Comparing tomographic EEG neurofeedback and EMG biofeedback in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Biological Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-44

  Maurizio, Stefano ^a   Liechti, Martina Daniela ^a   Heinrich, Hartmut ^b,c   Jäncke, Lutz ^a   Steinhausen, Hans Christoph ^a,d,e   Walitza, Susanne ^a   Brandeis, Daniel ^a,f   Drechsler, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Heckscher Klinikum   (Germany)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Controlled clinical study; EMG biofeedback; Neurofeedback training; Specific treatment effects; Standardized low resolution electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA)

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC BIOFEEDBACK; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROFEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD); CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY; EMG BIOFEEDBACK; NEUROFEEDBACK TRAINING; SPECIFIC TREATMENT EFFECTS; STANDARDIZED LOW-RESOLUTION ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY (SLORETA);

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892538447     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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