Neurofeedback for children with ADHD: A comparison of SCP and Theta/Beta protocols

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-88

  Leins, Ulrike ^a   Goth, Gabriella ^b   Hinterberger, Thilo ^b   Klinger, Christoph ^b   Rumpf, Nicola ^b   Strehl, Ute ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Neurofeedback; Self regulation; Slow cortical potentials; Theta Beta

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BETA RHYTHM; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOLS; THETA RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447108078     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-007-9031-0     Document Type: Article

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