving self-regulation of the central nervous system is neurofeedback, which has been applied in a variety of settings.

In this workshop participants will be exposed to an overview of arousal dysregulation in severe emotional disorders and ways in which technology can be used to regulate arousal and improve emotional and behavioral functioning. We will explore the use of the quantitative EEG, and review the development of instrumentation that can help with “essential self-experiences”.

OUTLINE

Introduction of Bessel van der Kolk

• How trauma disturbs brain development
• Childhood Trauma
  • Attachment issues
    • Brain Development
    • Social Experiences
• Electro-connections of the brain
  • Traumatized vs. “Normal” people
• How to help traumatized people not be focused on the past
• Questions

Introduction of Laurence Hirshberg

• Neurofeedback
  • What it is
  • How is works
  • Supporting research
  • What we know vs. what we don’t know
  • Why you would want to change the EEG
  • Finished existing research on what the EEG abnormalities are with PTSD
  • What the evidence that you can actually change the EEG
  • Early studies of the efficacy of neurofeedback in early childhood trauma
• Questions

Introduction of Tom Collura

• Clinic work
  • Process of neuroscience within the clinic
  • Process of working with the patient when using neurofeedback
• “Normal” people distributions vs. traumatized people distributions
  • Z-score training
• Clinic research findings with patients
• State and trait characteristics
  • Left vs. Right brain
• Questions

Introduction of Richard Jacobs

• Aspects of neurofeedback and how they can help people
• Personal neurofeedback story of Richard Jacobs

Introduction of Paul Frewen

• MEG studies on PTSD subjects
• PTSD patients vs patients under psychedelic drugs
  • Positive and negative experiences of psychedelic drugs
  • Neurofeedback studies
• Questions

Introduction of Sebern Fisher

• The role of neurofeedback in the treatment of developmental trauma
• Default mode network
• Case studies of neurofeedback
• EEG and clinical changes

Introduction of Ed Hamlin

• History of the mind vs. the brain
• Complexity of the brain
• Consciousness in the brain
• Brain networks
  • What parts of the brain process what

OBJECTIVES

• Summarize the recent developments in neuroscience as they relate to the treatment of trauma.
• Explore ways in which computers can assist in the modulation of focusing, arousal, and filtering.
• Describe the role of specific neuronetworks associated with trauma.
• Demonstrate how to provide non-invasive office-based electrophysiology measures of both central and autonomic nervous system functions.
• Summarize an overview of arousal dysregulation in severe emotional disorders.
• Utilize technology to regulate arousal and improve emotional and behavioral functioning.
• Identify the default mode network that is associated with dysfunctions associated with PTSD.
• Explore the use of the quantitative EEG.

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