The Man Who Has Committed Over 50 years Of His Life To Studying The EEG, The Electrophysiological Basis Of Happiness and Advanced Mind States
Dr. James V. Hardt is the President and the founder of Biocybernaut Institute, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from Carnegie Institute of Technology, a Masters Degree in Psychology from Carnegie-Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Carnegie-Mellon University.
He has also done Post-Doctoral work in Psychophysiology at the Langley Porter Neuro-Psychiatric Institute of the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Hardt has authored or co-authored more than 60 papers and professional presentations. He has a position as a true thought leader in the personal development field. His passion for developing the world’s first neurofeedback training system has led him to India several times, where he studied advanced Yogis with his technology. He has also studied Zen meditators and Zen masters and explored Christian prayer and contemplation. All this led to creating Biocybernaut Institute and the Alpha One Training and 23 higher levels of Alpha training and also 24 levels of the Theta training.
- 50+years of EEG research
- 60+papers and presentations
- 6U.S. patents and filings
- 2training centers: Sedona and Bavaria
Behind Biocybernaut Institute
Under Dr. Hardt’s guidance, the Biocybernaut Institute is a family of highly-trained, deeply committed expert Trainers, technicians, support staff and enthusiasts with a passion for training their own brains and helping others do the same. All of us have experienced the training – most of us multiple times.
Our Mission
Our mission is to increase awareness globally, reduce suffering, and usher in an enduring Golden Age for all Humanity. We know that higher states of consciousness can be accessed with Biocybernaut technology and science, and in one peer-reviewed study published in 1993, the 7-day Alpha 1 training enabled non-meditators to produce exactly the pattern of brain wave changes seen in Kasamatsu and Hirai’s 1966 study of Advanced Zen meditators in Japan, all of whom had over 2 decades of daily practice of Zazen meditation. With our brain training programs, we create a world where people achieve their highest potential and greatest happiness.
Curriculum Vitae
Education, grants, positions and publications
From Carnegie Tech physics and NIMH fellowships at UCSF to more than 60 papers and U.S. patents.
Quick facts
Who is Dr. James V. Hardt?
Dr. James V. Hardt is the President and founder of Biocybernaut Institute, Inc. He is a physicist, psychologist and psychophysiologist who has spent more than 50 years studying the EEG: the electrophysiological basis of happiness, creativity and advanced mind states.
Where did Dr. Hardt study?
He holds a B.S. in Physics from Carnegie Institute of Technology, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Carnegie-Mellon University. He did postdoctoral work in psychophysiology, on an NIMH fellowship, at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). While at UCSF he wrote, won and directed a large 3-year R01 grant from NIMH titled: ANXIETY AND AGING: Intervention with EEG Alpha Feedback. With the award of this grant he was promoted to Assistant Adjunct Professor of Medical Psychology in the UCSF Psychiatry Department.
What has Dr. Hardt published?
He has authored or co-authored more than 60 papers and professional presentations, including a 1978 paper in Science with Joe Kamiya on alpha feedback and anxiety, and studies of creativity in research scientists and of 7-day alpha training with US Army Green Berets. In 2012 he published in Advances in Mind-Body Medicine a paper on reductions of psychopathology in a cohort of male and female Canadian Aboriginals. And in 2017 he published a follow-up study with the Canadian Aboriginals, some of them over 2 years after their Alpha training, and he found 71% had improved economic conditions, as well as a wide range of personal, social and economic benefits. Dr. Hardt has also demonstrated a +50% increase in creativity in Stanford Research Institute scientists who did the Alpha 1 training. Other results include a +15.8 point increase in EQ (Emotional Intelligence), and early in 2026 he published a paper showing an average IQ boost of 11.7 points that did not fade even a year after the Alpha training. He also has a book available on Amazon titled: The Art of Smart Thinking. He also holds U.S. patents on EEG biofeedback methods and equipment.
What is Biocybernaut training?
It is the intensive brain wave feedback training Dr. Hardt developed from his research: the 7-day Alpha One training, 23 higher levels of Alpha training and 24 levels of Theta training, taught at Biocybernaut centers in Sedona, Arizona and Bavaria, Germany. It is education and personal development, not a medical service.
How can I train with Dr. Hardt's method?
Start with a free 20-minute strategy call with a Biocybernaut advisor at biocybernaut.com/schedule-a-call, or call 855-798-3814.