Neurofeedback training aimed to improve focused attention and alertness in children with ADHD: A study of relative power of eeg rhythms using custom-made software application

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 193-202

  Hillard, Brent ^a   El Baz, Ayman S ^a   Sears, Lonnie ^a   Tasman, Allan ^a   Sokhadze, Estate M ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Electroencephalography; Neurofeedback; Selective attention; Theta alpha ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADHD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROFEEDBACK; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; THETA/ALPHA RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84883435792     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: 21695202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1550059412458262     Document Type: Article

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