Sunday 9 Jan. Coast to Coast with Art Bell

[Bill Harsey]

Late last night, for some odd reason I heard some of the Coast to Coast radio show with Art Bell.

His featured guest was named Dr. James Hardt of the Biocybernaut Institute.

The only reason I'm bothering you folks with this is a claim made by Dr. James Hardt.

During the course of the show Dr. Hardt claimed to have trained "Green Berets" with his neurofeedback stuff. He told how they got into fistfights with each other at the beginning of the training etc. but then the "Green Berets" really ended up being some of the best "students" he's ever had. Dr. Hardt only used the term "Green Berets" and this was odd to me because if he really did work with "Green Berets", I think he'd have learned to use a different term.

These claims were made over the radio and I don't want to know if he really trained SF guys or not, but if he did, he seems to have violated opsec at some level.

I just wanted to know he was full of crap or not.

Yes I know what show I was listening to.

[Team Sergeant]

If it's on the internet, it MUST be true.... (and amusing) I liked the "high security Army base" line. I was still on active duty when this training "presumably" took place. Two A-Teams for a week long study... hummmm


The Ultimate Peak Performers: Alpha Feedback Training for US Army Green Berets Dr. James V. Hardt

Biocybernaut Institute 1052 Rhode Island Street San Francisco, CA 94107 415- 824-5581 415-824-5582 Training@Biocybernaut.com

Superstar athletes are often considered to exemplify peak performance. However, many athletes have an off-season where training goals become lower priority. US Army Special Forces have no off-season, and their training goals are always first priority. Two 12-man teams of US Army Green Berets received extensive training in EEG alpha feedback. Prior to their alpha EEG training, all 24 Green Berets had 4 channel EEG recordings of their EEG baselines under three conditions: Eyes Open and Eyes Closed [4 minutes each], and Eyes Closed with White Noise [6 minutes]. These baselines recorded simultaneous integrated amplitude EEG activity from 4 different cortical sites [O1 , O2 , C3 , C4]. Each soldier had a private interview following these recordings. Then all 24 soldiers went on a month-long meditation retreat [retreat is a bad word in the Army, so it was called a "meditation encampment"]. Following the month of meditation, the soldiers received the Biocybernaut Institute 7-day intensive alpha training. All trainings involved simultaneous integrated amplitude feedback [auditory plus digital scores] on at least two different cortical sites [O1 , O2], and were conducted at a high security Army base using a group EEG feedback system from Biocybernaut Institute, which had been configured to train 6 soldiers at the same time. The soldiers took batteries of personality tests before and after their alpha training. These tests included: MMPI, Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, and the Personality Orientation Inventory [POI], which operationalizes Maslow's concept of the self-actualizing personality. Also included in this pre-/ post-testing were the trait forms of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List [MAACL], the Clyde Mood Scale [CMS], and the Profile of Mood States [POMS].
Many of the action-oriented soldiers had a bad experience of the meditation encampment, which they experienced as very stressful. EEG baselines taken just after the encampment showed large reductions of EEG alpha activity. In contrast, their subsequent 7-day intensive alpha training was a very positive experience with both 12-man teams showing large increases in alpha activity. The Biocybernaut Institute EEG feedback equipment was available on the army base for 2 ½ months. After their initial week of intensive alpha training, the soldiers had continued access to the equipment for "tune ups". On voluntary days, when they could choose any activity they wished [swimming, playing ball, sleeping, PX], fully two thirds chose to do additional alpha feedback training, finding that it provided significant value to them personally and professionally.
Comparing pre- and post-alpha training results, both 12-man teams showed significant reductions of their POMS scores of Depression/ ejection,Fatigue, Confusion/Bewilderment, Tension/ Anxiety, and Anger/Hostility. There were also significant reductions in their CMS scores of Sleepy, Unhappy, and Dizzy. The analyses of the MMPI and POI showed beneficial changes in personality dimensions that were linked to changes in the EEG alpha activity of the soldiers. These mission- relevant changes in personality were produced by learned increases in EEG alpha activity. Details on these sometimes complex changes will be presented as overheads during the presentation.

http://www.futurehealth.org/98BrainAbstracts.htm

[Bill Harsey]

So this guy can use personality measurements effectively unknown (or un-usable) to the rest of the world and then take credit for any subsequent success of already highly trained Professional Soldiers?

Oh this is good. I'm in the wrong business.

Have you seen how much this guy charges for a week of "training"? It runs, and I quote exactly, "14,995 Dollars, with some discounts..." for a seven day intensive seminar.

[Jo Sul]

"There were significant reductions for Sleepy, Unhappy, and Dizzy. Increases suggested for Fat, Dumb, and Happy. The seventh dwarf could not be reached for comment. Snow White is pregnant."

[CPTAUSRET]

There are ongoing studies on "Courage and Resiliency", one such study was posted in Nancy's Journal in the Aug 2000 (I think) edition, comparing SF trained vs non SF soldiers undergoing extremely stressful conditions (read SXXX school) self edit.

I shouldn't attempt to paraphrase, but various methods were used to measure the end result per individual, and per group (SF vs non SF), in all categories the SF guys came through with little to no problems whereas the non SF group had various stress related problems, for instance their testosterone levels dropped dramatically, etc, etc.

I can post that study if anyone wants to read it, just have to find it.

There was another study involving BUDS training, focusing on a particularly dangerous and grueling underwater swim during the hours of darkness, which was timed and graded; saliva swabs were taken from each individual upon completion, and were examined, for enzyme levels, and other variables.

Terry