Analyzing Brain Activity
QEEG (quantitative electroencephalogram), or Brain Mapping is a procedure that records electrical activity within the brain from 24 channels.
This tool gives us the ability to view the dynamic changes taking place throughout the brain during processing tasks and assist in determining which areas of the brain are fully engaged and processing efficiently.
This analysis aids in a more precise diagnosis of subtle brain dysfunction. It provides information about the functional organization and disorganization of the brain and its normal development.
 
It serves as a basis for identifying variations in brain function that are associated with different types of neurological disorders including:
- Attention Deficit Disorder,
- Learning Disabilities,
- Depression,
- Dementia,
- Epilepsy,
- Traumatic and Mild Head Injury and
- Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder
as well as assuring that the true underlying cause of the problem is addressed.
With this technology, we are able to capture a picture of a client's brain wave patterns over the whole brain simultaneously. We can assess the electrical activity in each part of the brain independently and in combination with all the brain's other parts. This allows for a clear direction for our site specific biofeedback (neurotherapy) training. It also enables us to compare a brain map done before treatment, to a brain map after treatment, to show definitively the improvement in brain wave patterns as a result of treatment.
We measure the brain wave patterns in microvolts by placing electrodes at 19 sites simultaneously plus a reference site and connecting them to a computer. The computer gathers the readings and produces a comprehensive map of the client's brain wave patterns, recording amplitude, phase, coherence, and symmetry of brain waves.
The map shows the relative intensity of each type of brain wave pattern and its positioning in the brain. It also reveals, where in the brain, each brain wave pattern is highest, compared to where it should be.
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