Relative power of specific eeg bands and their ratios during neurofeedback training in children with autism spectrum disorder

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JAN2016, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Yao ^a   Sokhadze, Estate M ^b,c,d   El Baz, Ayman S ^b   Li, Xiaoli ^a   Sears, Lonnie ^d   Casanova, Manuel F ^c,d   Tasman, Allan ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE GREENVILLE   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; EEG bands' ratios; Electroencephalography; Gamma activity; Neurofeedback

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BETA RHYTHM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84956662285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00723     Document Type: Article

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