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Visual Concentration Attention Technology (VCAT) is consisted of visual
concentration and attention techniques, a form of neurocognitive therapy. VCAT
program is based on the concept of selective and divided attention theories
including attentional stimulations to the brain within the visual field that
influence the firing rate of neurons, discharge of neurotransmitters, brain
waves, and increasing the oxygenated blood flow throughout the brain for an optimal
plasticity.
The human brain is able to continually adapt and rewire itself. Even in old
age, it can grow new neurons. VCAT key principles include influencing brain’s
neural network functioning and their related neurotransmitters as well as
neurogenesis. Neurogenesis is the creation of new neurons. The more active a
particular brain cell is, the more connections it develops with its neighboring
neurons through a process called dendritic sprouting. A single neuron can have
up to thirty thousand such connections, creating a dense web of interconnected
activity throughout the brain. Each neuron can then be stimulated directly
through experience (real or imagined) or indirectly through these connections
from its neighbors, which saves the cell from cell death. Exercising VCAT on
regular bases boosts the brain’s rate of neurogenesis throughout life. It
increases the rate at which those new brain cells survive and make functional
connections into existing neural networks. VCAT’s visual stimulations and its treatment
plans are formulated, planed, and developed precisely to do so accordingly to
that specific disorder as well as balancing neurotransmitters discharge by
enhancing and regulating the neural network firing rates. According to the
quantitative pre and post treatment research study conducted by Dr. Nader
Siahdohoni on attention, concentration, and memory in individuals with ADHD as
well as hundreds pilot studies, empirical and evidence-based-studies, programs
such as VCAT could be an effective way in promoting efficient communication
among the many nerve cells (neurons) and functional centers located throughout
the brain and sensory motor system leading to improvement of attention,
concentration, perception, cognition, and memory.
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