Show notes
Jay Gunkelman has read more than half a million brain scans — and this week he and host Pete Jansons skip the EEG entirely to answer a bigger question: how would you actually redesign school? Jay takes the magic wand to class sizes, teacher pay, the trades, and why you can't give one lesson to thirty different brains. Along the way he tells the story of how he beat the system himself — registering through the University of North Dakota's computer center, signing his own advisor card, running a lab without a degree, and getting one mailed to him anyway. Then the neuroscience: how a whack-a-mole game, a go/no-go task, and a 35-minute dry-sensor EEG can spot the ADHD, sensory-processing, and OCD signatures a behavioral test walks right past. Plus Joshua Moore's intro to QEEG phenotypes. 🧠 WHAT WE COVER:🧠 0:00 — No brain scan this week (and why) + Joshua's Nature paper📚 0:27 — Academic referencing: why APA wants five citations within ten years🕰️ 1:49 — The old masters you can't cite: Caton, Gauss, Gibbs & Gibbs🤖 3:19 — Jay's "AI writing career": plagiarizing the plagiarizer🏫 3:57 — Schools are overloaded — the case for baselining the brain early🍲 4:35 — Can you really give one lesson to thirty brains?🔎 5:04 — Misbehavior, testing, and where the EEG fits in🥁 6:41 — Thirty kids tapping their feet: engagement vs. over-arousal📝 7:39 — Jay's report cards: straight A's and a "3" for staring out the window🚫 8:34 — Jay hates lines: the North Dakota punch-card story🗂️ 9:31 — The advisor-card hack — signing his own registration🔬 11:16 — Pre-med, the lab, and leaving without a degree✉️ 11:26 — The student revolt and the degree they mailed him🌊 12:42 — Redesigning school: AP classes and a wave table for every kid🎯 14:43 — Grouping kids by level without putting them in a box💸 15:31 — Pay teachers more, cut admin overhead, let AI do the paperwork🎮 16:44 — The neuroscience playroom: whack-a-mole and float-a-ball spot ADD🌱 17:54 — Montessori, inspiration, and the teacher as mentor🧩 18:34 — When doubling pay isn't enough: a teacher can't be the therapist too📋 20:17 — IEPs, accommodations, and referring out for neuropsych🕹️ 21:31 — ADHD as an engagement problem: turning therapy into games🏠 22:15 — Larry Van Bloom's neurofeedback homeschool for reactive-attachment kids🔁 23:14 — Getting kids "fixed enough" to re-enter the mainstream🚦 24:51 — go/no-go, CPT, and the OCD a click-test misses (anterior cingulate)🧷 25:43 — Sensory-processing problems vs. simple ADD⚡ 26:00 — A 35-minute dry-sensor EEG, cleaned in seconds😴 27:03 — Sleep, vigilance, and the take-home ring🔧 28:02 — The Career Academy: welding, CAD/CAM, job offers out of high school💰 29:20 — $100K in loans vs. $100K a year: the trades aren't a lower tier🎓 30:26 — "I'm a tech": knowledge over the diploma📜 31:18 — "It's a BS": the bachelor of science punchline🧪 32:07 — The $30,000 test: could a proctored exam replace tuition?✍️ 33:31 — Jay wrote the first QEEG exam — and 60% failed it👋 35:19 — Wrap-up: regular programming (and a real EEG) next week🎙️ 36:28 — Joshua Moore: an intro to QEEG phenotypes📊 38:03 — 85% improvement when you pair medication with the phenotype 🔗 Updates & Links:🧠 Jay Gunkelman — Suisun City Summit: https://suisuncitysummit.com🎓 School of Neurotherapy: https://www.schoolofneurotherapy.com/...🧩 Joshua Moore — Neurofeedback Care: https://neurofeedbackcare.com/ 💪 Help keep NeuroNoodle Neurofeedback Therapy Podcast going!👉 Support on Patreon: / neuronoodle 🔔 Like, subscribe, share & hit the bell for weekly episodes #NeuroNoodle #NeurofeedbackTherapyPodcast #Neurofeedback #JayGunkelman #PeteJansons #EEG #QEEG #BrainMapping #MentalHealth #BrainHealth #Neurotherapy #DrMariSwingle #SchoolReform #ADHD #QEEGPhenotypes #JoshuaMoore
