Skip to main content

Ecological validity of neurofeedback: modulation of slow wave EEG enhances musical performance.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Egner, T; Gruzelier, JH
Published in: Neuroreport
July 2003

Biofeedback-assisted modulation of electrocortical activity has been established to have intrinsic clinical benefits and has been shown to improve cognitive performance in healthy humans. In order to further investigate the pedagogic relevance of electroencephalograph (EEG) biofeedback (neurofeedback) for enhancing normal function, a series of investigations assessed the training's impact on an ecologically valid real-life behavioural performance measure: music performance under stressful conditions in conservatoire students. In a pilot study, single-blind expert ratings documented improvements in musical performance in a student group that received training on attention and relaxation related neurofeedback protocols, and improvements were highly correlated with learning to progressively raise theta (5-8 Hz) over alpha (8-11 Hz) band amplitudes. These findings were replicated in a second experiment where an alpha/theta training group displayed significant performance enhancement not found with other neurofeedback training protocols or in alternative interventions, including the widely applied Alexander technique.

Duke Scholars

Altmetric Attention Stats
Dimensions Citation Stats

Published In

Neuroreport

DOI

EISSN

1473-558X

ISSN

0959-4965

Publication Date

July 2003

Volume

14

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1221 / 1224

Related Subject Headings

  • Theta Rhythm
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Pilot Projects
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Music
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Electroencephalography
 

Citation

APA
Chicago
ICMJE
MLA
NLM
Egner, T., & Gruzelier, J. H. (2003). Ecological validity of neurofeedback: modulation of slow wave EEG enhances musical performance. Neuroreport, 14(9), 1221–1224. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.wnr.0000081875.45938.d1
Egner, Tobias, and John H. Gruzelier. “Ecological validity of neurofeedback: modulation of slow wave EEG enhances musical performance.Neuroreport 14, no. 9 (July 2003): 1221–24. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.wnr.0000081875.45938.d1.
Egner, Tobias, and John H. Gruzelier. “Ecological validity of neurofeedback: modulation of slow wave EEG enhances musical performance.Neuroreport, vol. 14, no. 9, July 2003, pp. 1221–24. Epmc, doi:10.1097/01.wnr.0000081875.45938.d1.
Egner T, Gruzelier JH. Ecological validity of neurofeedback: modulation of slow wave EEG enhances musical performance. Neuroreport. 2003 Jul;14(9):1221–1224.

Published In

Neuroreport

DOI

EISSN

1473-558X

ISSN

0959-4965

Publication Date

July 2003

Volume

14

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1221 / 1224

Related Subject Headings

  • Theta Rhythm
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Pilot Projects
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Music
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Electroencephalography