Beneficial outcome from EEG-neurofeedback on creative music performance, attention and well-being in school children

Biological Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-95

  Gruzelier, J H ^a   Foks, M ^a   Steffert, T ^a   Chen, M J L ^a   Ros, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha theta; Attention; Creativity; Music; Neurofeedback; School children; SMR; Well being

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMISSION ERROR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERROR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING CURVE; MUSIC; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROFEEDBACK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY MOTOR RHYTHM BAND; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST OF VARIABLES OF ATTENTION; THETA RHYTHM;

ALPHA/THETA; ATTENTION; CREATIVITY; MUSIC; NEUROFEEDBACK; SCHOOL CHILDREN; SMR; WELL-BEING;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NEUROFEEDBACK; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84892535367     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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