ArticleNeuron2020
Alpha Synchrony and the Neurofeedback Control of Spatial Attention.
Article in Neuron, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
82 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Consumer-Grade Neurofeedback With Mindfulness Meditation: Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationships between real-time neurofeedback training parameters and acquisition of neural modulation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Empathy and event related potentials before and after EEG based neurofeedback training in autistic adolescents.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Neurofeedback and attention modulate somatosensory alpha oscillations but not pain perception.PLoS biology · 2025Trial
- The effect of unilateral hand muscle contraction on frontal alpha asymmetry and inhibitory control in intrinsic reward contexts, a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Neural Oscillatory Signatures of Predictive Processing in Visual Statistical Learning.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- Improving Selective Attention in Healthy Adults Through SMR Neurofeedback: Electrophysiological and Behavioral Evidence.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Article
- Modulation of Visual Contrast Perception Associated With Dorsal Attention Network Connectivity Assessed by Magnetoencephalography.Human brain mapping · 2026Article
- Application of resting-state EEG theta /alpha power ratio analysis for diagnosing amnestic mild cognitive impairment.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Alpha oscillatory activity reveals focused-attentional disparity between cochlear implant users and normal hearing listeners.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Unmasking the noise: aberrant cortical oscillations in visual snow syndrome.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Decoding real-world visual scenes from alpha and gamma band flicker evoked oscillations in human EEG.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Spontaneous Modulation of Alpha Power During a Neurofeedback Session Without Instructions.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
- Nested spatiotemporal theta-gamma waves organize hierarchical processing across the mouse visual cortex.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Recruitment patterns of hothubs and dark functional networks correlating activity and connectivity with magnetoencephalography.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Coupling between neural oscillations and white matter integrity reveals cognitive computational profiles following COVID-19.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Alpha Modulation of Spiking Activity Across Multiple Brain Regions in Mice Performing a Tactile Selective Detection Task.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Article
- Evidence for an Active Handoff between Hemispheres during Target Tracking.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Decoding covert visual attention of electroencephalography signals using continuous wavelet transform and deep learning approach.Scientific reports · 2025Article
22 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
- Commented on by
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Decreases in alpha synchronization are correlated with enhanced attention, whereas alpha increases are correlated with inattention. However, correlation is not causality, and synchronization may be a byproduct of attention rather than a cause. To test for a causal role of alpha synchrony in attention, we used MEG neurofeedback to train subjects to manipulate the ratio of alpha power over the left versus right parietal cortex. We found that a comparable alpha asymmetry developed over the visual cortex. The alpha training led to corresponding asymmetrical changes in visually evoked responses to probes presented in the two hemifields during training. Thus, reduced alpha was associated with enhanced sensory processing. Testing after training showed a persistent bias in attention in the expected directions. The results support the proposal that alpha synchrony plays a causal role in modulating attention and visual processing, and alpha training could be used for testing hypotheses about synchrony.
Indexed as
Identifiers
31812515What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.