Neurofeedback, originally called EEG-biofeedback, is a specific application of biofeedback used to visualize the electrical activity of the brain. It teaches patients to influence their brainwaves, thus adjusting their state of mind. Neurofeedback, sometimes referred to as neurotherapy or brain function training, is effective treating a variety of health problems. Like biofeedback it reduces the need for taking medication.
Neurofeedback uses the electrical activity (EEG) of the human brain as feedback to the client, according to the principle of operand conditioning, even more so than biofeedback. The main difference is that biofeedback uses various physiological signals, not the EEG.
It started as early as the 1960’s when researcher Joe Kamiya experimented with the Alpha activity (8-12 Hz) in the human brain. The results, which were very promising, inspired many other new experiments. Nowadays the fact that humans can learn to alter their brain function, by using an EEG, is virtually undisputed. The American association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) and ISNR have created a list of the levels of efficacy of neurofeedback for various applications. For some applications, neurofeedback shows promise, but it should still be considered to be an experimental method for other conditions.
Mind Media was one of the very first companies in Europe to develop neurofeedback equipment. We have more than 20 years of experience with neurofeedback, as we introduced the BrainTracer device to the European market in 1992. Though we strongly believe in the potential of neurofeedback, we urge you to remain observant and critically test your results. The field of neurofeedback still needs better standards and regulation and we are actively participating in the process of achieving this.
Mind Media made a deliberate choice to only focus on applications where solid scientific evidence is available. These are:
Attention disorders: ADHD/ADD (improving attention)
Epilepsy (reducing attack frequency)
Sleeping disorders
Substance abuse disorders (reducing drug and alcohol addiction)
If you are a medical professional and you want to enter this field, you will need good equipment and a good training/education before you can start. Our recommendation to you would be:
Buy quality equipment that is medically certified. Don’t economize on your equipment and get the cheapest system, as the quality of your equipment determines the quality of your treatment. The NeXus systems are all medically certified.
Buy the equipment that meets your needs. Our NeXus systems have ultra-wide band DC amplifiers, which means that they can be used for DC-EEG, ULF, SCP and classical frequency band based neurofeedback. This enables you to measure and feedback brain activity from slow cortical potentials to Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Theta and SMR frequencies up to 100 Hz.
Get educated. Follow a (BCIA) certified training so you can offer your clientsthe full potential of neurofeedback treatment. Mind Media organizes and supports various neurofeedback workshops and trainings in Europe and abroad.
Be selective. Only offer neurofeedback to clients for applications where good scientific evidence of results is indicated.
Take one step at a time. You may want to start with biofeedback, rather than with neurofeedback which is more complicated.
Think multi-modal. We believe that the true power lies in combining neurofeedback with biofeedback. All NeXus systems are fully multi-modal and offer a full spectrum of neurofeedback and biofeedback functions.
If you are a health professional and if you want to know how neurofeedback could help your clients or patients or what scientific studies are available, please contact us for information (at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or +31475410123). You can also consider the workshops and seminars for professionals on these topics: workshop schedule