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Learning Disabilities
Introduction to Neurofeedback and Learning Disabilities
Case Histories & Testimonials
Savannah: Learning Disability, 15yF
SS: ADHD and Learning Disabilities, 8yF
M: Learning & Communication Disorders, 18yM
JCT: Learning Disabilities & Depression, 14yM
KL: Learning disabilities, Gifted, 12yF

Neurohacking: rewiring your brain


Technical Papers & Abstracts

Breteler, M. H. M., Arns, M., Peters, S., Giepmans, I., & Verhoeven, L. (Aug. 2009). Improvements in Spelling after QEEG-based Neurofeedback in Dyslexia: A Randomized Controlled Treatment Study. Applied Psychophysiol Biofeedback, 35(1),319-321. Retrieved from SpringerLink Database.

Ince, L., Leon, M., & Christidis, D. (1986). EMG biofeedback for handwriting disabilities: A critical examination of the literature. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 17, 95-100. Retrieved from Science Direct Database.

Tansey, M. (1984) . EEG sensorimotor rhythm biofeedback training: Some effects on the neurologic precursors of learning disabilities. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 1(2), 163-177. Retrieved from Science Direct Database.

Cunningham, M. D., & Murphy, P. J. (1981). The effects of bilateral EEG biofeedback on verbal, visual-spatial & creative skills in learning disabled male adolescents. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 14, 204-208.

Fenger, T. N. (1997) .Visual-Motor Integration and its Relation to EEG Neurofeedback Brain Wave Patterns, Reading, Spelling, and Arithmetic Achievement in Attention Deficit Disorders and Learning Disabled Students.

Gaddes, W. H. & Edgell, D. (1994). Learning Disabilities and Brain Function.. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Linden, M., Habib, T., & Radojevic, V. (1996). A controlled study of the effects of EEG biofeedback on cognition and behavior of children with attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities. Biofeedback and Self Regulation, 21, 35-49. - abstract.

Lubar, J. F. (1985). EEG biofeedback and learning disabilities.Theory Into Practice, 24, 106-111.

>Lubar, J. F., Bianchini, K. J., Calhoun, W. H., Lambert, E. W., Brody, Z. H., &, Shabsin, H. S. (1985) . Spectral analysis of EEG differences between children with and without learning disabilities. J Learn Disabilities, 18, 403-8. Othmer, S. Othmer, S. F., & Marks, C. (1991). EEG Biofeedback Training for Attention Deficit Disorder, Specific Learning Disabilities, and Associated Conduct Problems.

Othmer, S & Othmer, S. F. (1989) . EEG Biofeedback Training for Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorder, Specific Learning Disabilities, and Other Disorders. .

Tansey, M.A. Brainwave signatures (1985). ­ an index reflective of the brain's functional neuroanatomy: further findings on the effect of EEG sensorimotor rhythm biofeedback training on the neurologic precursors of learining disabilities. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 3, 85-99.
Tansey, M. A. Wechsler (1991). Changes Following Treatment of Learning Disabilities via EEG Biofeedback Training in a Private Practice Setting Australian. Journal of Psychology, 43, 147-153.

Tansey, M. A. (1984). EEG sensorimotor rhythm biofeedback training: some effects on the neurological precursors of learning disabilities. Int J Psychophysiology, 1, 163-177

Tansey, M., & Bruner, R. (1983). EMG and EEG biofeedback in the treatment of a 10-year old hyperactive boy with a developmental reading disorder. Biofeedback and Self Regulation, 8, 25-37.

Pennington, B. F. (1991). Diagnosing Learning Disorders. New York: The Guilford Press.

QEEG Profiles of Children of Attention & Learning Disorders and the Role of QEEG in Predicting Medication & Response, ISNR1997 Conference Specificity of Neurofeedback for Cognitive Deficits.