Brain Wave pattern Optimization
Biofeedback:
The "Little" Breakthrough In Learning
Brain Wave Study
Our
brain is an electrochemical organ. When working,
different regions of the brain emit
different frequencies called brain waves. After decades
of measuring brain wave patterns of natural leaders, artists,
scientists and creative minds of all walks of life, research has found
that brain wave patterns are directly related to our behaviors,
capabilities and performances. The
optimal pattern called "The Awakened Mind" was
released in 1979 by British psycho physiologist and
biophysicist C. Maxwell Cade.
 Brain Wave Pattern of
Peak Performance
Combines the following
all at the same time:
- the intuitive, emphasis radar of the deltawaves
- the creative inspiration, personal insight, and spiritual
awareness of theta waves
- the bridging capacity of relaxed, detatched, awareness of
Alpha waves
- the external attention and ability to consciously process
thought of Beta waves.
This brainwave pattern can be found during "peak experience" or
"peak performance", regardless of the content
or intention, in all forms of tasks requiring creativity and high
performance. It is not "which" frequency, but
"how the frequencies combine", that determines
our optimum states of consciousness.
 The "Ah-Ha"
Wave Pattern
The "Ah-ha!" experience -- where we
suddenly "get it," gain an insight, or when a great
idea suddenly comes to us -- produces a brain wave pattern
very similar to the "awakened mind" pattern.
This pattern is characterized by the bursts of beta and
alpha waves.
When an "ah-ha"
experience occurs, an association has been created
between the problem requiring resolution and the mass of
unconscious learning that is available to the
subject. It is possible to train the brain to
generate the "ah-ha" pattern.
The Super Learning State
The super learning state, which
shares some characteristics with peak performance brain wave pattern,
occurs when alpha and thetaa waves dominate.
However, in the super learning state the beta
wave is reduced. The result is a unique
state where the brain can accept a much larger volume of
information than is normally possible. This occurs
because the normal conscious filter of the mind is
by-passed; instead, the knowledge is absorbed directly
and in an unfiltered state.
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| Chronology |
1929:
Hans Berger, wiring up his son, discovers that the
brain generates different electrical frequencies
and calls the resulting chart "Electroencephalogram"
(EEG).
1930: Ivan
Petrovich conducts the famous experiments on his
dogs. The concept of conditioning is born.
1950: Neal E.
Miller of Yale University proves that control of
automatic functions (e.g. heart rate) can be
taught.
1967: M. Barry
Sterman teaches his cats to control their brain
waves and the resulting subject becomes resistant
to epileptic seizures.
1970: Joel
Lubar proves that brain wave pattern correction is
effective for attention deficit disorder (ADD) and
hyperactivity.
1998: New York
school district incorporates EEG biofeedback into
its educational system to treat learning
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Image
Abacus and Brain Wave Pattern
 The goal of
the image abacus training system is to provide the
student with control over these brain wave
patterns. This control will allow the student to
access the desirable brain wave pattern for the learning
which is required. Employing the core "speed
hearing" technique and progressing through a
carefully designed series of graduated calculation
exercises, the student is trained to achieve the optimal
state of mind for the task at hand.
The
ABS Method
The power of the image abacus system consists of its
manipulation of three key variables: difficulty of
the task, task duration, and the speed at which the task
must be accomplished. Manipulation of these
variables requires sophisticated technology as does
measurement of the student's response. Abacus
Brain Study (ABS) is one of the very few institutions in the world,
and unique in North America, that provides
the equipment, training program and instructional
support to guide your child through this system.
The outcome is that one goes far beyond the ability to
perform fast calculations. The lasting effect is
the student's acquisition of a tool that will support
all future learning experiences.
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State of the Brain |
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Types
Of Brain Waves:
BETA: The most rapid is called a beta brain wave pattern, the pattern of normal waking consciousness. Beta is associated with concentration, arousal, alertness, and cognition. However, at its highest, and most rapid levels beta is associated with anxiety, disharmony, and unease.
ALPHA: Relaxed, brain wave activity slows into what is called an alpha brain wave pattern. Alpha patterns vary from deep alpha - a state of deep relaxation often referred to as the "twilight state" between sleep and waking - to the higher end of alpha which is a more focused, yet still very relaxed state. Thus it is also referred to as the 'super-learning' state.
THETA: Slower still are theta waves. Theta is best known as the brain wave state of dreaming sleep, but it is also associated with a number of other beneficial states, including increased creativity, some kinds of "superlearning," increased memory abilities, and what are called integrative experiences. "Ah-ha!" experiences, where you suddenly "get it," have an insight, are accompanied by bursts of theta waves in your brain.
DELTA: The slowest brain wave pattern is delta, the brain wave pattern of dreamless sleep.
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