SynthesisApplied psychophysiology and biofeedback2021
The Effects of Neurofeedback on Aging-Associated Cognitive Decline: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05936697 (Neurofeedback Training to Improve Prefrontal Functioning in Older Adults With Subclinical Depression and Anxiety), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Neurofeedback Training to Improve Prefrontal Functioning in Older Adults With Subclinical Depression and Anxiety: a Randomised Control Trial
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Efficacy of Virtual Reality-Based EEG Neurofeedback in Health-Related Symptoms Relief: A Systematic Review.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2025Pooled it
- Brain computer interfaces for cognitive enhancement in older people - challenges and applications: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Electroencephalography Neurofeedback for Improving Working Memory and Episodic Memory in the Elderly: A Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- EEG neurofeedback for the treatment of neuropathic pain in the elderly-a mechanistic review.GeroScience · 2026Review
- How to Improve Cognitive Flexibility: Evidence From Noninvasive Neuromodulation Techniques.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Review
- Evaluation of Theta EEG Neurofeedback Procedure for Cognitive Training Using Simultaneous fMRI in Counterbalanced Active-Sham Study Design.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Exploring neurofeedback as a therapeutic intervention for subjective cognitive decline.The European journal of neuroscience · 2024Article
- Evidence of compensatory neural hyperactivity in a subgroup of chemotherapy-treated breast cancer survivors and its association with brain aging.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Evidence of compensatory neural hyperactivity in a subgroup of breast cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy and its association with brain aging.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Article
- EEG-Neurofeedback as a Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Dementia, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- [Neurofeedback technology based on functional near infrared spectroscopy imaging and its applications].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2022Article
- Methodology and preliminary data on feasibility of a neurofeedback protocol to improve visual attention to letters in mild Alzheimer's disease.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Neurofeedback Training Based on Motor Imagery Strategies Increases EEG Complexity in Elderly Population.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Neurofeedback and the Aging Brain: A Systematic Review of Training Protocols for Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Review
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Abstract
For more than a decade, neurofeedback interventions have been applied with the goal of improving cognitive functions in older adults. Some of these studies have been reviewed, but only in combination with experiments conducted in young adults or with studies seeking to modify functions not related to cognition. The purpose of the present review is to assess whether neurofeedback interventions benefit cognition in elderly adults. We included all neurofeedback studies conducted in older adults, whether healthy or affected by a clinical condition, that attempted to ameliorate any domain of cognition, with no restrictions by publication date. Fourteen studies were eligible for this review. Neurofeedback improved memory in healthy and unhealthy participants mainly when the theta and sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) frequencies were trained. In addition, other cognitive domains benefited from this intervention. Conversely, neurofeedback had no effect on attention processes. Although different studies used markedly different methods, almost all of them reported positive effects of neurofeedback in at least one cognitive domain. New interventions under consideration should be tested using placebo-controlled, double-blind experimental designs with follow-up evaluations.
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