The validity of individual frontal alpha asymmetry EEG neurofeedback

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-43

  Quaedflieg, C W E M ^a   Smulders, F T Y ^a   Meyer, T ^a,b   Peeters, F ^c   Merckelbach, H ^a   Smeets, T ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frontal EEG asymmetry; Interpretability; Randomized placebo control design; Specificity; Trainability

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954055155     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv090     Document Type: Article

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