Better than sleep: Theta neurofeedback training accelerates memory consolidation

Biological Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-53

  Reiner, Miriam ^a   Rozengurt, Roman ^b   Barnea, Anat ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Bio Keshev Private Practice for Neurofeedback   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beta rhythms; Brain oscillations; Motor memory consolidation; Motor performance; Neurofeedback training; Theta rhythms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NIGHT SLEEP; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WAKEFULNESS;

BETA RHYTHMS; BRAIN OSCILLATIONS; MOTOR MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROFEEDBACK TRAINING; THETA RHYTHMS;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROFEEDBACK; SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84892557530     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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