Shutting down sensorimotor interference unblocks the networks for stimulus processing: An SMR neurofeedback training study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 82-95

  Kober, Silvia Erika ^a,c   Witte, Matthias ^a   Stangl, Matthias ^a   Väljamäe, Aleksander ^a   Neuper, Christa ^a,b,c   Wood, Guilherme ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c BIOTECHMED GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Cognitive processing; ERP; Functional connectivity; Neurofeedback; Sensorimotor rhythm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; COGNITION; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROFEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR INTERFERENCE; SENSORIMOTOR RHYTHM FEEDBACK; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE NET; NEUROFEEDBACK; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917739445     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.03.031     Document Type: Article

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