Up Your Brain Game:

7 Benefits of Brainwave Training

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It is possible to train your brain to access certain mental states when you need them, giving you greater self-control and improving your cognitive capacities. And no, we’re not talking about another unsubstantiated “brain game.”

Biofeedback For Your Brain

Neurofeedback is itself a form of biofeedback—using technology to give people a better insight into their physiological functions. Everything from stethoscopes to wearable heart rate monitors offer biofeedback. 

More recently, the growing accuracy and affordability of technologies capable of recording brain activity have made it possible to peer inside the skull. And there’s a lot to be found. With a set of decent EEG electrodes nestled across your scalp, you can watch those levels rise and fall. But what if you don't have access to an EEG machine? Is there a device that is more powerful than an app on your phone but more available than a wearable EEG?

An Introduction To Brain Tap

After extensive research, BrainTap has created the perfect at-home solution for better brain health. Now you have the tools you need to think, sleep, and perform better anytime, anywhere.

Unlike traditional meditation apps, BrainTap’s proprietary neuro-algorithm produces brainwave entrainment – the synchronization of brainwaves to a specialized sound – with no added effort. These sounds create full-spectrum brainwave activity (neuro-activity), a matrix that BrainTap uses to maximize its impact on neuroplasticity.In other words, your brain can reorganize and form new neural connections for a better and more balanced outlook in life. The best part? It’s sustainable!

The Benefits of BrainWave Training

1. Improved Attention and Self-Regulation

The goal of BrainWave training is usually better self-regulation so we should start there, and it shouldn’t come as a surprise that alpha-theta training succeeds in this respect.

Studies find BrainWave training capable of improving attention and working memory as well as a host of other cognitive benefits. Even a single session of BrainWave training was found to boost vigilance and concentration. 

Other studies have highlighted the potential for BrainWave training to help children develop their attention, and to help both children and adults with ADHD better manage and self-regulate their attention. 

Like meditation, neurofeedback teaches us how to direct the mind more effectively, so a better ability to attend to what we want when we need, should be expected. But there are plenty of other benefits that might not be so obvious. 

2. A Creativity Boost

One less obvious advantage of BrainWave training is a boost in creativity. While the training itself asks us to focus on our brain waves, the benefit of being able to adjust those brain waves outside the training phase can optimize performance in creative pursuits.

Alpha waves have been strongly associated with creativity. Alpha waves in the frontal regions of the brain have been linked to idea generation, while alpha activity in the right parietal area was linked to more creative ideas. 

With BrainWave training you will be able to access these creative states more efficiently.

3. Entry into a Flow State

Flow is a mind-consuming experience where actions happen with near automaticity and our attention is guided with ease. If your mind is too busy or too bored, flow won’t happen. You need to be relaxed but focused. 

When you experience a flow state you’ll find your brain oscillating in the theta and alpha ranges. A 2021 study found optimal performance was characterized by these frequencies, and the frontal lobes were more relaxed. 

With practice, BrainWave training can make it easier to enter a flow state even when the situation or circumstances wouldn’t normally elicit one, by calming the mind to the right degree yet staying engaged in the task. 

4. Deeper Meditative States

Theta brain waves are found at the edges of sleep, as you’re slowly drifting off or as you’re awakening, an experience people often describe as blissful. 

BrainWave training, much like many forms of meditation, can help us sink down into this blissful state. In fact, for novice meditators that might initially struggle with directing their attention during meditation, neurofeedback training can provide a helping hand. 

Because there are brain waves for you to attend to, and the task of manipulating them, BrainWave training is a more active process than meditation. And as you get better at altering your brain waves, when you do simply meditate you’ll find it much easier. 

5. Reprogram Mental Habits

So much of our behavior happens automatically. This is a good thing, if we had to constantly think through every action or decision we would take an age to get anywhere. 

But sometimes we get stuck in negative loops, sometimes our inner critic keeps putting us down, and changing these bad habits can be very difficult. But it appears that BrainWave training can help.

When you practice BrainWave training, you’re often advised to close your eyes as you sink into theta waves and repeat a mantra or visualization so as to change the narratives that usually emerge from your subconscious mind during regular hours.

Several studies have found BrainWave training helps athletes adjust the way they talk to themselves, which in turn improves their performance. 

6. Reduce Stress and Anxiety

There are many reasons we might struggle to relax when we need to—juggling too many tasks, a looming problem with no obvious solution, or a health or personal crisis we didn’t see coming.

If we don’t get adequate rest and relaxation our health and well-being will suffer, and things don’t get any better when people under high levels of stress turn to unhelpful solutions like drugs and alcohol. 

Thankfully BrainWave training and meditation can provide beneficial alternatives. As alpha and theta waves reflect a calm and creative state of mind, neurofeedback can provide an effective antidote to stress and anxiety, which are characterized by much higher levels of cerebral activity. 

One study found that alpha-theta BrainWave training training led to significant improvements in energy, mindfulness, and spirituality. Another study found BrainWave training represented an effective alternative to invasive or pharmacological treatments for depression and anxiety. 

7. Relieve Trauma and Addictions

We’ve just mentioned that people often turn to alcohol and other drugs when they’re stressed or anxious, this has led some researchers to speculate that healthier relaxation techniques might be effective at managing not just the stress but the addictions. 

Subsequent research supports the notion—BrainWave training has been shown in numerous studies to reduce drug cravings, reduce unhealthy food cravings, and help alleviate alcoholism and other substance abuse problems.

BrainWave training also shows promise in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. It provides a more pleasant alternative to other treatments that often rely on exposure to stressful stimuli. 

How To Start Brainwave Training

BrainWave training can give you greater control over your mind, allowing you to enter preferred states with more ease and efficiency. But how exactly should you go about doing it?

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Couple BrainWave training with activities like meditation, yoga or exercise, music listening, and different breathing exercises for added benefits. You might find some are particularly powerful in helping you into the right state of mind.

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