History of Neurofeedback Flashcards
Who was the first person to demonstrate electrical activity in the brain, using a galvanometer in 1875?
Richard Caton
Who introduced the terms neuron and synapse in 1891?
Charles Scott Sherrington
Who published the first EEG, identifying alpha and beta rhythms in 1924?
Hans Berger
Who conducted a live demonstration of an EEG recording at the 1935 Physiological Society meeting that helped spread the use of EEG in both research and clinical fields?
Adrian & Matthews
Who demonstrated the first epileptiform spikes in an EEG in 1934?
Fischer & Lowenbach
Who developed first EEG brain topography machine and named delta & theta waves in the 1940s?
W. Grey Walter
Who studied REM sleep and sleep deprivation?
Kleitman & Aserinsky
Who used a stimoreceiver to cause bulls to come to a screeching halt?
Jose Delgado
Who performed real-time localization of brain functions by measuring cortex responses to electrical stimulation?
Dr. Wilder Penfield
Who was the first to pair EEG with a reward system in the 1960s?
Joe Kamiya
Who trained cats to control their SMR brainwaves in 1963?
Barry Sterman
Who are considered the originators of clinical biofeedback?
Alyce & Elmer Green
Who discovered the P300 event-related potential in 1965?
Samuel Sutton
What prolific author popularized neurofeedback to the general public in the 1970s?
Barbara Brown
Who created the first normative database as bases for QEEG in the 1970s?
E. Roy John
Who was the first grant-recipient for development of EEG/QEEG technology?
Jay Gunkelman
Who pioneered neurofeedback treatment for children with ADHD and identified theta/beta ratio as the key measure to differentiate between ADHD clients versus people who do not have ADHD in the 1970s?
Joel Lubar
Who is responsible for developing Hemoencepalography (HEG), Electromyography (EMG), and Galvanic Skin Response biofeedback (GSR)?
Herschel Tommin
Who is considered the mother of neurofeedback, being one of the first people to open a private practice?
Margaret Ayers
Who developed the Cygnet Infra Low Frequency (ILF) device in 1985?
Sue & Siegried Othmer
Who developed training of slow cortical potentials, esp. for seizures and ADD, in the 1990s?
Neils Birbaumer
Who studied of alpha-theta training for the treatment of alcoholism in 1989?
Eugene Peniston
Who developed the Coordinated Allocation of Resources (CAR) model for analyzing QEEG patterns in 2009?
Kirtley Thornton
Who is known for conducting EEG studies on comatose patients, creating protocols to train the brain of those with concussions and TBI, and opening one of the first private practices for neurofeedback?
Margaret Ayers
Who used dissections and cell staining to examine the brain, cortex, and neocortex?
Korbinian Brodmann
Who coined the term “electroencephalogram” and when?
Hans Berger in the 1920s
What did Jasper propose in 1958?
The International 10-20 system of electrode placement
Eugene Peniston and Paul Kulkosky created which protocol in 1989?
Alpha theta crossover for PTSD
Who pioneered neurofeedback treatment for children with ADHD, identifying theta/beta ratio as the key measure to differentiate between ADHD clients from those without ADHD?
Joel Lubar