The
Neuroscience
of Attention Deficit
All Attention Deficit is NOT the same
Treatment should NOT be a "one size fits all". We look at each person's specific brain physiology.
We use EEG brain mapping to objectively identify the brainwave abnormality causing the behavior.
Neurofeedback is a research-based, non-pharmaceutical intervention used to re-train brainwave activity.
The American Academy of Pediatrics lists Neurofeedback as an "Evidence Based Intervention".
A post EEG brain map can objectively measure improvements in brain activity after neurofeedback.

Dr. Tanya Altmann, Pediatrician
Calabasas Pediatrics
"I have referred many of my ADHD patients to the Brain Performance Center and have seen significant improvements in focus, impulse control, and behavior"





American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics lists EEG Guided Neurofeedback an evidence-based, level 1 (best support) intervention for child and adolescent attention and hyperactivity disorders.

Randomized controlled trials have found EEG neurofeedback to be equivalent to stimulant medication in treating the core symptoms of ADHD.
Duric NS, Assmus J, Gundersen DI, Elegen IB. (2012). Neurofeedback for the treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD: A randomized and controlled clinical trial using parental reports. BMC Psychiatry, 12:107 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-12-107.

In five studies EEG neurofeedback has been found to result in sustained benefits when reassessed even up to two years after the end of treatment (these findings are in contrast to the lack of sustained benefit from either behavior therapy or stimulant medication as documented in the MTA Cooperative study).
Gevensleben, H., Holl, B., Albrecht, B., Schlamp, D., Kratz, O., Studer, P., & Heinrich H. (2010). Neurofeedback training in children with ADHD: 6-Month follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 19, 715-724.

A 2009 meta-analysis of EEG neurofeedback involving 1,194 ADHD subjects concluded that neurofeedback meets the highest level of evidence-based support for the treatment of ADHD.
Arns, M, de Ridder, S, Strehl, U, Breteler, M, & Coenen, A. (2009). Efficacy of neurofeedback treatment in ADHD: The effects on inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity: A meta-analysis. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 40(3) 180-189

A 2012 meta-analysis published in the Journal of Attention Disorders found EEG neurofeedback to be more than twice as effective in treating the core symptoms of ADHD as compared to: working memory training, behavior modification, school-based behavior therapy, behaviorally-based parent training, and behavioral self-monitoring.
Hodgson, K. et al (2012). Nonpharmacological treatments for ADHD: a meta-analytic review. Journal of Attention Disorders, published online May 29, 2012, doi:10.1177/1087054712444732
