Every NeuraLearn program is grounded in objective measurement and decades of peer-reviewed research. This page explains how our assessment technologies work and why the evidence supports what we do.
qEEG brain mapping is the anchor of every NeuraLearn assessment. Heart rate variability measurement and CANTAB cognitive testing are drawn on where the research suggests they are relevant to your goals. Select a tool below to learn more.
A detailed map of your brain's electrical activity, used to guide every neurofeedback protocol we design.
A physiological measure of how the autonomic nervous system is responding to stress, used where it is relevant to what you are working on.
A computerised neuropsychological battery developed at Cambridge, used to benchmark attention, memory and executive function before and after training.
Neurofeedback has been seriously studied since the early 1970s. Over five decades of independent research, the findings have been remarkably consistent: training the brain to shift its patterns produces real, lasting changes in how people think, feel, and function. The strongest evidence is for attention and focus, where study after study has found that neurofeedback meaningfully reduces the core difficulties associated with ADHD.
The research on anxiety and stress tells a similar story. Across dozens of studies, people who completed neurofeedback reported significant reductions in anxiety and a greater capacity to manage stress day to day. NeuraLearn takes this a step further by starting with a qEEG brain map, so training is built around your brain specifically rather than a one-size approach.
Researchers pooled the results of 15 separate studies and found that neurofeedback consistently reduced inattention and impulsivity in people with ADHD. The improvements were meaningful in size, placing neurofeedback among the most well-supported non-medication options available.
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.
In a head-to-head study of 102 children with ADHD, neurofeedback outperformed a computerised attention training program on every key measure of symptom severity. Researchers checked back in six months later and the improvements were still there.
Gevensleben, H., Holl, B., Albrecht, B., Vogel, C., Schlamp, D., Kratz, O., ... & Heinrich, H. (2009). Is neurofeedback an efficacious treatment for ADHD? A randomised controlled clinical trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50(7), 780–789.
When researchers tracked participants from 10 studies for up to a year after finishing neurofeedback, the benefits had not faded. Improvements in attention had actually grown stronger over time, suggesting the brain keeps consolidating the changes long after training ends.
Van Doren, J., Arns, M., Heinrich, H., Vollebregt, M. A., Strehl, U., & Loo, S. K. (2019). Sustained effects of neurofeedback in ADHD: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 28(3), 293–305.
A wide-ranging review of 63 studies found that EEG neurofeedback is the most researched form of brain-based training for mental health, and anxiety is where it has been studied most. Across different study types, researchers consistently found real improvements in how participants felt.
Schoenberg, P. L. A., & David, A. S. (2014). Biofeedback for psychiatric disorders: a systematic review. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 39(2), 109–135.
When researchers combined the results of 26 studies on neurofeedback for anxiety, they found that on average, participants' anxiety dropped by a substantial amount. The findings held up across different types of anxiety and different study designs, pointing to neurofeedback as a genuinely effective approach for managing anxiety.
Russo, G. M., Balkin, R. S., & Lenz, A. S. (2022). A meta-analysis of neurofeedback for treating anxiety-spectrum disorders. Journal of Counseling & Development, 100(3), 236–251.
Neurofeedback works through operant conditioning: the brain learns to produce more of the patterns that are rewarded and less of those that are not. Over repeated sessions, this reinforces new neural pathways and shifts the brain's resting-state patterns in a measurable direction.
A qEEG brain mapping session records your brain's electrical activity across all cortical regions, producing a detailed topographic map of your baseline patterns before any training begins.
Your qEEG map is compared against a normative database to identify the specific sites and frequency bands that deviate from expected ranges. These deviations form the target for your protocol.
During each neurofeedback session, sensors monitor your brainwave activity in real time. When the brain produces the target patterns, a reward signal is delivered, gradually reinforcing those patterns through repetition.
A repeat assessment at the end of the program, including qEEG and, where relevant to your goals, CANTAB and HRV, provides an objective before-and-after comparison to confirm measurable change.
Want to go deeper on the stress and anxiety science? Read the free guide first.
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