Focus Factor acts to correct a hemispheric imbalance and focus the brain. Use it to reduce ADD, performance anxiety and to increase the mental functioning of seniors. Because separate stimulation is presented to each brain hemisphere, headphones are required. It is important to make sure that your headphones are on correctly, with the right side on your right ear, and left side on your left ear.

 Beta sessions very much act like a “mental workout”, increasing electrical activity and blood flow to the brain, speeding it up, even promoting new dendrite and synapse growth.

 

Research

Numerous studies have found that Beta training can greatly increase cognitive abilities, enhancing memory, increasing focus and mental speed, and reducing “slow-wave” disorders such as ADD, ADHD an Alzheimer’s.

Harold Russel Ph.D. and John Carter, Ph.D., of the University of Houston, did several studies in which they used brainwave entrainment to treat ADHD and other learning disorders.  After a short period of treatment, they observed 5 to 7 point increases in IQ.  Michael Tansey used a similar protocol to increase 11 – 19hz brainwaves in people suffering from dyslexia and other learning disorders, reporting a 19 point average increase in IQ.

Drs. Siefried and Susan Othmer found, in a controlled study, that beta training in the 15-18 range produces average IQ increases of 23 percent with ADD children.  In cases where the starting IQ value is less than 100, the average IQ increase was 33 points!  They also found significant improvements in memory, reading and arithmetic.  In a one year follow-up, trainees showed major improvements in self-esteem, concentration and self-expression.

Psychologist Michael Joyce used brainwave entrainment with a group of 30 children and observed vast improvements in reading level and a half year advancement in grade level as well as substantial improvements in attention, reaction and a reduction in impulsivity and variability. 

 

Note that these studies were done using groups of people who probably needed an IQ increase.  For those who are already overachievers, these sessions may have less effect.  We do believe they will be of great benefit to most people, however.  To the learning disabled, it could be a god send.

Notes on Session Effects

The first few times a more intense beta session is used (like Focus Factor), you may
experience a mild headache.  A headache during a session is almost always what is called a vascular headache, resulting from increased blood flow to your brain or forehead.  Remember that entrainment, particularly Beta entrainment, increases neural electrical activity.  To compensate, the brain increases blood flow.  If you are not used to that much activity, it may cause a slight, annoying headache until you get used to it.  Consider it a good thing: a sign that the session is doing its work.  This side effect typically goes away after the first few uses.  You probably won’t even experience this unless you use a focused beta session such as IQ which is meant as a brain workout.  

 

Directions

 To use this session, find a quiet place, free of distraction. Use Stereo headphones. Make sure you are comfortable, in a chair or lying down. After starting the session, close your eyes and try to relax (your eyes should be closed).    You may want to drink a glass of water before each session, particularly if you are using light goggles. Entrainment increases blood flow and metabolism, which can make you thirsty mid-session.

 

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Further Reading

 

Academic Performance Enhancement with Photic Stimulation and EDR Feedback.  Thomas Budzynski, Ph.D., John Jordy, M.Ed., Helen Kogan Budzynski, Ph.D., Hsin-Yi Tang, M.S., and Keith Claypoole, Ph.D.

Audio-Visual Entrainment (AVE) Program as a Treatment for Behavior Disorders in a School Setting, Michael Joyce & Dave Siever, 1997

AVS (Audio-Visual Stimulation) Effects in an Alzheimer’s Patients Documented by QEEG and LORETA, Tom Budzynski, Annual Conference, Society of Neuronal Regulation

EEG Training for ADHD and Learning Disorders, Othmer, S & Othmer, S.F., March, 1989

Differences in EEG Alpha Activity Related to Giftedness. Jausovec, N. (1996)., Intelligence, 23, 159-173.

Righting the Rhythms of Reason:  EEG Biofeedback Training as a Therapeutic Modality in a Clinical Office Setting.  Tansey, M.A., Medical Psychotherapy 3 (1990):  57-68