Neurofeedback effects on cognitive performance in children with attention deficit
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2018
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Riaño-Garzón, Manuel E.
Díaz-Camargo, Edgar Alexis
Torrado-Rodríguez, Javier Leonardo
Uribe-Alvarado, J. Isaac
Contreras-Velásquez, Julio C.
Fierro-Zarate, Carmen Alexandra
Salazar, Juan
Bermudez, Valmore
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Sociedad Venezolana de Farmacología Clínica y Terapéutica
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The objective of this research was to analyze the effects of
an intervention program through neurofeedback, on the cognitive
performance in children with inattention indicators. A
quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study was used under a
positivist epistemology, with a comparative analysis for each
evaluated cognitive process. A sample of 29 cases was intentionally
selected from a group of children and young adolescents
with low performance indicators from a Therapeutic
Center from Cucuta-Colombia. The neurofeedback program
was developed in 20 sessions with the purpose of increase
low-beta waves (12-16 Hz) and inhibition theta waves (4-7
Hz). A comparative statistically analysis with five months of
difference was carried out using Wilcoxon test, finding significant
differences between the pretest and the posttest in
neuropsychological tests of auditory-visual attention, encoding
memory and planning. The results are discussed with empirical
backgrounds that have shown positive effects in this
type of interventions.
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Attention deficit, Neurofeedback, Neurotechnology intervention, Child Neuropsychology