ISNR is a member organization for health professionals, educators, researchers and students

Mission Statement: "To promote excellence in clinical practice, educational applications, and research in applied neuroscience in order to better understand and enhance brain function." 

ISNR News and Information

Very Early Conference Registration Form available HERE. Save $40
 
Invitation to Submit : This year's ISNR conference will continue to hold very exciting changes and an atmosphere that everyone will find very rewarding and professionally stimulating. Our conference schedule has been transformed to increase the opportunity for in depth presentations and discussions. There will more time allotted between talks to allow a more relaxed pace getting to the talks and for maximum mental absorption to take place Read More . .
 
On Friday October 9, President Tom Collura and Executive Director Cynthia Kerson were invited to a lunch with the leaders of CHADD, and their Professional Advisory Board (PAB).  We were hosted by CHADD Chief Executive Officer Clarke Ross and PAB president Ann Teeter Ellison.  Included in the meeting were 18 CHADD Board and PAB members, and Drs. Eugene Arnold and Nicholas Lofthouse, of Ohio State University.  While the meeting was cordial, the intent was to query the ISNR representatives on several critical and pointed issues related to the acceptance of neurofeedback in the treatment of AD/HD.  Read More . . .
 
Our member Larwence Hirshberg has been working to put forth correct implementation of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. He recently recieved copies of these two letters, written from Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of Health and Human Services to Senator Al Franken and Patrick J. Kennedy of the House of Representatives. It looks as though our efforts to communuicate our concerns may have resulted in favorable dialog.
 
The ISNR PR committee created a letter that can be forwarded to your congressperson that determines failure to reimburse neurofeedback training for many of the ailments commonly treated and determined to be efficacious as loss of free trade. You can view the letter HERE.
 
The Northeast Regional Biofeedback Society composed a letter, directed to the Attorney General of New York that suggests that failure to pay for biofeedback treatment by third-party payers is considered restraint of trade. ISNR has adopted the letter and is distributing it to the attorneys general in other states. You can view this letter HERE.
 
List of Current Funding Opportunities HERE (Updated January 7, 2010)
 
                     

September 29-October 3, 2010
Interlocken Hotel
Denver, Colorado

Call For Papers

to the
ISNR Research Foundation

 

Definition of Neurofeedback:
Like other forms of biofeedback, NFT uses monitoring devices to provide moment-to-moment information to an individual on the state of their physiological functioning.  The characteristic that distinguishes NFT from other biofeedback is a focus on the central nervous system and the brain.  Neurofeedback training (NFT) has its foundations in basic and applied neuroscience as well as data-based clinical practice.  It takes into account behavioral, cognitive, and subjective aspects as well as brain activity.  Thus, it meets the American Psychological Association's definition of an evidence-based intervention since NFT is "...the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preference."   Read More . .

   

 


Definition of Biofeedback:
Biofeedback is a process that enables an individual to learn how to change physiological activity for the purposes of improving health and performance. Precise instruments measure physiological activity such as brainwaves, heart function, breathing, muscle activity, and skin temperature. These instruments rapidly and accurately "feed back" information to the user. The presentation of this information — often in conjunction with changes in thinking, emotions, and behavior — supports desired physiological changes. Over time, these changes can endure without continued use of an instrument.
This definition was ratified by the Task Force on Nomenclature in April of 2008

  

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