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Concussions May Increase The Risk Of PTSD

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/26/495074707/war-studies-suggest-a-concussion-leaves-the-brain-vulnerable-to-ptsd

Posts 16 Jan 2017

The Second Coming of Sigmund Freud, Discover Magazine

“Solms is convinced that reconnecting psychoanalysis and neuroscience is absolutely essential — the only way we will ever truly understand the brain.” http://discovermagazine.com/2014/april/14-the-second-coming-of-sigmund-freud

Posts 12 Jan 2016

Gray Matter Reduced in Youths With Behavioral Problems

http://neurosciencenews.com/gray-matter-behavior-teens-3255/

Posts 16 Dec 2015

Sebern’s Response to “Imaging Study Maps Brain Activity in Borderline Personality Disorder”

Imaging Study Maps Brain Activity in Borderline Personality Disorder A colleague of mine asked for my take on the above article and I wanted to share it with anyone who might be curious: I don’t think that Borderline personality disorder is a discreet disorder and I doubt highly that there is a genetic brain […]

Posts 08 Nov 2015

Sebern’s Bookshelf

Posts 25 Jun 2015

Interview on Shrink Rap Radio

Listen to Sebern’s interview with Shrink Rap Radio, soon to be available on iTunes. http://shrinkrapradio.com/452-neurofeedback-in-the-treatment-of-developmental-trauma-with-sebern-fisher-m-a/

Posts 30 Apr 2015

Steven Kotler, “The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance”

YouTube video

Posts 27 Feb 2015

Neurofeedback Training Induces Changes in White and Gray Matter

Sage Journals – Clinical EEG and Neuroscience The main objective of this structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study was to investigate, using diffusion tensor imaging, whether a neurofeedback training (NFT) protocol designed to improve sustained attention might induce structural changes in white matter (WM) pathways, purportedly implicated in this cognitive ability. Another goal was to […]

Posts 22 Nov 2014

HuffPost – Neurofeedback on Your Bookshelf: Two Great New Books

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emma-tattenbaumfine/neurofeedback-on-your-boo_b_6169192.html

Posts 22 Nov 2014

Sebern Fisher: The Woman Who Gets Developmental Trauma Like No Other!

HealthWriteNow Article: http://healwritenow.com/sebern-fisher-neurofeedback-developmental-trauma/

Posts 06 Nov 2014

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Sebern Fisher

14 hours ago

The main take-home from this piece is that fear and reactivity are in the brain and that these circuits drive behavior. They do not sit in and are not understood by anything in the DSM 5. Our job with neurofeedback is to help the brain learn how to quiet this firing. It learned how to do this. It can learn how not to do it.
This is the reality of brain plasticity. Fear firing usually relates to survival so the brain is pretty faithful to it. Threat responses actually begin even deeper in the brain in an area called the periaqueductal gray. You can learn alot about all this if you subscribe to the webinars Ruth Lanuis is offering through buff.ly/39nsXkL. She's the leading neuroscience researcher in developmental trauma and she teaches her findings in a wonderfully user-friendly way. I highly recommend this series to all trauma therapists and particularly to those of you who are, wisely, integrating neurofeedback into your therapy. - SF ... See MoreSee Less

The Brain and Fear: How do we process fear? | The Medium

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The human brain is one of the most fascinating organs in our bodies. It is made up of more than 100 billion neurons (nerve cells) that send signals across the brain and body. The brain controls our cognition, senses, movement, and much more. It uses both electrical and chemical signals to communicat...

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Sebern Fisher

1 day ago

Six days in the US and 1 million new cases of COVID 19. Intensive care beds filling to capacity. A country shocked by its own divisions. Aberrant leadership. What is there to be thankful for on this COVID Thanksgiving?

I'll share what I'm thankful for and in a sense it's what I have always been thankful for- the love of my family and friends and the health of my family and friends. So far only one person in my circle has gotten COVID and she's getting better. I am thankful for the vaccine and the thousands of people who put their bodies on the line to prove its effectiveness. I am thankful to all the hospital personnel who are caring for the very sick among us, many of whom are getting sick themselves and some of whom are "long haulers". I am thankful that the better angels of our nature won the election. And last but not least I am thankful that I know and practice neurofeedback, which means I am also thankful for all of you, my students and my teachers.

I say this today about neurofeedback specifically in relation to long term effects of COVID. It seems, very much like trauma, that this virus can drive the CNS into a hyper immune response. Neurofeedback is known to quiet this. We can help COVID victims and we will be called upon to do so. So our job now is not to get this virus, care for our own brains and quiet our own reactivity. Wear your masks, stay safe and be well. And have a Happy Thanksgiving even if it has to be virtual!

My warmest greeting to all of you,

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Sebern Fisher

6 days ago

Researchers at Columbia are studying the short and long term effects of COVID-19, post-recovery: even sometimes in younger patients who have recovered quickly after mild symptoms ... See MoreSee Less

Even Mild Cases Can Cause “COVID-19 Fog”

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Months after recovering from a mild case of COVID-19, even healthy young adults are experiencing memory problems, fatigue, mood changes, and other neurological and psychiatric issues.

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