ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2021
Neurofeedback and the Aging Brain: A Systematic Review of Training Protocols for Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment.
Review in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Neurofeedback Training to Improve Prefrontal Functioning in Older Adults With Subclinical Depression and Anxiety: a Randomised Control Trial
Exploring Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Neurofeedback Interventions to Manage Cognitive, Affective and Behavioural Symptoms in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Brain computer interfaces for cognitive enhancement in older people - challenges and applications: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of EEG neurofeedback combined with pharmacological treatment on the positive and negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Electroencephalography Neurofeedback for Improving Working Memory and Episodic Memory in the Elderly: A Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical applications of neurofeedback based on sensorimotor rhythm: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Evidence from a meta-analysis and systematic review reveals the global prevalence of mild cognitive impairment.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation for mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Combined hyperbaric oxygen and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for vascular cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trail.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Trial
- Psilocybin-assisted neurofeedback for the improvement of executive functions: a randomized semi-naturalistic-lab feasibility study.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Trial
- From technological closed-loop to human-machine trust: a systematic review of ethical and communication challenges of brain-computer interface in elderly care.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Cognitive Status Classification Among Older Adults: A Study from SHARE-HCAP.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Personalized cognitive enhancement for older adults: An aging-friendly closed-loop human-machine interface framework.Ageing research reviews · 2025Review
- Neurofeedback Training Modulates Brain Functional Networks and Improves Cognition in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients Aged 60-70 Years.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Neurofeedback-Enhanced Working Memory Training: A Proof-of-Concept for Reversing Age-Related Neural Slowing in Older Adults.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Age as a limiting factor for effectiveness of photostimulation of brain drainage and cognitive functions.Frontiers of optoelectronics · 2025Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of neurofeedback training efficacy and neural mechanisms in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- From lab to life: challenges and perspectives of fNIRS for haemodynamic-based neurofeedback in real-world environments.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Review
- Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback Training of Selective Attention in Older Adults.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Toxic air pollution and cognitive decline: Untangling particulate matter.Health & place · 2024Article
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- 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
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Dementia describes a set of symptoms that occur in neurodegenerative disorders and that is characterized by gradual loss of cognitive and behavioral functions. Recently, non-invasive neurofeedback training has been explored as a potential complementary treatment for patients suffering from dementia or mild cognitive impairment. Here we systematically reviewed studies that explored neurofeedback training protocols based on electroencephalography or functional magnetic resonance imaging for these groups of patients. From a total of 1,912 screened studies, 10 were included in our final sample (
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