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Manual

BrainAssistant Manual

Step by step through setup, training sessions, recordings and analysis.

Start here

Your first session in three steps

  1. Getting started

    Install BrainAssistant, sign in, create your trainer profile and your first client.

  2. Training session

    Start a neurofeedback or biofeedback session, select the protocol, check the signal, add comments and markers, run a feedback application and save the session.

  3. Games and applications

    The neurofeedback games and applications in the Applications tab, grouped by the plan they are included in.

Common tasks

All chapters

First steps

2 pages

Install BrainAssistant, sign in and run your first session.

Neurofeedback & Biofeedback

4 pages

Running a training session, setting thresholds, the live view and analysing the session afterwards.

EEG recording and analysis

6 pages

Live EEG recordings, combining eyes-open and eyes-closed recordings, brain maps, qEEG reports, LORETA and Particle Brain.

Clients and data

3 pages

Manage clients, import and export sessions and try BrainAssistant with demo data.

Applications and tools

6 pages

Media Center, the shared game interface, flows, cognitive tests and BioTrace screens.

PC, devices and troubleshooting

7 pages

PC requirements and settings, amplifiers and controllers, and help when something does not connect.

Account and licenses

7 pages

Subscribe, activate a license, manage your devices and invoices, and move to a new PC.

Games

17 games

Free games work without a subscription; Basic and Premium games need the respective plan.

Games and applications →

  • Ocean Dive

    A calm diving game where clear water and a wider view reward good feedback; well suited for training calm focus.

    • Free
    • 5–10 min

  • Flight Map

    Fly an airplane between two freely chosen airports on the world map; the plane only flies with positive feedback.

    • Free
    • 5–15 min

  • Puzzle

    Complete a self-selected picture piece by piece; each piece moves into place with positive feedback.

    • Basic
    • 5–10 min

  • Focus Master Classic

    A calm floating game in which a character rises with positive feedback; well suited for practising calm focus.

    • Basic
    • 10 min

  • Focus Master

    The current Focus Master, a calm floating game in which a character rises with positive feedback; well suited for practising calm focus.

    • Basic
    • 10 min

  • Tetris

    The classic block-stacking game played with an Xbox controller; positive feedback slows the falling bricks down.

    • Basic
    • 5–10 min
    • Controller

  • Seven Seas

    Sail from island to island in search of the treasures of the seven seas; the ship only sails with positive feedback.

    • Basic
    • 10 min

  • Dragonfly

    Fly a dragon through changing worlds and hunt for coins with an Xbox controller; negative feedback freezes the world.

    • Premium
    • 10 min
    • Controller

  • Dragonbay

    A 3D platformer in which positive feedback builds the path for a small dragon and charges the energy for jumping and fire breath.

    • Premium
    • 10–15 min
    • Controller

  • Waterfall

    Keep the gate of a dam open with positive feedback so the waterfall flows and carries points into the capsule.

    • Premium
    • 10 min

  • Train Your Brain

    The original collection of four mini-games (memory, focus, spatial and logic) that train calm, patient and focused work.

    • Premium
    • 10 min
    • Controller

  • Train Your Brain V2

    The remake of Train Your Brain with four mini-games (Cube Count, Memory Challenge, Box Drop, Speed Math) that train calm, patient and focused work.

    • Premium
    • 10 min

  • Space Adventure

    Pilot a space shuttle through waves of meteorites and enemy ships with an Xbox controller; positive feedback powers the shuttle's weapons.

    • Premium
    • 10 min
    • Controller

  • Jumper

    A calm jumping game in which positive feedback builds up energy so the jumper climbs to the top.

    • Premium
    • 10 min

  • Feeding Animals

    Observe and feed animals in a quiet clearing; positive feedback brings the animal to the feeding spot and lets it grow.

    • Premium
    • 5–10 min

  • NeuroRacer

    A street race in which positive feedback speeds up the player's car, combined with lane changes and an NO² boost.

    • Premium

  • Pirate Islands

    Search for the great treasure as a pirate across the ocean, the jungle and a temple ruin; the pirate only moves with positive feedback.

    • Premium
    • 10 min