The Relation Between Memory Improvement and QEEG Changes in Three Clinical Groups as a Result of EEG Biofeedback Treatment

Journal of Neurotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-131

  Thornton, Kirtley E ^a   Carmody, Dennis P ^b  

^a The Brain Foundation   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROFEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84878479229     PISSN: 10874208     EISSN: 1530017X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10874208.2013.785183     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Coe, R. (2000). What is an 'effect size'? A guide for users: Curriculum. Durham, UK: Durham University.
2. Cohen, J. (1969). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. New York, NY: Academic Press.
3. Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (), 2nd ed. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
4. Frederick, J., Lubar, J., Rasey, H., Brim, S., & Blackburn, J. (1999). Effects of 18.5 Hz audiovisual stimulation on EEG amplitude at the vertex. Journal of Neurotherapy, 3 (3), 23 - 27.
5. Glass, G. V., McGaw, B., & Smith, M. L. (1981). Meta-analysis in social research. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
6. Hedges, L. V. (1981). Distributional theory for Glass's estimator of effect size and related estimators. Journal of Educational Statistics, 6, 107 - 128. doi: 10.2307/1164588.
7. Hedges, L. V., & Olkin, I. (1985). Statistical methods for meta-analysis. Orlando, FL: Academic Press.
8. Jasper, H. H. (1958). Report of the Committee on Methods of Clinical Examination in Electroencephalography. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 10, 370 - 371.
9. Olejnik, S., & Algina, J. (2000). Measures of effect size for comparative studies: Applications, interpretations and limitations. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 25, 241 - 286. doi: 10.1006/ceps.2000.1040
10. Snow, R., Kyllonen, P., & Marshalek, B. (1984). The topography of ability and learning correlations. In R. Sternberg (Ed.), Advances in the psychology of human intelligence (Vol. 2; pp. 47 - 103). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
11. Thornton, K. (1996). On the nature of artifacting the qEEG. Journal of Neurotherapy, 1 (3), 31 - 40.
12. Thornton, K. (1999). Exploratory investigation into mild brain injury and discriminant analysis with high frequency bands (32-64 Hz). Brain Injury, 13, 477 - 488.
13. Thornton, K. (2000a). Electrophysiology of auditory memory of paragraphs. Journal of Neurotherapy, 4 (3), 45 - 73.
14. Thornton, K. (2000b). Rehabilitation of memory functioning in brain injured subjects with EEG biofeedback. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 15, 1285 - 1296.
15. Thornton, K. (2001). U.S. Patent No. 6,309,361 B1. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
16. Thornton, K. (2002a). Electrophysiology (QEEG) of effective reading memory: Towards a generator/activation theory of the mind. Journal of Neurotherapy, 6 (3), 37 - 66.
17. Thornton, K. (2002b). Rehabilitation of memory functioning with EEG biofeedback. Neurorehabilitation, 17, 69 - 81.
18. Thornton, K. (2006a). NCLB goals (and more) are attainable with neurocognitive interventions (Vol. 1). Charleston, SC: Booksurge Press.
19. Thornton, K. (2006b). Subtype analysis of learning disability by quantitative electroencephalography patterns. Biofeedback, 34, 106 - 113.
20. Thornton, K. (2007, May). Reading disability from the activation database point of view. NeuroConnections, 9 - 11.
21. Thornton, K., & Carmody, D. P. (2005). EEG biofeedback for reading disabilities and traumatic brain injuries. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 14, 137 - 162.
22. Thornton, K., & Carmody, D. P. (2008). Efficacy of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: Interventions of QEEG-guided biofeedback, computers, strategies, and medications. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 33, 101-124.
23. Thornton, K., & Carmody, D. P. (2009a). Eyes-closed and activation QEEG databases in predicting cognitive effectiveness and the inefficiency hypothesis. Journal of Neurotherapy, 13, 1 - 22.
24. Thornton, K., & Carmody, D. P. (2009b). Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: QEEG biofeedback treatment protocols. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 34, 59 - 68.
25. Thornton, K. E., & Carmody, D. P. (2010). Quantitative electroencephalography in the assessment and rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury. In R. A. Carlstedt (Ed.), Handbook of integrative clinical psychology, psychiatry, and behavioral medicine (pp. 463 - 508). New York, NY: Springer.
26. Thornton, K., & Carmody, D. P. (2012). Symbol digit and the quantitative EEG. Journal of Neurotherapy, 16, 210 - 222.
27. Thornton, K., & Carroll, C. (2010, Fall). The Coordinated Allocation of Resource (CAR) Model Intervention for Reading: Problems in two clinics. NeuroConnections, 8 - 16.
28. von Stein, A., & Sarnthein, J. (2000). Different frequencies for different scales of cortical integration: From local gamma to long range alpha/theta synchronization. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 38, 301 - 313. doi: 10.1016/S0167-8760(00)00172-0