Neurofeedback, also known as neurotherapy, is a brain-based biofeedback method that may assist with various conditions by enhancing the brain's self-regulating capacity. Research indicates that this can provide long-term benefits such as:
- Enhanced emotional stability
- Reduced anxiety and depression
- Improved cognitive performance, attention, and concentration
- Decreased excessive fear, anger, or emotional sensitivity
- Better sleep
- Increased stress tolerance
- Enhanced sporting, musical, and academic performance
- Relief from seizures, headaches, and chronic pain
- Increased mindfulness
- Reduced addictive/compulsive behaviors
Unlike traditional 'talk' or drug therapies that focus on symptoms, neurofeedback aims to adjust dysfunctional brain wave patterns, a key neurological factor underlying these issues.
Neurofeedback may provide assistance with symptoms of conditions including:
RECENT research
Significant reduction in symptoms of social anxiety in children aged 6-8 years of age, compared with a control group, after 16 sessions of neurofeedback (Fallah et al. 2024)
Meta-analysis of 10 studies comparing neurofeedback to a control group for PTSD treatment reported a consistent benefit of neurofeedback vs control groups across diverse populations, with different types of trauma (Askovic et al. 2024).
Meta analysis of 22 studies investigating the use of neurofeedback for depression treatment identifies a significant benefit of neurofeedback treatment in reducing depression symptoms and improving neuropsychological functioning (Xia et al. 2024).
A systematic review of 18 studies using Infra Low Frequency (ILF) neurofeedback reports "great potential" for the use of ILF neurofeedback to enhance the regulation of brain activity and neurophysiological processes (Bazzana et al. 2022).