WHY IS RECORDING EEG, STUDYING QEEG, AND TRAINING THE BRAIN IMPORTANT?
THE BRAIN
The brain is an elegant organ weighing approximately 3.5 pounds. It consumes 60% of the glucose produced in the body. This makes the brain a "large energy consumer." It functions by chemicals and electrical activity. If you take a pill of some type, this effects the chemistry. If you change the electrical activity, the chemistry is changed. In most cognitive, behavioral, mood, or movement issues the dysfunction can be seen in the brain's EEG. The brain's electrical activity is known brain waves.
EEG RECORDING
This is a view of those "wiggly lines" that are brain waves. Ordinarily the lines appear somewhat organized and regular. In this view, there are some irregular waves.
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QEEG REPORT
This is a graphical view of brain waves by 1 Hertz increments. The red indicates a very high level of activity on the right side following a blow to the head.
TRAINING THE BRAIN
Once the EEG and the QEEG report have been studied, we know where and how to train the brain. Through an automatic process, brain wave patterns can be changed. When the patterns are changed, cognitive behavior such as concentration is improved. Changing the patterns also changes behavioral pattern, mood, and movement issues.
DR. BRIGHT
Dr. Grant Bright, Ph.D., LPC, has a years of experience in the field of EEG recording and QEEG analysis and interpretation. He uses that knowledge to make decisions in doing EEG Biofeedback, also known as Neurofeedback.
Dr. Grant Bright began his career in counseling psychology, but became interested in EEG beginning study in 1989. Presently he brings to the field eleven years experience in Neurofeedback and many years experience in counseling. Having an electronics background, makes the technical nature of Neurofeedback and Biofeedback easy for him to use and explain. He is board certified in NeuroFeedback, and is a licensed, practicing psychotherapist.
In his post-doctoral studies, he has studied with Dr. Robert Thatcher, Dr. Cory Hammond, Dr. Joel Lubar, Dr. Barry Sterman, and other significant researchers, including Dr. Juri Kropotov, and Dr. Roberto Paschual Marqui. In the past eleven years he has attended more than 75 professional development seminars in the areas of EEG, QEEG, Neurofeedback, and Psychotherapy.
After considerable study in Biofeedback, a strong interest in EEG and EEG Biofeedback (Neurofeedback) emerged as his primary interest. A decided passion is continuing to research and find new procedures for studying EEG, QEEG, and brain training. This passion has enabled Dr. Bright to assist other professionals to gain more knowledge of the technology, pursuing more EEG knowledge, and developing more clinical applications. He is known for using “plain words” as he teaches clinical applications.
Dr. Bright has reviewed and/or recorded over 4000 EEGs since 1997. His familiarity with reading EEG, using data bases, and making prioritized clinical training decisions has made him a popular speaker and trainer. During the past five years, Dr. Bright has completed training in over 55 clinics across the USA, Canada, Mexico, and Spain.
He has frequently held professional workshops during major professional conferences. He has presented several papers demonstrating the efficacy of EEG analysis using advanced statistical methods and of several modalities of QEEG based Neurofeedback training.
Recording EEG and producing QEEG reports enables professionals to relate behavior directly to brain function/dysfunction. When specific brain dysfunction is identified, the brain can be trained to regain a high degree of functionality without the use of behavior modifying pharmaceuticals.
Contact information:
Telephone: 770-663-0736
Email to grantbright <at> bellsouth <dot> net