NeuroFeedback, NeurOptimal and Electroencephalography

[Persej]

If it's due only to the lighting and LH stimuli, wouldn't the resulting effect then be the opposite, i.e. being more awake and mentally active and not so much and quickly restful and sleepy?

Well, I do not feel sleepy during the reading. But perhaps being more mentally active is a key to the process because it helps me to better pay attention to the book? I do not feel much different when I'm reading the book, it is only after I go to sleep and wake up that I realize that something was different. Usually it takes at least several days of long reading for me to notice a positive effect on my sleep, but with this position it's much quicker with much fewer pages being read. But it doesn't make me more quickly sleepy when I am reading the book.

 

[Persej]

On the other hand, my experience might not be connected to the light angle since the paper is reflecting the light in quite diffused way. What could be different is the light color. The paper of the book has a slight yellowish tint. And the color of the lamp light is warm white (2700K). So when you put those two things together, you get some kind of amber color on the paper. Perhaps that is the reason behind the effect that I feel on my brain? I do not have any dyslexia like problems, but perhaps this yellowish light can also affect the brain in other ways?

 

[nicklebleu]

Do you maybe remember the frequency of the sessions at that time, daily

With NO you cannot overtrain (as opposed to the linear neurofeedback). Optimally you should start with a session every day until ‘saturation’ occurs (usually 20-30 sessions, or until the beneficial effects plateau), then you can wind it back to ‘mainenance’, which is individual and might be a few times per week or month. As Laura mentioned, your brain will tell you when it ‘needs’ another session.