15 Flashcards
Clients often fail to notice changes in symptoms without a tracking form because
A) NFB is such a gradual process.
B) Changes don’t often occur in the initial sessions.
C) Clients tend to habituate quickly to improvements in symptoms.
D) All of the above.
Pre-training methods using devices such as HRV or Resperate
A) Can improve NFB outcomes
B) Reduce stress and anxiety
D) Answers A and B
The key components typically found crucial to a good clinical relationship are trust and empathy as well as
A) Respect
B) Consistency
C) Reliability
D) All of the above.
When training clients with NFB, good coaching strategies are especially important during
A) AT training
B) Standard NFB Training
C) Z score training
D) All NFB training modalities
For those clients very sensitive too drugs or changes in barometric pressure it is a good idea to
A) Begin with a very short trial session.
B) Caution the client about possible adverse reactions.
C) Assure clients that adverse reactions usually last only 24-48 hours.
D) All of the above
To avoid excessive artifact it is important to
A) First clean the electrode site with Nuprep
B) Use a ‘peas size’ amount of paste on each electrode.
C) To get impedance below 30kohm
D) All of the above
A good connection resulting in a clean EEG trace is free of
A) Is free of excessive beta from 60Hz line noise
B) Signal instability from poor ground connection
C) Excessive artifact from poor electrode connections
D) All of the above
A good auto threshold level for training with one channel is
Between 60 and 80%
Baseline may vary from day to day due to
A) Ultradian Rhythms
B) Food sensitivities
C) Changes in emotional challenges
D) All of the above
When training a client, it is important to observe trend screens in real time
A) To be sure the client’s component bands are trending in a normative direction.
B) To make ‘on the fly’ decisions regarding training parameter adjustment.
C) To observe the effects of adjustments made to training parameters
D) All of the above
When training a client drowsiness may result in
A) Decreases in alpha
B) Increases in high beta
C) Increases in delta and theta
D) All of the above*
Since Beta frequencies change very little during a session when viewing the trend screen, it is important
To adjust the scale value on the trend screen down.
When training a given component frequency band down it is not unusual to observe that the other component bands
A) Trend down with it
C) Compensate for the changes in the down trained band
D) Answers A and C
With a severe symptom or disorder it can easily take a great many sessions to generate significant change and in many cases as many as
60 or more sessions
In some cases significant symptom reductions can take place in as little as
15 sessions
Many of the adverse reactions that do result from neurofeedback
Do not meet the FDA’s criteria for harm.
The most common adverse reaction to NFB training is
A) Increased anxiety
B) Increased agitation
C) Insomnia
D) All of the above
One of the regions of the brain most sensitive to training is
The temporal lobes
Drugs that typically interfere with the efficacy of NFB are
A) Opioids
B) Benzodiazapines
C) Methamphetamines
D) All of the Above
One of the best ways to assess and control session efficacy
A) Observe changes in real time on the trend screen
B) Respond to changes in real time with adjustments to reinforcement rates or thresholds.
D) Answers A and B
Bill Scott has been one of the main investigators of Alpha Theta training and he originally worked with the first investigator to publish on the topic by the name of
Eugene Peniston
Alpha Theta training is especially effective with
A) Panic Disorder
B) Insomnia
C) PTSD
D) All of the above
The main goal of alpha theta training is to
Guide the client into a twilight state between waking and sleep.
One of the key indicators that characterizes a “crossover” in Alpha theta training is
Alpha trend lines crossover theta and back
Clinicians using alpha theta on populations with PTSD should have
A) Training in trauma management
B) A mental health license
C) Experience in dealing clinically with trauma
D) All of the above
Alpha Theta training is typically done after an initial set of “fast wave” training sessions or similar type of training in order to
Stabilize clients
Alpha theta training
B) Is complex and requires a workshop
C) Is best done by those with some psychological education and training
D) Answers B and C
John Gruzelier did research at the London School of Music that indicated that
Alpha Theta could be used to significantly enhance musical performance
Key problems with remote training include
A) Difficulty observing subtle clues like body language
B) Difficulty troubleshooting technical problems
C) State regulations regarding training over the internet across state lines
D) All of the above
Presently NFB is
A) Not regulated in most states
C) Is a highly grey area with respect to interstate regulations
D) Answers A and C
