🎙️ Neurofeedback for Dogs?! 🐶☕ Caffeine & OCD Phenotypes | NeuroNoodle Podcast

Join Jay Gunkelman, QEEGD (the man who has analyzed over 500,000 brain scans), and host Pete Jansons for another engaging NeuroNoodle Neurofeedback Podcast episode discussing neuroscience, psychology, mental health, and brain training.

✅ Topic 1 Explained: What is the “Squash” protocol (aka Nurea)? Jay revisits its late-90s origins, the idea of generalized frontal suppression, and why “gamma is good” isn’t always true in clinical contexts.
✅ Topic 2 Deep Dive: Caffeine’s impact on EEG—why withdrawal can slow alpha into theta, and how dopamine deficits (e.g., fronto-central theta in ADD) fit into stimulant vs. reuptake-inhibitor choices.
✅ Topic 3 Insights: Why diagnosis-based studies (OCD/PTSD) show mixed results and how organizing by EEG phenotype predicts very different responses—especially with alpha patterns vs. beta spindling.

✅ Additional Topics:
🎯 Sharp transients: vascular vs. irritative origins and why they’re non-specific
💪 Beep feedback vs. games/Netflix—what counts is the outcome you can measure
💡 Can mid-beta training make someone a “workaholic”? Training arousal control the right way
📻 Sexual addiction vs. OCD: anterior cingulate drive and symptom substitution
😴 Neurofeedback for dogs (and horses!): electrodes, adhesives, and practical use cases
🖐️ Go/No-Go and ERPs in OCD: anterior cingulate error monitoring explained
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🕒 Key Moments:
0:00 Welcome & Stump the Gunk show
0:24 What is the Squash protocol?
5:29 John question: does caffeine affect EEG recording? https://www.youtube.com/live/7iVyY0Jh...
7:54 Why studies by diagnosis show mixed results vs. EEG phenotypes
13:20 What causes sharp transients—misfiring neurons?
15:16 Is simpler feedback like beeps better than games or videos?
16:38 Can you use neurofeedback to make someone a workaholic?
19:16 Sexual addiction vs. OCD—how are recordings different?
23:04 Can you do neurofeedback on your dog?
24:40 Dolphin brains (show clip) • Are Dolphin Brains Smarter? | Neuroscience...
25:45 Go/No-Go tasks: OCD vs. attention problems
28:35 Why do you sometimes see sharp transients in migraine and ADHD?
29:50 Broadband inhibits (2–12 Hz) vs. splitting delta/theta/alpha
31:52 Charlie Joerger “Neurofeedback Beginnings” doc mention
33:37 EEG patterns of various animals (slide)
35:35 Why take a dog for EEG/neurofeedback?
38:55 How do sensors stick on a dog’s head?
40:05 Neurofeedback on the Queen’s horses
47:00 Ranked #3 Neuropsychology Podcast by Million Podcasts https://www.millionpodcasts.com/neuro...

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