Acting performance and flow state enhanced with sensory-motor rhythm neurofeedback comparing ecologically valid immersive VR and training screen scenarios

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 480, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-116

  Gruzelier, John ^a   Inoue, Atsuko ^a   Smart, Roger ^a   Steed, Anthony ^b   Steffert, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acting performance; Flow state; Neurofeedback; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMING ARTIST; PERFORMING ARTS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY MOTOR RHYTHM NEUROFEEDBACK; THETA RHYTHM; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY; ART; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ART; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIODICITY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77954533066     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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