Editorial: Neurofeedback in ADHD

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue OCTOBER, 2015, Pages

  Arns, Martijn ^a,b   Heinrich, Hartmut ^c,d   Ros, Tomas ^e   Rothenberger, Aribert ^f   Strehl, Ute ^g  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE BRAINCLINICS   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d Heckscher Klinikum   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Classical conditioning; EEG; Neurofeedback; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BLOCKING RESPONSE; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BETA RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EDITORIAL; EFFECT SIZE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROFEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIZATION; SENSORIMOTOR RHYTHM; SLOW CORTICAL POTENTIAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84947602375     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00602     Document Type: Editorial

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