Double-blind single-session neurofeedback training in upper-alpha for cognitive enhancement of healthy subjects

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4643-4647

  Escolano, C ^a   Olivan, B ^c   Lopez Del Hoyo, Y ^c   Garcia Campayo, J ^a   Minguez, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Bit and Brain Technologies SL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; COGNITIVE TASK; CONTROL GROUPS; DESYNCHRONIZATION; EEG ANALYSIS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LEARNING EFFECTS; NEUROFEEDBACK; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING PROCEDURES;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

TESTING;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COGNITION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHA RHYTHM; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84870803484     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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