Network-based fMRI-neurofeedback training of sustained attention

The Effect of Neurofeedback Training on Increasing Sustained Attention in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of neurofeedback training on improving sustained attention of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Methods: The research design is quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. The study population consisted of the veterans with PTSD who were hospitalized in psychiatric wards. Purposeful sampling met...

Neurofeedback training improves ADHD symptoms more than attention skills training.

ED FROM Gevensleben H, Holl B, Albrecht B, et al. Is neurofeedback an effi cacious treatment for ADHD? A randomised controlled clinical trial. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2009;50:780–9. Correspondence to: Hartmut Heinrich, Heckscher-Klinikum, Deisenhofener Strasse 28, D-81539 Munich, Germany; [email protected] Sources of funding: German Research Foundation. Gevensleben and colleagues describe a m...

Real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback in depression

Neurofeedback training improves attention and working memory performance.

OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the frontal-midline theta (fmθ) activity uptraining protocol on attention and working memory performance of older and younger participants. METHODS Thirty-two participants were recruited. Participants within each age group were randomly assigned to either the neurofeedback training (fmθ uptraining) group or the sham-neurof...

Social reward improves the voluntary control over localized brain activity in fMRI-based neurofeedback training

Neurofeedback (NF) based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) allows voluntary regulation of the activity in a selected brain region. For the training of this regulation, a well-designed feedback system is required. Social reward may serve as an effective incentive in NF paradigms, but its efficiency has not yet been tested. Therefore, we developed a social reward NF par...