neurofeedbackn.
/ˈnjʊərəʊˌfiːdbak/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ʊroʊˌfidˌbæk/ Feedback that is neurological in nature (cf. feedback n. 2). Now usually spec.: a type of biofeedback in which a person is shown a real-time display of his or her own brain activity, typically in the form of an electroencephalogram, with the aim of learning to self-regulate aspects of brain function.
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1972 Behavior Therapy 3 664 Their Neuro Analysis Instruments and Neuronal Spike Analysis Laboratory Instruments..are used for automatic immediate feedback, brain wave analysis, neuro feedback.., and frequency analysis.
1980 J. Hobson in R. Taylor & B. Green Tales Marvelous Machine 145/1 I may have old micros, but my neuro-feedback interfaces are state-of-the-art.
1987 G. P. Prigatano in H. S. Levin et al. Neurobehavioral Recovery Head Injury xvi. 225 If the drugs do not lower serum cortisol, then..there is a faulty neurofeedback mechanism.
1993 Proc. 24th Ann. Meeting Assoc. Appl. Psychophysiol. & Biofeedback 20 When EEG neurofeedback was introduced after one year of initial psychotherapy, subjects..reported progress in therapy.
2001 Alternative Therapies in Health & Med. Mar. 60/2 EEG biofeedback (often referred to as neurofeedback) has been employed..for the evaluation and treatment of a variety of disorders such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders.
2012 Wall St. Jrnl. 10 July d3/1 Neurofeedback..is used by athletes to train their brains to function better during competition.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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