Authors: E V Éismont N V Lutsyuk V B Pavlenko
Publish Date: 2011/06/10
Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-61
Abstract
We estimated the efficacy of using the technique of feedback FB by EEG characteristics EEGFB neurotherapy with the aim of reducing increased anxiety levels in healthy 10 to 14yearold children The anxiety level was estimated using the Prikhojan anxiety test the Spielberger–Khanin questionnaire and the House–Tree–Person projective drawing technique Positive effects of series of neurotherapy sessions were obvious After training was completed we observed significant increases in the ratios of the amplitudes of alpha and theta rhythms semsorimotor and theta rhythms as well as of the modal frequency of the EEG alpha rhythm in tested persons of the experimental group n = 7 In the control group n = 10 changes in these values did not reach the significance level In the experimental group of tested persons subjected to EEGFB sessions the anxiety level decreased appreciably in addition the indices “feeling of inferiority” and “frustration” decreased significantly In the control group alterations of these psychological indices were not unidirectional Therefore modifications of the EEG pattern which occurred in the course of training and were accompanied by a decrease in the anxiety level in the experimental group can be indicative of the expediency of EEGFB for the reduction of high anxiety levels in children and teenagers
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