I am quite impressed with the positive response & helpful comments that have come about from your post. I wanted to throw in my own two cents worth for an activity that is possible while having ALS that has potential in the trans-humanist arena.
For the past year I have been a member of the OpenSource EEG group, and educating myself on Neurofeedback. I have also been blogging on my educational experiences, mostly just for myself. Some of the experiences I have had doing Neurofeedback have been very striking. These experiences typically occur during high alpha wave production and brain synchronicity which just means multiple parts of the brain are producing the same waves at the same time.
Originally I started training mostly out of curiosity to see if I could increase creative problem solving abilities. I think it is also very useful for maintaining a positive outlook, and a state of mind that has more potential for choosing how attention is given/selected.
So, if I were to recommend one book, it would be Les Fehmi, PhD ‘The Open Focus Brain’. This book reminds me of one of my favorite programming books ‘The Little Lisper’ because it has one of the most effective training methods on a CD for brain synchronicity. (Little Lisper was good because you quickly got the experience, and could go for the theory later)
For the EEG, I would recommend Neurosky mindset which is only a single channel (not ideal) and is only two hundred dollars including a pretty nice brain visualization tool. The OpenSource EEG is good as well, but takes awhile to get all the parts for & assemble/test. You might find the EEG is unnecessary, but if you do not get the state change from the CD, then some basic feedback could help.
I am quite impressed with the positive response & helpful comments that have come about from your post. I wanted to throw in my own two cents worth for an activity that is possible while having ALS that has potential in the trans-humanist arena.
For the past year I have been a member of the OpenSource EEG group, and educating myself on Neurofeedback. I have also been blogging on my educational experiences, mostly just for myself. Some of the experiences I have had doing Neurofeedback have been very striking. These experiences typically occur during high alpha wave production and brain synchronicity which just means multiple parts of the brain are producing the same waves at the same time.
Originally I started training mostly out of curiosity to see if I could increase creative problem solving abilities. I think it is also very useful for maintaining a positive outlook, and a state of mind that has more potential for choosing how attention is given/selected.
So, if I were to recommend one book, it would be Les Fehmi, PhD ‘The Open Focus Brain’. This book reminds me of one of my favorite programming books ‘The Little Lisper’ because it has one of the most effective training methods on a CD for brain synchronicity. (Little Lisper was good because you quickly got the experience, and could go for the theory later)
For the EEG, I would recommend Neurosky mindset which is only a single channel (not ideal) and is only two hundred dollars including a pretty nice brain visualization tool. The OpenSource EEG is good as well, but takes awhile to get all the parts for & assemble/test. You might find the EEG is unnecessary, but if you do not get the state change from the CD, then some basic feedback could help.
Best of luck, hope this helps