Intermittent "Real-time" fMRI Feedback Is Superior to Continuous Presentation for a Motor Imagery Task: A Pilot Study

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-66

  Johnson, Kevin A ^b,c,g   Hartwell, Karen ^a,e,f   Lematty, Todd ^a   Borckardt, Jeffrey ^b   Morgan, Paul S ^c,d   Govindarajan, Koushik ^c   Brady, Kathleen ^a,e,f   George, Mark S ^b,c,e,f  

^a CNS Division   (United States)

^b Brain Stimulation Laboratory   (United States)

^c Center for Advanced Imaging Research   (United States)

^d Medical University of South Carolina ^*  (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Motor imagery; Neurofeedback; Real time fMRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; PILOT STUDY; REAL TIME FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FEEDBACK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855943273     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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