Neurofeedback training improves attention and working memory performance

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2406-2420

  Wang, Jinn Rong ^a   Hsieh, Shulan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attention; Frontal midline theta; Neurofeedback; Sham neurofeedback; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL MIDLINE THETA ACTIVITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROFEEDBACK TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; FRONTAL-MIDLINE THETA; NEUROFEEDBACK; SHAM-NEUROFEEDBACK; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROFEEDBACK; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887617984     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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