Of the 4 most common mental illness/mental health issues I deal with, less blood flow/deactivation of the prefrontal cortex is present in all of them...
I’ve seen this pattern in hundreds of research papers, and in the behavior/symptoms that my clients present with, especially after trauma.
Increasing blood flow to the PFC can help alleviate these kinds of symptoms.
Research suggests that neurofeedback can be incredibly beneficial in managing and potentially healing these conditions.
A 2016 study published in the journal 'Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback' indicated that neurofeedback significantly reduced symptoms of PTSD in veterans, with effects maintained at a 6-month follow-up.
Successful neurofeedback training typically necessitates several neurofeedback sessions—anywhere from one to five sessions for fMRI-neurofeedback and up to 30 sessions for EEG-neurofeedback.
This can be costly and difficult to carry out with fMRI, which further emphasizes the practical advantages of fNIRS in neurofeedback training.
This leads us to Mendi, after trying multiple types of at-home neurofeedback devices for myself, and my clients, this is the best one I’ve found that focuses on blood flow using fNIRS tech!
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