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How Strong is the Research Support for Neurofeedback in Attention Deficits?

January 25, 2008 by Dr. David Rabiner

(Edi­tor’s Note: Neu­ro­feed­back is one of the tech­nolo­gies that peo­ple often ask us about.  It is a promis­ing inter­ven­tion in a vari­ety of areas, and has got sig­nif­i­cant trac­tion in help­ing kids with ADD/ ADHD. Now, giv­en the sig­nif­i­cant cost it pos­es for par­ents, we need to ask the ques­tion: “How Strong is the Research Sup­port for Neu­ro­feed­back Treat­ment of Chil­dren with ADHD”? We are hon­ored to present the thoughts of Duke Uni­ver­si­ty’s Dr. David Rabin­er, a lead­ing author­i­ty on the field, on that impor­tant issue. As a bonus, you will enjoy his detailed descrip­tion and sug­ges­tions of how to design a high-qual­i­ty sci­en­tif­ic study.)

(Update as of March 2009: Dr. David Rabin­er has writ­ten an update to the arti­cle below based on a new­er study. You can read it click­ing on link: New Study Sup­ports Neu­ro­feed­back Treat­ment for ADHD)
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How Strong is the Research Sup­port for Neu­ro­feed­back Treat­ment of Chil­dren with ADHD?

Nei­ther of the two promi­nent approach­es to treat­ing ADHD — med­ica­tion treat­ment and behav­ior ther­a­py — are expect­ed to effect long term changes in the child. Med­ica­tion treat­ment induces short-term changes in brain activ­i­ty that is asso­ci­at­ed with a reduc­tion in symp­toms for many indi­vid­u­als. Behav­ior ther­a­py attempts to cre­ate a set of envi­ron­men­tal con­tin­gen­cies that pro­mote desired behav­ior in the child, but which is unlike­ly to endure when those con­tin­gen­cies are removed.

In recent years, researchers have begun devot­ing greater atten­tion to the pos­si­bil­i­ty that chil­dren — and adults — may be pro­vid­ed with par­tic­u­lar kinds of expe­ri­ences that may induce alter­ations in brain func­tion­ing that are asso­ci­at­ed with more endur­ing changes, i.e., they do not dis­si­pate as soon as treat­ment ends.

Neu­ro­feed­back — also known as EEG Biofeed­back — is reflec­tive of this approach and has a his­to­ry that goes back [Read more…] about How Strong is the Research Sup­port for Neu­ro­feed­back in Atten­tion Deficits?

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Filed Under: Technology & Innovation Tagged With: academic-achievement, AD/HD-treatments, ADHD-Treatment, attention-problems, Attention-Research-Update, attention-training, behavior-therapy, biofeedback, brain-functioning, CHADD, David-Rabiner, EEG-Biofeedback, medication-treatment, multi-modal-treatment, Neurofeedback, Neurofeedback-Treatment, neuroscience, placebo, Psychology

We need 10 brains to process all this information…

April 1, 2007 by Alvaro Fernandez

A blog car­ni­val is a col­lec­tion of good blog posts around a spe­cif­ic top­ic, pub­lished usu­al­ly every 2 or 4 weeks. This time many car­ni­vals includ­ed some of our arti­cles, so we have a longer than usu­al list. Take a look at the top­ics you may be inter­est­ed in.

The first 5 car­ni­vals did the most cre­ative work, in our view, to dis­play all the con­tent: [Read more…] about We need 10 brains to process all this information…

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: alvaro-fernandez, behavior-therapy, CHADD, EEG-Biofeedback, environment, Greater-Good-Magazine, hiv/aids, medication-treatment, meditation, mental-training, multi-modal-treatment, socialization

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