Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Aug. 29, 2018
Tobacco
constitutes
a
global
emergency
with
totally
preventable
millions
of
deaths
per
year
and
smoking-related
illnesses.
Public
service
announcements
(PSAs)
are
the
main
tool
against
smoking
by
now
their
efficacy
is
still
assessed
through
questionnaires
metrics,
only
months
after
circulation.
The
present
study
focused
on
young
population,
because
at
higher
risk
developing
tobacco
addiction,
investigating
reaction
to
vision
Effective,
Ineffective
Awarded
antismoking
PSAs
through:
electroencephalography
(EEG),
autonomic
activity
variation
(Galvanic
skin
response-GSR-
Heart
Rate-HR-)
Eye-Tracking
(ET).
employed
indices
were:
EEG
frontal
alpha
band
asymmetry
theta;
Emotional
Index
(EI),
deriving
from
GSR
HR
signals
matching;
ET
Visual
Attention
(VA)
index,
based
ratio
between
total
time
spent
fixating
an
area
interest
(AOI)
its
area.
Smokers
expressed
values
in
comparison
non-smokers.
Concerning
theta,
reported
highest
both
Effective
PSAs.
EI
results
highlighted
that
lowest
were
Heavy
(HS),
obtained
values.
Finally,
concerning
PSAs,
regression
analysis
correlation
number
cigarettes
smoked
participants
(independent
variable)
asymmetry,
theta
suggested
for
focus
texts,
while
visual
elements.
Results
support
use
methods
aimed
assessing
physiological
evaluation
images,
particular
when
considering
habits
target
populations.
Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
26(3), P. 265 - 297
Published: Aug. 12, 2020
In
the
2010s,
significant
progress
has
been
made
in
several
key
areas
of
laterality
research,
including
neuroimaging,
genetics
and
comparative
research.
present
article,
we
discuss
which
trends
are
likely
to
shape
research
2020s.
These
include,
but
not
limited
to:
(1)
Finding
laterality-specific
solutions
replication
crisis.
(2)
Integrating
non-W.E.I.R.D.
(Western,
Educated,
Industrialized,
Rich,
Democratic)
samples
into
a
larger
extent.
(3).
Combining
meta-analysis
large-scale
databank
studies
come
unbiased
conclusions
about
true
effects.
(4)
Understanding
altered
different
psychiatric
neurodevelopmental
disorders.
(5)
Exploring
relevance
for
treatment
(6)
Investigating
molecular
correlates
environmental
factors
that
affect
laterality.
(7)
Bridging
gap
between
human
subjects
non-human
model
species.
(8)
Utilizing
"next-generation"
neuroimaging
(9)
graph-theory
machine
learning
(10)
Enhancing
ecological
validity
using
mobile
EEG
smartphone-based
data
collection.
will
next
decade
by
opening
way
novel
questions,
enhancing
collaborations
boosting
reliability
findings
our
field.
Psychological Medicine,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
52(2), P. 201 - 216
Published: Nov. 15, 2021
Abstract
Background
For
many
years,
biofeedback
and
neurofeedback
have
been
implemented
in
the
treatment
of
depression.
However,
effectiveness
these
techniques
on
depressive
symptomatology
is
still
controversial.
Hence,
we
conducted
a
meta-analysis
studies
extracted
from
PubMed,
Scopus,
Web
Science
Embase.
Methods
Two
different
strings
were
considered
for
each
two
objectives
study:
A
first
group
comprising
patients
with
major
disorder
(MDD)
second
including
targeting
reduction
other
mental
or
medical
conditions.
Results
In
MDD,
within-group
analyses
yielded
an
effect
size
Hedges'
g
=
0.717,
while
between-group
analysis
1.050.
Moderator
indicate
that
efficacy
only
significant
when
accounting
experimental
design,
favor
randomized
controlled
trials
(RCTs)
comparison
to
non
RCTs,
whereas
type
neurofeedback,
trial
year
publication,
number
sessions,
age,
sex
quality
study
did
not
influence
efficacy.
studies,
small
but
between
groups
was
found
(Hedges'
0.303)
bio-
against
control
groups.
revealed
moderated
by
any
sociodemographic
clinical
variables.
Conclusions
Heart
rate
variability
(HRV)
are
associated
self-reported
Despite
fact
field
has
large
room
improvement
terms
research
quality,
results
presented
this
suggests
both
modalities
may
become
relevant
complementary
strategies
MDD
coming
years.
Proceedings of the IEEE,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
111(10), P. 1314 - 1332
Published: May 31, 2023
A
brain–computer
interface
(BCI)
enables
a
user
to
communicate
directly
with
computer
using
only
the
central
nervous
system.
An
affective
BCI
(aBCI)
monitors
and/or
regulates
emotional
state
of
brain,
which
could
facilitate
human
cognition,
communication,
decision-making,
and
health.
The
last
decade
has
witnessed
rapid
progress
in
aBCI
research
applications,
but
there
does
not
exist
comprehensive
up-to-date
tutorial
on
aBCIs.
This
fills
gap.
It
introduces
first
basic
concepts
BCIs
then,
detail,
individual
components
closed-loop
system,
including
signal
acquisition,
processing,
feature
extraction,
emotion
recognition,
brain
stimulation.
Next,
it
describes
three
representative
applications
aBCIs,
i.e.,
cognitive
workload
fatigue
estimation,
depression
diagnosis
treatment.
Several
challenges
opportunities
labeling,
diversity
size
datasets,
algorithm
comparison,
negative
transfer
privacy
protection
security
are
also
explained.
Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
329, P. 111591 - 111591
Published: Jan. 13, 2023
Depression,
or
major
depressive
disorder,
is
a
common
mental
disorder
that
affects
individuals'
behavior,
mood,
and
physical
health,
its
prevalence
has
increased
during
the
lockdowns
implemented
to
curb
COVID-19
pandemic.
There
an
urgent
need
update
treatment
recommendations
for
disorders
such
crises.
Conventional
interventions
treat
depression
include
long-term
pharmacotherapy
cognitive
behavioral
therapy.
Electroencephalogram-neurofeedback
(EEG-NF)
training
been
suggested
as
non-invasive
option
with
minimal
side
effects.
In
this
systematic
review,
we
summarize
recent
literature
on
EEG-NF
treating
depression.
The
12
studies
included
in
our
final
sample
reported
despite
several
issues
related
practices,
patients
showed
significant
cognitive,
clinical,
neural
improvements
following
training.
Given
low
cost
risk
of
effects
due
nature,
suggest
worth
exploring
augmented
tool
who
already
receive
standard
medications
but
remain
symptomatic,
may
be
effective
intervention
can
utilized
supplementary
We
conclude
by
providing
some
suggestions
experimental
designs
standards
improve
current
practices
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: Feb. 26, 2020
Abstract
The
limited
efficacy
of
available
antidepressant
therapies
may
be
due
to
how
they
affect
the
underlying
brain
network.
purpose
this
study
was
develop
a
melancholic
MDD
biomarker
identify
critically
important
functional
connections
(FCs),
and
explore
their
association
treatments.
Resting
state
fMRI
data
130
individuals
(65
major
depressive
disorder
(MDD)
patients,
65
healthy
controls)
were
included
build
classifier,
10
FCs
selected
by
our
sparse
machine
learning
algorithm.
This
generalized
drug-free
independent
cohort
MDD,
did
not
generalize
other
subtypes
or
psychiatric
disorders.
Moreover,
we
found
that
antidepressants
had
heterogeneous
effect
on
identified
25
MDDs.
In
particular,
it
impact
FC
between
left
dorsolateral
prefrontal
cortex
(DLPFC)/inferior
frontal
gyrus
(IFG)
posterior
cingulate
(PCC)/precuneus,
ranked
as
second
‘most
important’
based
weights,
whilst
eight
normalized.
Given
DLPFC
has
been
proposed
an
explicit
target
depression
treatments,
suggest
might
compensated
combining
with
targeted
treatment
optimized
approach
in
future.
Frontiers in Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: Nov. 3, 2020
Music
has
the
capacity
to
elicit
strong
positive
feelings
in
humans
by
activating
brain's
reward
system.
Because
group
emotional
dynamics
is
a
central
concern
of
social
neurosciences,
study
emotion
natural/ecological
conditions
gaining
interest.
This
aimed
show
that
high-density
EEG
(HD-EEG)
able
reveal
patterns
cerebral
activities
previously
identified
fMRI
or
PET
scans
when
subject
experiences
pleasurable
musical
chills.
We
used
HD-EEG
record
participants
(11
female,
7
male)
while
listening
their
favorite
chill-inducing
excerpts;
they
reported
subjective
state
from
low
pleasure
up
results
showed
an
increase
theta
activity
prefrontal
cortex
arousal
and
ratings
increased,
which
are
associated
with
orbitofrontal
activation
localized
using
source
localization
algorithms.
In
addition,
we
two
specific
chills:
decreased
right
region,
could
reflect
supplementary
motor
area
during
chills
may
be
related
rhythmic
anticipation
processing,
temporal
appreciation
superior
gyrus
activity.
The
alpha
frontal/prefrontal
asymmetry
did
not
felt
pleasure,
but
increased
frontal
beta
ratio
(measure
arousal)
corresponded
ratings.
These
suggest
reliable
method
promising
tool
for
investigation
through
processing.
Neural Plasticity,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
2021, P. 1 - 31
Published: Feb. 4, 2021
This
article
is
aimed
at
showing
the
current
level
of
evidence
for
usage
biofeedback
and
neurofeedback
to
treat
depression
along
with
a
detailed
review
studies
in
field
discussion
rationale
utilizing
each
protocol.
La
Vaque
et
al.
criteria
endorsed
by
Association
Applied
Psychophysiology
Biofeedback
International
Society
Neuroregulation
&
Research
were
accepted
as
means
study
evaluation.
Heart
rate
variability
(HRV)
was
found
be
moderately
supportable
treatment
MDD
while
outcome
measure
subjective
questionnaire
like
Beck
Depression
Inventory
(level
3/5,
“probably
efficacious”).
Electroencephalographic
(EEG)
protocols,
namely,
alpha-theta,
alpha,
sensorimotor
rhythm
upregulation,
all
qualify
2/5,
“possibly
efficacious.”
Frontal
alpha
asymmetry
protocol
also
received
limited
effect
Finally,
two
most
influential
real-time
functional
magnetic
resonance
imaging
(rt-fMRI)
protocols
targeting
amygdala
frontal
cortices
both
demonstrate
some
effectiveness,
though
lack
replications
Thus,
specifically
supported
existing
(all
fit
The
greatest
complication
preventing
certain
from
reaching
higher
levels
relatively
high
number
uncontrolled
an
absence
accurate
arising
heterogeneity
details,
course
lengths,
measures
improvement,
control
conditions,
sample
characteristics.