Real-time fMRI: A tool for local brain regulation

Neuroscientist

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 487-501

  Caria, Andrea ^a,b   Sitaram, Ranganatha ^a,c   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

BOLD; neurofeedback; operant learning; real time fMRI; self regulation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROFEEDBACK; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84866700635     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858411407205     Document Type: Review

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