Trial reportSocial cognitive and affective neuroscience2016
The validity of individual frontal alpha asymmetry EEG neurofeedback.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
- Neurofeedback learning modifies the incidence rate of alpha spindles, but not their duration and amplitude.Scientific reports · 2017Trial
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation modulates the impact of a negative mood induction.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2017Trial
- No evidence for modulation of frontal brain activity asymmetry by a single session of EEG feedback.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- From the Ocular Surface to Neurophysiology: An Integrative Review of Digital Eye Strain.Clinical optometry · 2026Review
- Advances in the Application of Brain-Computer Interface-Based Neurofeedback Training in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Review
- Social functioning and frontal alpha asymmetry in schizophrenia.Journal of psychiatric research · 2025Article
- Decoded EEG neurofeedback-guided cognitive reappraisal training for emotion regulation.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2024Article
- Applications of Alpha Neurofeedback Processes for Enhanced Mental Manipulation of Unfamiliar Molecular and Spatial Structures.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2024Article
- Multimodal and hemispheric graph-theoretical brain network predictors of learning efficacy for frontal alpha asymmetry neurofeedback.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2024Article
- Modulating Individual Alpha Frequency through Short-Term Neurofeedback for Cognitive Enhancement in Healthy Young Adults.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Sensorimotor rhythm neurofeedback training relieves anxiety in healthy people.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2022Article
- Probing fMRI brain connectivity and activity changes during emotion regulation by EEG neurofeedback.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Frontal alpha asymmetry interaction with an experimental story EEG brain-computer interface.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Dynamic functional connectivity estimation for neurofeedback emotion regulation paradigm with simultaneous EEG-fMRI analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Frontal alpha asymmetry: A potential biomarker of approach-withdrawal motivation towards pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Virtual Reality Customized 360-Degree Experiences for Stress Relief.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Electroencephalography Correlates of Well-Being Using a Low-Cost Wearable System.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- The Current Evidence Levels for Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Interventions in Treating Depression: A Narrative Review.Neural plasticity · 2021Review
- Quantitative Assessment of Stress Through EEG During a Virtual Reality Stress-Relax Session.Frontiers in computational neuroscience · 2021Article
- A Two-Person Neuroscience Approach for Social Anxiety: A Paradigm With Interbrain Synchrony and Neurofeedback.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Frontal asymmetry in alpha oscillations is assumed to be associated with psychopathology and individual differences in emotional responding. Brain-activity-based feedback is a promising tool for the modulation of cortical activity. Here, we validated a neurofeedback protocol designed to change relative frontal asymmetry based on individual alpha peak frequencies, including real-time average referencing and eye-correction. Participants (N = 60) were randomly assigned to a right, left or placebo neurofeedback group. Results show a difference in trainability between groups, with a linear change in frontal alpha asymmetry over time for the right neurofeedback group during rest. Moreover, the asymmetry changes in the right group were frequency and location specific, even though trainability did not persist at 1 week and 1 month follow-ups. On the behavioral level, subjective stress on the second test day was reduced in the left and placebo neurofeedback groups, but not in the right neurofeedback group. We found individual differences in trainability that were dependent on training group, with participants in the right neurofeedback group being more likely to change their frontal asymmetry in the desired direction. Individual differences in trainability were also reflected in the ability to change frontal asymmetry during the feedback.
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