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 memory—an 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.

🎙️ 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

🧠 WHAT WE COVER

0:00 — 🧩 Cold open: Pribram's memory theory

1:44 — 🏫 Archived Seattle workshop discussion

5:10 — 👁️ Jay's eye surgery and counting EEGs

7:34 — ⚡ Questions about vision, alpha speed and memory

9:58 — 🧠 Episodic memory and frontal midline theta

11:39 — 🌀 Savants and Pribram's holographic memory theory

15:12 — 📈 Jay's 52 years in neurofeedback, as of March 2025

18:27 — 📱 Self-diagnosis, social media and having a bad day

19:41 — 🔌 Discussing tDCS, tACS and neurofeedback

21:58 — 🔍 Teens, Google and diagnostic labels

26:02 — 📚 Diagnostic terminology and the DSM

26:47 — 🔪 Amplitude, infralow or stim: who's holding the tool?

28:06 — 🧲 Questions about PEMF

32:58 — ☀️ Sunlight, vitamin D and mood

37:43 — 🥊 Where neurofeedback experts disagree

39:59 — 🌊 Slow cortical potentials and terminology

41:08 — 🧬 Discussion of genetics and EEG phenotypes

43:53 — 🎯 OCD and electrode-placement questions

49:15 — 🥑 Keto, diet and neurofeedback

54:42 — 🎓 Building a neurofeedback career: BCIA

57:56 — 🔬 What is an EEG tech? Jay's start with the Gibbs

1:00:11 — 🎤 Jay's brain tumor and the courage to lecture

1:01:10 — 📲 Dr. Mari discusses her clinic app

1:02:42 — 🤝 Dianne Kosto and SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training

1:04:20 — 📣 From our panel, plus a qEEG phenotypes course

1:05:30 — ❤️ Thank you to our supporters

🔗 Updates & Links:

🌐 Swingle Clinic (Dr. Mari Swingle): https://swingleclinic.com

🧠 SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training (Dianne Kosto): https://symmetryneuropt.com

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