Real-time fMRI neurofeedback: Progress and challenges

NeuroImage

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 386-399

  Sulzer, J ^a,q   Haller, S ^b,r   Scharnowski, F ^b,c   Weiskopf, N ^d,r   Birbaumer, N ^e,f   Blefari, M L ^a   Bruehl, A B ^g   Cohen, L G ^h   deCharms, R C ⁱ   Gassert, R ^a   Goebel, R ^j   Herwig, U ^g,k   LaConte, S ^l   Linden, D ^m   Luft, A ^g,n   Seifritz, E ^g   Sitaram, R ^e,o,p  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ Omneuron Inc   (United States)

^j MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^l VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^q University of Florida ^*  (Switzerland)

^r Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology ^*  (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Neurofeedback; Operant conditioning; Real time fMRI

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONNECTOME; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MACHINE LEARNING; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM POTENTIAL; NEUROFEEDBACK; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REAL TIME FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STUDY DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 84876722173     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.03.033     Document Type: Review

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