The efficacy of EEG neurofeedback aimed at enhancing sensory-motor rhythm theta ratio in healthy subjects

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-74

  De Zambotti, Massimiliano ^a,c   Bianchin, Marta ^a   Magazzini, Lorenzo ^a   Gnesato, Giorgia ^a   Angrilli, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG biofeedback; Neurofeedback; Sensory motor rhythm; SMR theta; Theta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROFEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY MOTOR RHYTHM; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROFEEDBACK; PHOTIC STIMULATION; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864289873     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3148-y     Document Type: Article

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