Self-regulation of inter-hemispheric visual cortex balance through real-time fMRI neurofeedback training

NeuroImage

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Robineau, F ^a,b   Rieger, S W ^b,c   Mermoud, C ^a   Pichon, S ^a,b,c   Koush, Y ^b,c,d   Van De Ville, D ^b,c,d   Vuilleumier, P ^a,b,c   Scharnowski, F ^b,c,d  

^a University Medical Center   (Switzerland)

^b Geneva Neuroscience Center   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain training; Neurofeedback; Real time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Self regulation; Visual attention; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BOLD SIGNAL; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROFEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903893594     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.05.072     Document Type: Article

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