Jay Gunkelman, who has read more than 500,000 EEGs, jokes about losing his car keys, then asks: where is a memory actually stored? In this archived NeuroNoodle Open Mic Q&A, recorded March 19, 2025 and republished October 15, 2026, host Pete Jansons joins Jay, Dr. Mari Swingle and Dianne Kosto. Jay describes Karl Pribram's holographic theory of memoryโan explanatory theory, not settled fact. References to Jay's age and 52 years in the field reflect the March 2025 recording.
The panel also discusses social-media self-diagnosis, conversations with teens who identify with a diagnosis, practitioner skill, brain-stimulation terminology, sunlight and mood, diet, and careers in neurofeedback.
๐๏ธ Panel: Jay Gunkelman (QEEG pioneer, 500,000+ EEGs read) | Dr. Mari Swingle (Swingle Clinic, author of i-Minds) | Dianne Kosto (SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training) | Host: Pete Jansons
๐ง WHAT WE COVER
0:00 โ ๐งฉ Cold open: Pribram's memory theory
1:44 โ ๐ซ Archived Seattle workshop discussion
5:10 โ ๐๏ธ Jay's eye surgery and counting EEGs
7:34 โ โก Questions about vision, alpha speed and memory
9:58 โ ๐ง Episodic memory and frontal midline theta
11:39 โ ๐ Savants and Pribram's holographic memory theory
15:12 โ ๐ Jay's 52 years in neurofeedback, as of March 2025
18:27 โ ๐ฑ Self-diagnosis, social media and having a bad day
19:41 โ ๐ Discussing tDCS, tACS and neurofeedback
21:58 โ ๐ Teens, Google and diagnostic labels
26:02 โ ๐ Diagnostic terminology and the DSM
26:47 โ ๐ช Amplitude, infralow or stim: who's holding the tool?
28:06 โ ๐งฒ Questions about PEMF
32:58 โ โ๏ธ Sunlight, vitamin D and mood
37:43 โ ๐ฅ Where neurofeedback experts disagree
39:59 โ ๐ Slow cortical potentials and terminology
41:08 โ ๐งฌ Discussion of genetics and EEG phenotypes
43:53 โ ๐ฏ OCD and electrode-placement questions
49:15 โ ๐ฅ Keto, diet and neurofeedback
54:42 โ ๐ Building a neurofeedback career: BCIA
57:56 โ ๐ฌ What is an EEG tech? Jay's start with the Gibbs
1:00:11 โ ๐ค Jay's brain tumor and the courage to lecture
1:01:10 โ ๐ฒ Dr. Mari discusses her clinic app
1:02:42 โ ๐ค Dianne Kosto and SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training
1:04:20 โ ๐ฃ From our panel, plus a qEEG phenotypes course
1:05:30 โ โค๏ธ Thank you to our supporters
๐ Updates & Links:
๐ Swingle Clinic (Dr. Mari Swingle): https://swingleclinic.com
๐ง SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training (Dianne Kosto): https://symmetryneuropt.com
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