2. 15-Year-Old
Female Case
from 2015
One of our International Patients.
Demanding, Competitive Family with 1 Sister (Accomplished
Equestrian-also trained with good results)
Hyper-Normal Development
Straight A Student. “A-Type Personality.”
Plays on National Golf Team for their County.
Suffers performance Anxiety Before Tournaments.
Insomnia, Vomiting, Panic
Uses Beta-Blocker Propranolol Pre-competition.
Has hectic travel schedule-
12 Countries Per year for long periods of time.
Attends Remote School Classes when traveling.
Not having a good season with two poor finishes.
3. Pre-NFB Complaints and Brainscan
There is increased fast activity above what would be
expected as normal. This fast pattern is inefficient and
would lead to anxiety when trying to concentrate.
Stimulants do not work on this pattern.
4. On Interview…
Subject stated that she wanted to become a professional golfer, attend college, and become a
Veterinarian.
Her demeanor was intense and worried, with exceptional attention and advanced vocabulary.
States that she cannot stop thinking about an event that happened last year at a match when
she missed a shot. That it kept replaying in her mind like a loop.
Continuous Performance Testing: 111 Auditory/88 Visual (100 Average)
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With great skepticism, she committed to 20 sessions of brain training after many questions and
high-level discussions about the literature she had already researched.
7. Over 12 days, subject completed 20 Sessions (1 Dose) of Remote Z-Score S-
Loreta Neurofeedback directed at the Salient and Executive Networks in Eyes
Open, and Default Network in Eyes Closed
After one session, subject was noticeably more relaxed.
Sleep began to improve rapidly, and on session seven, subject
announced, “I am better.”
Final EEG shows normal phenotype of subject without
additional excessive fast activity.
New Continuous Performance Test: 133 Auditory/120 Visual.
She won her next Tournament and went undefeated for the
season thereafter.
Now a top pro golfer on the Ladies European Tour.
Emails from time to time:
“Dr. Starr, life is sooo gReAt…staring Vet School in the fall.
Thanks so much for your help”
