EEG pattern
Research Papers
EEG patterns under positive/negative body postures and emotion recall tasks
Introduction: Erect and slouch body postures affect access to positive and negative emotions. In an erect sitting posture participants reported more positive emotion and thoughts, while in a slouch position they reported more negative emotion and thoughts. This study explored the electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns under erect and slouch body postures while recalling positive and negative events. Methods: Twenty-eight healthy college students were instructed to sit quietly with their eyes closed for 1 min, and then to sit in erect or slouch postures while recalling happy or depressive events for 1 min each. EEG, with linked-ear references, was recorded at Cz and analyzed under five conditions. Results: There were significantly higher amplitudes of beta2, beta3, and beta4 in a slouch posture while recalling happy events than in an erect posture while recalling happy or depressive events. There was no significant difference between body posture and emotional recall on lowfrequency oscillatory activity. The reaction time was significantly longer to access positive event in the slouched position as compared to the erect position. Conclusion: Evoking positive thoughts in a slouch body position takes more effort or arousal than other positions as indicated by the significant increase in high-frequency oscillatory activities. The implication for cognitive behavior therapy is that body posture matters; clients have more difficulty shifting to evoking a positive emotional state when sitting in a collapsed position than when sitting in an erect position
View Full Paper →Neurofeedback Treatment of Chronic Inpatient Schizophrenia
This is a study on the effect of neurofeedback on chronic inpatient complex paranoid schizophrenics. The purpose of this research was twofold: first, to determine the effects of the application of neurofeedback to very chronic cases of schizophrenia that had been resistant to years of inpatient medical and psychological treatment and second, to propose a connection paradigm of schizophrenia. The author obtained progress using neurofeedback with more than 70 hospital inpatients with chronic schizophrenia. Improvements were seen in the EEG patterns and in cognitive, affective and behavioral patterns that often resulted in successful release from the hospital to live in the community. A 2-year follow up found that positive changes were sustained. It is the author's impression that reinforcement of right parietal alpha and inhibiting frontal delta and fast beta activity obtained the best results.
View Full Paper →Allergy Pattern in the EEG
This paper describes an EEG pattern the author has found to be associated with an allergic response. A consistent 22 Hz frequency pattern has now been observed in more than 100 cases in recordings made with a bipolar (sequential) montage at F4-T4. Case illustrations with examples of this EEG pattern are provided.
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