Neurofeedback, self-regulation, and brain imaging: Clinical science and fad in the service of mental disorders

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 193-207

  Thibault, Robert T ^a   Lifshitz, Michael ^a   Birbaumer, Niels ^c,d   Raz, Amir ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactive disorder; EEG; fMRI; Mental health; Near infrared spectroscopy; Neurofeedback; Neuroimaging; Psychiatry; Real time fMRI; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROIMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THETA RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SELF CONTROL;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROFEEDBACK; SELF-CONTROL;

EID: 84930268552     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000371714     Document Type: Article

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