Bio — Scientific Advisory Board member

Lynda Thompson, Ph.D.

Lynda Thompson, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who has done teaching, clinical psychology, school psychology and owned learning centers. She has been Executive Director of The ADD Centre in Toronto since 1993. Her doctoral dissertation (1979) dealt with hyperactive children treated with methylphenidate. She is co-author with paediatrician William Sears of The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child (1998) and co-author with Michael Thompson of Setting up for Clinical Success with the Procomp+/Biograph. Her most recent book, also co-authored with Michael Thompson, is The Neurofeedback Book: An Introduction to Basic Concepts in Applied Psychophysiology, which has become a basic text in the field of EEG biofeedback.

She has also authored journal articles and contributed chapters on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, stress management, and autistic spectrum disorders to texts written for professionals. With her husband, Dr. Michael Thompson, she has been invited to teach about neurofeedback and biofeedback on five continents and presents frequently at professional meetings in these fields.

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