Individual EEG Alpha Activity Analysis for Enhancement Neurofeedback Efficiency: Two Case Studies

Autores

  • O. M. Bazanova
  • L. I. Aftanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1080/10874208.2010.501517

Resumo

The hypothesis was tested of whether neurofeedback training applied in order to increase or decrease power of individual EEG frequency ranges is more efficient than neurofeedback training of standard EEG frequency ranges. The sessions of decreasing the theta/beta ratio and reinforcing alpha neurofeedback training were carried out on two outpatients with attention deficit disorder (a schoolboy) and functional pain contraction (a professional musician). The neurofeedback utilizing standard EEG frequency ranges (theta 4-8, alpha 8-12, beta 13-18) was inefficient and even resulted in aggravation of symptoms in both cases. The individualized neurofeedback that utilized individual frequency ranges resulted in substantial clinical improvement.

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Publicado

2016-08-29

Edição

v. 14 n. 3 (2010)

Seção

CLINICAL CORNER

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