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Alpha Neurofeedback Study Adds Improved Visual Working Memory to List of Benefits. The results of a recent study suggest that neurofeedback training can improve a person's visual working memory. 'PsyPost' reports that biofeedback training is a form of therapy that uses real-time monitoring of various physiological functions. The goal is to help an individual consciously control these processes that include heart rate, muscle tension and even brainwave activity. Generally, the technique is applied to bodily processes that a person is unaware of with their consciously-available senses. In order to reduce anxiety, improve focus or a sense of well-being, alpha neurofeedback training helps an individual learn to control their alpha brainwave activity. Alpha brainwaves are associated with a relaxed meditative state, when the brain is calm yet alert. Study author Wenbin Zhou and his colleagues found that neurofeedback training could also improve a person's visual working memory. This is the cognitive system responsible for storing and manipulating visual information in order to perform problem-solving tasks. "These results suggest that alpha NF [neurofeedback] training influences performance in working memory tasks involved in the visuospatial sketchpad.", "Notably, we demonstrated that alpha NF training improves the quantity and quality of visual working memory.", Study authors, via 'PsyPost'. The results were published in the journal 'NPJ Science of Learning’. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT