One Size Fits All? Slow Cortical Potentials Neurofeedback: A Review

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 393-409

  Mayer, Kerstin ^a   Wyckoff, Sarah N ^a   Strehl, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; neurofeedback; review; SCP; slow cortical potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; COLOR VISION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROFEEDBACK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCP; SLOW CORTICAL POTENTIALS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADHD; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; NEUROFEEDBACK; REVIEW; SCP; SLOW CORTICAL POTENTIALS;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BETA RHYTHM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROFEEDBACK; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878461114     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712468053     Document Type: Review

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