Neurofeedback for Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Trends
STS Instructor Authored by Mark Smith
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Study at a glance
- Area
- TBI & Concussion
- Study type
- Review & meta-analysis
- Authors
- Thomas JL, Smith ML
- Journal
- Biofeedback
- Year
- 2015
- Protocol
- multi-site and LORETA z-score neurofeedback
Key findings
- Frames traumatic brain injury as a major health and social problem
- Describes the field's shift from single-channel to multi-site training
- Presents LORETA z-score training as able to reach deeper brain regions
- Suggests newer methods may give TBI patients improvements not possible before
A short overview article on how neurofeedback for traumatic brain injury has developed. It traces the move from single-channel training to training at multiple sites, and highlights LORETA z-score training as a way to address activity in deeper brain structures. The authors argue that these developments may offer brain injury patients gains not previously achievable; this is a review and opinion piece rather than a new study.