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Jackpine Radical

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Fri Jun-16-06 09:55 AM
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25. There are many types of biofeedback.

Edited on Fri Jun-16-06 09:57 AM by Jackpine Radical

Neurofeedback is a subclass of biofeedback. Some protocols, e.g. treatments for anxiety, involve decreasing arousal & cortical activity. Others, such as that for ADHD, generally involve increasing activation. Boredome has always been a major issue for techniques aimed at increasing brainwave activity. A varety of new methods, such as using movies for the feedback signal, are now being used to combat this problem.

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