Collura & NFB

Question 1

Explain infra-low frequency, and slow-cortical potential 

Answer 1

ILS neurofeedback rewards any change in the EEG baseline,

whereas SCP neurofeedback can reward change in a specific direction

Question 2

Explain DC sensors and signal

Answer 2

1. High-quality DC centers should be made of silver chloride.
2. Most practical training feedback SCPs instead of raw DC signal.
3. The Rall, DC offset can help assess the quality of sensor contacts.

Question 3

A brain dipole can

Answer 3

1. Move
2. Oscillate and very in time.
3. Change orientation.

Question 4

EEG sensors to detect dipoles

Answer 4

Between, near, and parallel to sensors

Question 5

SCP signals, or at least partially generated by

Answer 5

Cortical glial cells

Question 6

A DC EEG signal is converted into SCP by applying a time constant of ________ seconds

Answer 6

10–20 seconds

Question 7

DC and SCP training typically use ________ monitoring in order to ________.

Answer 7

Uses monopolar monitoring in order to train up or down shifts

Question 8

ILF or ISF EEG _________

Answer 8

Is detected using an AC – coupled amplifier

Question 9

Glial cells are mainly concerned with…

Answer 9

Overall activation and regulation of brain function

Question 10

An amplifier must be sensitive down to the ________ Hz to measure DC potentials

Answer 10

0.0

Question 11

The qEEG typically uses sampling rates of ______ samples per second to reduce contamination by 50/60 HZ artifact

Answer 11

1024 samples per second

Question 12

Comodulation measures

Answer 12

How signals oscillate together

Question 13

Coherence

Answer 13

Is the amount of information shared by two channels

Question 14

Phase

Answer 14

Measures whether peaks and valleys are correlated

Question 15

Collura recommends high pass filter orders (5 or 6) for

Answer 15

Low frequency (theta & Alpha) training

Question 16

FFT analysis to calculate signal frequency typically uses bins with a _______ resolution.

Answer 16

1HZ

Question 17

How do you FFT & JTFA differ

Answer 17

FFT emphasizes data from the middle of the epoch

JTFA emphasizes the most recent data

Question 18

Describe FFT frequency analysis

Answer 18

1. Allows the calculation of percent energy and spectral correlation.
2. Breaks the EEG signal into component bands like a prism
3. Measures of frequency at once.

Question 19

Advantages of 24 – bit sampling include

Answer 19

1. 0.1-microvolt resolution.
2. Excellent dynamic range.
3. Sampling the DC component of the EEG.

Question 20

The average alpha amplitude, or magnitude shown in an QEEG Report, reflects EEG signal

Answer 20

1. Expression.
2.  Variation
3. Magnitude.

Question 21

Peniston’s “deep “protocol used to treat addiction monitors _______, and trains _______.

Answer 21

Monitors PZ, and

Trains Alpha and Theta up

Question 22

A z – score measures

Answer 22

The number of standard deviations of value is from the mean

Question 23

Multiple inhibit Protocols

Answer 23

Stabilize brain function

Question 24

In live Z – score training, the target value in standard deviation depends on

Answer 24

1. Age
2. Site location
3. Eyes condition or task condition.

Question 25

A z-score is calculated as

Answer 25

Measurements - mean / standard deviation

Question 26

A “relax” protocol monitors _______ and trains ________.

Answer 26

Monitors OZ

Trains up Alpha

Trains down Theta & HB

Question 27

When clients exhibit EEG abnormalities, live z- score training can

Answer 27

Normalize the qEEG and improve clinical symptoms

Question 28

A z-score of +/- 1 standard deviation covers the middle ______ of the population

Answer 28

68%

Question 29

A “squash” protocol might reinforce

Answer 29

Decreased Theta amplitude

Question 30

A “focus” protocol monitors ______ and trains ________.

Answer 30

Monitors C3 or C4

Trains SMR up

Trains down Theta & HB

Question 31

The “alert “protocol used to treat ADHD monitors _______ and trains ______.

Answer 31

Monitor C3 or C4

Trains up Beta

Trains down Theta & HB

Question 32

Sometimes a clients training goal in regards to Z scores

Answer 32

Sometimes a training goal is to move away from the Z score mean 0