Chapter 27 Validating the efficacy of neurofeedback for optimising performance

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 159, Issue , 2006, Pages 421-431

  Gruzelier, John ^a   Egner, Tobias ^b   Vernon, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alpha theta feedback; cognitive performance; music performance; neurofeedback; sensorimotor rhythm (SMR)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DANCING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MOOD; MUSIC; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ALPHA RHYTHM; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 33750376193     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(06)59027-2     Document Type: Review

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