Alpha neurofeedback improves the maintaining ability of alpha activity

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-317

  Cho, Mi Kyung ^a   Jang, Hwan Soo ^a,b   Jeong, Sung Hoon ^a   Jang, Il Sung ^b   Choi, Byung Ju ^b   Lee, Maan Gee T ^a,b  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alpha activity; Alpha neurofeedback; Electroencephalograph

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 40049108449     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f4f022     Document Type: Article

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