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Gloria G. Parras; José M. Delgado-García; Juan Carlos López-Ramos; Agnès Gruart; Rocío Leal-Campanario – npj Science of Learning, 2024
Learning is a functional state of the brain that should be understood as a continuous process, rather than being restricted to the very moment of its acquisition, storage, or retrieval. The cerebellum operates by comparing predicted states with actual states, learning from errors, and updating its internal representation to minimize errors. In…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Animals, Responses, Classical Conditioning
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La Marca, Jeffry P. – Contemporary School Psychology, 2018
From the first mention of impairments in attention in the scientific literature by the Scottish physician Alexander Crichton in 1798, the correlation between educational attainment and learning has been persistently noted. Since then, the impact of attention deficits on school achievement has been a central component in a significant portion of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Academic Achievement, Intervention, Biofeedback
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Stankus, Tony – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2008
Psychologists, social workers, and school counselors are increasingly adding neurofeedback (NFT), a controversial alternative or complementary therapy to their treatment plans for patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. NFT involves training the patient in self-regulation of brain wave patterns, employing a standard diagnostic…
Descriptors: Operant Conditioning, Brain, Diagnostic Tests, Biofeedback
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Sandler, Adrian – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
Recent clinical trials of secretin in children with autism showed robust placebo effects and no benefit of secretin over placebo. This article explores the reasons for the observed placebo effects, focusing on the heightening of positive expectancy by media attention and by the sensory experiences associated with intravenous injections.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Autism, Hyperactivity, Developmental Disabilities
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Keefe, Francis J.; Gil, Karen M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
Reviews behavioral and psychological concepts currently applied to the assessment and treatment of chronic pain syndromes, including operant conditioning and psychophysiologic concepts such as the stress-pain hypothesis, the pain-muscle spasm-pain cycle, and the neuromuscular pain model. Discusses relaxation and biofeedback training and concepts…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Biofeedback, Cognitive Psychology
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Holroyd, Kenneth A.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1995
Evaluated the ability of propranolol hydrochloride to enhance results achieved with relaxation-biofeedback training. Results suggest that concomitant propranolol therapy (CPT) significantly enhanced the effectiveness of relaxation-biofeedback training. CPT also yielded larger reductions in analgesic use and greater improvements in quality-of-life…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Biofeedback, Comparative Testing, Conditioning