The long-awaited update to Demos’s classic book for the practitioner looking to add neurofeedback.
Neurofeedback training combines the principles of complementary medicine with the power of electronics. This book provides lucid explanations of the mechanisms underlying neurofeedback as well as the research history that led to its implementation. Essential for all clinicians in this field, this book will guide clinicians through the process of diagnosis and treatment
Author(s): John N. Demos
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Norton Professional Books
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 364
Title......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
Preface......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 7
Abbreviations......Page 13
Introduction......Page 16
Part I: Getting Started With the Basics......Page 24
1. What Is EEG Neurofeedback?......Page 25
2. The EEG: The Brain’s Electrical Signals......Page 28
3. Bandwidths Measured by Frequency and Amplitude......Page 35
4. Electrode Placements......Page 40
5. Introduction to 2-D Brain Maps......Page 46
6. Introduction to Power and Z-Score Training......Page 52
Part II: Amplifying and Filtering to Match EEG Signatures to Common Symptoms......Page 67
7. Amplifying the EEG......Page 68
8. Filtering the EEG Into Bins......Page 80
9. Common Filtered Bandwidths......Page 85
10. Filtered EEG Components: Asymmetry, Power Ratio, Coherence, and Phase......Page 101
11. Matching EEG Signatures to Common Symptoms and Disorders......Page 117
Part III: Editing the Raw EEG......Page 126
12. The Importance of Examining the Raw EEG......Page 127
13. Editing Examples and EEG Signatures......Page 130
Part IV: The Dynamic Brain: Regions of Interest......Page 149
14. The Nervous System......Page 150
15. Brain Structures and Functions......Page 158
16. Regions of Interest: Cortical and Subcortical......Page 186
17. Brain Networks......Page 197
Part V: Advanced Training and Protocol Generation......Page 204
18. Thresholds: Advanced Theory of Protocol Operation......Page 205
19. Z-Score Training Concepts and Concerns......Page 214
20. Automated Site or Network Selection and Training Symptom With Jewel......Page 218
21. Deep States Training and Protocol Suggestions for PTSD and Addictions......Page 223
22. Photic Stimulation: Gamma and Cross-Frequency Coupling......Page 244
23. Hemoencephalography Neurofeedback......Page 253
Part VI: EEG Neurofeedback in Clinical Practice......Page 262
24. Treating the Whole Person......Page 263
25. Evaluation: Contraindications, Readministering Baseline Tests, and Termination......Page 276
26. Objective Treatment Plans and Comparison Reports......Page 288
27. Maintaining Professionalism......Page 295
Appendix 1. Relative Power......Page 302
Appendix 2. Infra-slow Oscillation Training......Page 304
Appendix 3. The EEG and Phase......Page 310
References......Page 313
Acknowledgments......Page 320
Index......Page 321
Copyright......Page 364
