EEG Theta/Beta Ratio Neurofeedback Training in Healthy Females

Dana van Son; Willem van der Does; Guido P H Band; Peter Putman

doi:10.1007/s10484-020-09472-1

EEG Theta/Beta Ratio Neurofeedback Training in Healthy Females

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2020 Sep;45(3):195-210. doi: 10.1007/s10484-020-09472-1.

Authors

Dana van Son^{1

2}, Willem van der Does^{3

4}, Guido P H Band^{3

4}, Peter Putman^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. dana.vanson@yale.edu.
² Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden, The Netherlands. dana.vanson@yale.edu.
³ Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
⁴ Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Abstract

A growing number of studies suggest that EEG theta/beta ratio (TBR) is inversely related to executive cognitive control. Neurofeedback training aimed at reducing TBR (TBR NFT) might provide a tool to study causality in this relation and might enhance human performance. To investigate whether TBR NFT reduces TBR in healthy participants. Twelve healthy female participants were assigned (single blind) to one of three groups. Groups differed on baseline durations and one group received only sham NFT. TBR NFT consisted of eight or fourteen 25-min sessions. No evidence was found that TBR NFT had any effect on TBR. The current TBR NFT protocol is possibly ineffective. This is in line with a previous study with a different protocol.

Keywords: EEG theta/beta ratio; Multiple baseline design; Neurofeedback.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Beta Rhythm / physiology*
Cerebral Cortex / physiology*
Female
Humans
Neurofeedback / methods*
Neurofeedback / physiology*
Placebos
Research Design
Single-Blind Method
Theta Rhythm / physiology*
Young Adult

Substances

Placebos