Neurofeedback training for tourette syndrome: An uncontrolled single case study

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-288

  Messerotti Benvenuti, Simone ^a   Buodo, Giulia ^a   Leone, Valentino ^a   Palomba, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gilles de la Tourette; Neurofeedback; QEEG; SMR; Theta

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENT; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THETA RHYTHM; TIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THETA RHYTHM; TICS; TOURETTE SYNDROME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855248895     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-011-9169-7     Document Type: Article

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