Electroencephalographic Biofeedback in the Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

@article{Monastra2005ElectroencephalographicBI,
  title={Electroencephalographic Biofeedback in the Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder},
  author={Vincent J. Monastra and Steven Jay Lynn and Michael Linden and Joel F. Lubar and John H. Gruzelier and Theodore Joseph LaVaque},
  journal={Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback},
  year={2005},
  volume={30},
  pages={95-114}
}
Historically, pharmacological treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been considered to be the only type of interventions effective for reducing the core symptoms of this condition. However, during the past three decades, a series of case and controlled group studies examining the effects of EEG biofeedback have reported improved attention and behavioral control, increased cortical activation on quantitative electroencephalographic examination, and gains on tests of… Expand
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