Brain volumetry and self-regulation of brain activity relevant for neurofeedback

Biological Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-133

  Ninaus, M ^a,c   Kober, S E ^a   Witte, M ^a   Koschutnig, K ^a,c   Neuper, C ^a,b,c   Wood, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c BIOTECHMED GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Gamma; MRI; Neurofeedback; SMR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN SIZE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL OPERCULUM; GAMMA RHYTHM; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROFEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELF CONTROL; SENSORIMOTOR RHYTHM; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFEEDBACK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-CONTROL;

EID: 84938885351     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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