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Question 1

What disorder did Barry Sterman focus on in his research with humans?

Answer 1

epilepsy

Question 2

What is the rhythm in the EEG that Barry Sterman discovered?

Answer 2

Sensory Motor

Question 3

Where does the rhythm that Barry Sterman discovered occur on the scalp?

Answer 3

over the motor strip

Question 4

Sterman began training what frequency to treat seizures?

Answer 4

theta

Question 5

What disorder did Lubar go on to research using the results of his and Sterman’s early research?

Answer 5

ADHD

Question 6

Who trained the first alpha rhythms in subjects at the University of Chicago in 1962?

Answer 6

Joe Kamiya

Question 7

Who was the first individual to experiment with theta at the Menninger Clinic?

Answer 7

Elmer Green

Question 8

Who utilized alpha/theta techniques at Menninger for addiction problems?

Answer 8

Peniston and Kulkosky

Question 9

Who first developed the BEAM mapping and that lead to qEEG topographical maps?

Answer 9

Frank Duffy

Question 10

Who developed the Mild Head Injury Discriminant around 1989?

Answer 10

Robert Thatcher

Question 11

Who worked with Barry Sterman and went on to be one of the first clinicians?

Answer 11

Margaret Ayers

Question 12

What couple had a son with a serious disorder and were among the first to develop affiliated offices and a standard procedure tree of protocols for neurofeedback.

Answer 12

The Othmer family.

Question 13

Anna Wise based her initial work on a British researcher who identified an awakened mind pattern. His name was_____________?

Answer 13

Maxwell Cade

Question 14

Who organized the first neurofeedback meeting of 100 researchers and clinicians in Santa Monica in 1969?

Answer 14

Barbara Brown

Question 15

Joe Kamiya found that _______________ trials were most effective for alpha training.

Answer 15

10 minute

Question 16

Kamiya found ___________ of training optimal for best results from EEG operant conditioning.

Answer 16

30 minutes

Question 17

Travis et. al. and Kamiya found _________________________ for operant conditioning of the EEG.

Answer 17

proportional training was superior to dichotomous training

Question 18

If food is presented to a dog and the dog salivates, then the food is the _________ and the salivation is considered the ________.

Answer 18

unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response

Question 19

If a toddler hears a loud frightening sound every time it touches a teddy bear then it may become afraid of teddy bears. In this case the teddy bear would be the ________ and the fear would become the ___________.

Answer 19

conditioned stimulus, conditioned response

Question 20

If a child practices reading and also learns to generate beta waves at the same time, then every time the child reads it is likely they will produce beta waves. The beta waves are the __________ and the reading is the __________.

Answer 20

conditioned response, conditioned stimulus

Question 21

An event or stimulus that makes the behavior it follows more likely to occur in the future is a __________.

Answer 21

reinforcer

Question 22

A mother gives her child a cookie because she finished her homework on time. The cookie is a _______________.

Answer 22

positive reinforcer

Question 23

A negative reinforcer is a stimulus that is _________ and thus ___________ the probability of a response.

Answer 23

removed, increases

Question 24

Johnny was bitten by a cat. Now he is afraid of most of the cats he sees. What has happened to Johnny illustrates the process called ___________.

Answer 24

generalization

Question 25

Determining what the ratio or interval of reinforcement will be for the correct response to a stimulus is called defining the _________.

Answer 25

reinforcement schedule

Question 26

Individuals usually demonstrate a capacity to learn ______________________.

Answer 26

A) incrementally and consistently
B) at their own individual unique rates
C) with little evidence until they reach a threshold

D) all of the above

Question 27

There is clinical evidence that entrainment devices ________________.

Answer 27

can accelerate learning in NFB training

Question 28

Several studies suggest that a minimum reinforcement rate of ___________ should be used for dichotomous training.

Answer 28

75%

Question 29

Many individuals require a minimum reinforcement rate of _______.

Answer 29

80-90%

Question 30

Post reward synchronization is a ___________________________.

Answer 30

A) brief transient reduction in drive
B) a moment of alpha synchronization
C) occurs in the parietal region

D) all of the above