EEG-neurofeedback for optimising performance. II: Creativity, the performing arts and ecological validity

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-158

  Gruzelier, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity:music:dance:acting:validity; EEG; Neurofeedback; Optimal performance

Indexed keywords

ACTING; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CREATIVITY; DANCING; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; NEUROFEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMING ARTS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RECREATION; REVIEW; THETA RHYTHM; VALIDATION PROCESS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEUROFEEDBACK; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84904794631     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.11.004     Document Type: Review

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