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
Who discovered delta waves in 1937 and then theta waves in 1953?
W. Grey Walter
Who is responsible for developing the 10/20 international system and when was it developed?
Herbert H. Jasper in 1958
Who carried out a series of dramatic animal experiments in the 1960’s which demonstrated the possibility of operant conditioning with a variety of internal autonomically regulated physiologic processes, including: blood pressure, cardiac function, and intestinal activity?
Neal Miller & Leo DeCara
Whose research first demonstrated that individuals could learn to consciously identify when they were producing alpha and gain conscious control over their brainwaves which was previously thought to be an involuntary process?
Joe Kamiya
Who was Joe Hart?
Student of Joe Kamiya who presented first paper on Kamiya’s research.
Who was Thomas Budzynski?
In the early 1970s, he developed the Twilight Learner in collaboration with John Picchiottino, one of the first neurotherapy systems. He became the first person to use alpha training for systematic desensitization. (He used a modest 60% increase in alpha to obtain results.) He was also one of the early researchers looking into the effect of audio-visual entrainment on the brain.
Who co-developed z-score training?
Tom Collura and Robert Thatcher
Who developed the LENS (Low Energy Neurofeedback System), which utilizes photic glasses?
Len Ochs
What three persons are most associated with the neuropsychological arousal model?
Barry Sterman, Joel Lubar, and Margaret Ayers
Kamiya’s work showed that increases in alpha wave production resulted in a decrease of what particular symptoms?
State and Trait Anxiety
Who developed the first qEEG-based topographic maps based on normative databases?
Frank Duffy
Who was the first to develop a usable normative database?
E. Roy John
Who invented the modern qEEG cap?
Marvin Sams
Whose work focused on theta waves in relation to yogic/transcendental states?
Elmer Green
Peniston and Kulkosky’s work with alpha-theta training focused primarily on what two types of disorders?
Alcoholism and PTSD
What is Nancy White’s contribution to the history of neurofeedback?
She proposed that theta waves states aid memory retrievel that allow for traumatic memories to be integrated.
Who is the creator of Open Focus, a sophisticated technique for attentional training?
Les Fehmi
Whose system uses micro tesla coils?
Nick Dogris
Who first developed the BEAM mapping that led to qEEG topographical maps?
Frank Duffy
Who developed the Mild Injury Discriminant around 1989?
Robert Thatcher
Who worked with Barry Sterman and went on to become one of the first clinicians of neurofeedback?
Margaret Ayers
Anna Wise based her initial work on what British researcher’s awakened mind pattern?
Maxwell Cade
Who organized the first neurofeedback meeting of 100 researchers in Santa Monica in 1969?
Barbara Brown
Who is considered the mother of modern neurofeedback?
Margaret Ayers
Who is considered the father of modern neurofeedback?
Joe Kamiya
___________ and colleagues first reported P300 (P3) slow cortical potential wave, also known as the expectancy wave?
Samuel Sutton
_________________ conducted a live demonstration of the EEG recording at the 1935 Physiological Society meeting that helped spread the use of EEG in both research and clinical fields.
Adrian and Mathews
_______ was one of the first pioneers of Neurofeedback to establish a private clinical practice devoted exclusively to Neurofeedback.
Margaret Ayers
_______ conducted studies on the EEG of comatose patients.
Margaret Ayers
_______ created Neurofeedback protocols to train the brains of individuals who suffered concussions and traumatic brain injury.
Margaret Ayers
The coordinated Allocation of Resources (CAR) model for analyzing QEEG patterns was done by?
Kirtley Thornton
Who received the first grant to process EEGs from remote locations?
Jay Gunkelman and Larry Woodard
The terms ‘neurons’ and ‘synapse’ were coined by ______.
Charles Scott Sherrington
Barry Sterman demonstrated that cats and human subjects could be operantly trained to self-regulate ______.
SMR
Who developed Near-Infrared Hemoencephalography (HEG) and the first standardized systems spanning measures like electromyography, temperature, and galvanic skin response?
Hershel Toomim
Who developed NeuroGuide software for QEEG and Neurofeedback and suggested the use of Z-score Neurofeedback?
Robert Thatcher
Who demonstrated the use of Alpha-Theta Neurofeedback in treating alcoholics?
Eugene Peniston
____ demonstrated the first epileptiform spikes in the EEG.
M. H. Fischer and H. Lowenbach
____ popularized biofeedback through writing, making the public aware of the potential power of Biofeedback.
Barbara Brown
____ studied the efficacy of slow cortical potential (SCP) Neurofeedback training for ADHD, epilepsy, and schizophrenia.
Niels Birbaumer
____ started the first sleep lab in the world at Stanford University and was the leading authority on sleep, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep disorders.
William Dement
____ introduced the idea to treat children’s hyperactivity with Neurofeedback after seeing the success of controlling epileptic seizures.
Joel Lubar
The creator of the Neurometrics database was ______.
E. Roy John
____ is described as the “Father of Neurofeedback,” whose research on Alpha-Theta Neurofeedback demonstrated a clinical use for this technology and kickstarted studies of human Neurofeedback.
Joe Kamiya
