This allows you to see patterns of brain dysfunction that may be related to your difficulties in life: you can see the basis in your brain for your problems. These EEG tracings are then converted to numbers and compared to the EEG of individuals with no known brain based difficulties.
When you elect an EEG brain study at the Neurodevelopment Center, we record your brain’s electrical activity in 19 sites on your head. It is used in computational neuroscience research centers all over the world to study ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, depression and bipolar disorder, PTSD and other anxiety disorders, learning disabilities, and memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia. Complicated mathematical and statistical analysis of EEG activity is now a primary tool in neuroscience. This process is called quantitative EEG or qEEG. We can “see” your brain much more clearly when we use sophisticated computerized analysis tools to study your brain’s electrical activity. New York Neurology Associates is equipped with the most advanced EEG technology, helping patients on Long Island, NY, and in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Upper West Side and Downtown neighborhoods receive the most accurate diagnoses so they can feel confident in their results.
Just looking at the EEG is not enough to get to the bottom of it. EEG evaluations are useful in diagnosing and managing treatment of brain-related symptoms and conditions. And once we can see it, we can target it for change with neurofeedback. By studying the EEG in 19 areas of your brain, we are often able to see the reason for your struggles. It can also show when areas of the brain are not coordinating their activity properly. It can show areas of the brain where there is too little or too much activity. This is the part of the brain responsible for higher functions like thinking, deciding, and acting. Although EEG’s are used medically by neurologists to evaluate neurological disorders like epilepsy, they are increasingly being used in behavioral and mental health fields.ĮEG shows us the activity and the coordination of activity of the cortex – the outermost layer of the brain. The EEG or electroencephalograph shows this activity instantaneously, within a few thousandths of a second after it occurs in the brain. Every thought you think, every emotion you feel, and every sensation you have is due to the electrical firing of neurons. The EEG is a way to measure activity in your brain.