EEG signature and phenomenology of alpha/theta neurofeedback training versus mock feedback

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-270

  Egner, Tobias ^a   Strawson, Emilie ^a   Gruzelier, John H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acivational phenomenology; Alpha theta neurofeedback; EEG signature; Theta alpha ratios

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINGENT FEEDBACK TRAINING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONCONTINGENT MOCK FEEDBACK TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0036917866     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021063416558     Document Type: Article

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