What is Neurofeedback?
Train your brain for better focus, sleep, and stress management. Non-invasive and research-backed.
The Short Answer
Neurofeedback is EEG biofeedback: a way to train your brain by measuring its electrical activity and providing real-time feedback. When your brain shifts toward more efficient patterns, you hear a tone or see a game respond. Over 20-60 sessions, your brain learns to self-regulate. Think of it as a gym for your brain.
How Does Neurofeedback Work?
Your brain produces electrical patterns called brainwaves. These patterns influence how you feel, focus, sleep, and handle stress. Some patterns are helpful; others can hold you back.
During neurofeedback, sensors on your scalp measure these patterns in real-time. When your brain produces the desired pattern (say, a calmer, more focused state), the software rewards it with a sound or visual cue. Your brain notices this feedback and gradually learns to produce more of those patterns.
This is called operant conditioning, the same learning process that trains any skill. The difference is that neurofeedback trains involuntary brain activity, creating changes at a deeper level than conscious effort alone.
✓ Neurofeedback is Safe
- • Non-invasive: Electrodes only measure. Nothing enters your brain
- • Natural learning: Works through operant conditioning
- • Long-lasting: Changes persist for years after training
- • 50+ years of research: Studied and applied since the 1960s
What Do People Train For?
🎯 Focus & Attention
Sharper concentration, less distractibility, clearer thinking
😴 Sleep & Energy
Deeper sleep, easier wake-up, more consistent energy
🧘 Calm & Resilience
Steadier stress response, emotional flexibility, greater calm
⚡ Peak Performance
Athletes, executives, creative professionals
Neurofeedback in the UK
Peak Brain UK offers remote neurofeedback training across the United Kingdom, with QEEG brain mapping in person at our Kensington, London office. Our programs are led by Dr. Andrew Hill, PhD, a cognitive neuroscientist with over 15 years of experience in brain training.
Every program starts with a QEEG brain map, a recording of your brain's electrical activity that guides your personalised training protocol. We don't use one-size-fits-all approaches.
Want to Learn More?
Explore our comprehensive guides on the main Peak Brain site
The Complete Neurofeedback Guide
History, science, and how it works in detail
Read on peakbraininstitute.comA Personal Neurofeedback Story
One person's experience training focus with neurofeedback
Read the storyResearch: Focus & Attention
Scientific studies on neurofeedback for focus and attention
View researchResearch: Stress & Resilience
Evidence for neurofeedback and stress resilience
View researchReady to Try Neurofeedback?
Start with a QEEG brain map to understand your brain, then train it.
