What future research should bring to help resolving the debate about the efficacy of EEG-neurofeedback in children with ADHD

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Vollebregt, Madelon A ^a,b,c   van Dongen Boomsma, Martine ^a,b   Slaats Willemse, Dorine ^a   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); EEG neurofeedback (EEG NF); Efficacy; Methodology; Non pharmacological interventions

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROFEEDBACK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REWARD; STUDY DESIGN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84901345248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00321     Document Type: Article

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