DR. DEBORAH MURPHY
- Ojai Chiropractor
& Neurofeedback
The Natural Force
in each one of us
is the greatest force
in getting well.
Hippocrates
To Schedule Appointment
805-646-2225
RESEARCH
Ahmadlou M, Rostami R, and Sadeghi V., Which attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder children will be improved through neurofeedback therapy?, Neuroscience Letters, 516, 2012, pp 156-60
Baehr, E., Rosenfeld, J. P., & Baehr, R.. Clinical use of an alpha asymmetry neurofeedback protocol in the treatment of mood disorders: Follow-up study one to five years post therapy. Journal of Neurotherapy, 2001 4(4), 11-18.
Butler, Katy - Alice in Neuroland, Sept/Oct 2005, Psychotherapy Networker.
Brod TM: Notes on brainwave biofeedback for young people: AD/HD and related issues. in Incorvia JA, Mark-Goldstein BS, and Tessmer D (eds): Understanding, Diagnosing And Treating AD/HD Children And Adolescents. Jason Aronson 1999
Chabot RJ, diMichele F, Prichep L, John ER:The clinical role of computerized EEG in the evaluation and treatment of learning and attention disorders in children and adolescents. J Neuropsychiatry and Clin Neuroscience, 2001; 13: 171-186
Duffy FH (2000). The state of EEG biofeedback therapy (EEG operant conditioning) in 2000: an editor’s opinion Clinical Electroencephalography, 31, v-vii.
Egner T, & Gruzelier JH (2004). The temporal dynamics of electroencephalographic responses to alpha/theta neurofeedback training in healthy subjects. Journal of Neurotherapy, 8, 43-57.
Egner T, Gruzelier JH Learned self-regulation of EEG frequency components affects attention and event-related brain potentials in humans. Neuroreport 2001, 12:411-415
Egner T, Gruzelier JH Ecological validity of neurofeedback: modulation of slow wave EEG enhances musical performance. Neuroreport 2003a, 14:1223-1228
Egner T, Gruzelier JH EEG biofeedback of low bnd beta components: frequency-specific effects of variables of attention and event-related brain potentials. Clinical Neurophysiology, 2003b, in press
Evans J, Abarbanel A (eds), Quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback, San Diego, Academic Press, 1999
Fernández T et al (2003). EEG and behavioral changes following neurofeedback treatment in learning disabled children. Clinical Electroencephalography, 34, 145-52
Fisher S, Riding the Waves: Neurofeedback: A breakthrough with learning disabilities? Psychotherapy Networker, Sept/October, page 77-83. 2004 (click here for full article)
Fuchs T, Birbaumer N, Lutzenberger W, Gruzielier JH, Kaiser J, Neurofeedback treatment for ADHD in children: a comparison with methylphenidate, Appl Psychophys Biofeedback 2003 Mar 28 (1):1-12
Gevensleben H, Rothenberger A, Moll GH, and Heinrich H., Neurofeedback in children with ADHD: validation and challenges. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 12, 2012, pp 447-60
Goldberg E, The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes And The Civilized Mind, Oxford, 2001
Gruzelier, J & Egner,T. Critical validation studies of neurofeedback. Child Adolesc Psychiatric Clinics N Am 2005; 83-104.
Hammond DC. , Neurofeedback with anxiety and affective disorders. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2005 Jan;14(1):105-23, vii.
Hammond C. QEEG-Guided Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Journal of Neurotherapy, 2003; Vol 7(2)
Hammond DC: Medical justification for neurofeedback with ADD/ADHD. Journal of Neurotherapy, 2000; 4(1), 90-93.
Hirshberg LM, Chiu S, Frazier JA., Emerging brain-based interventions for children and adolescents: overview and clinical perspective. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2005 Jan;14(1):1-19, v
Jarusiewicz, B. Efficacy of Neurofeedback for Children in the Autistic Spectrum: A Pilot Study, Journal of Neurotherapy, 2002; Vol 6(4), 39-49
Kaiser DA, Othmer S: Effect of Neurofeedback on variables of attention in a large multi-center trial. Journal of Neurotherapy, 2000 4(1), 5-15.
Lantz D, & Sterman MB: Neuropsychological assessment of subjects with uncontrolled epilepsy: Effects of EEG biofeedback training. Epilepsia, 1988; 29(2), 163-171.
Laurence Hirshberg, Ph.D., Retraining the Brain, Using Neurofeedback to Help Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders, May-June 2004 issue of the Autism Asperger’s Digest,
Levesque J, Beauregard M, Mensour B.: Effect of neurofeedback training on the neural substrates of selective attention in children with ADD/ADHD: A functional MRI study. Neurosci Lett. 2006 Feb 20;394(3):216-21.
Lofthouse N, Arnold LE, Hersch S, Hurt E, and DeBeus R., A review of neurofeedback treatment for pediatric ADHD., Journal of Attention Disorders, 16, 2012, pp 351-72
Lofthouse N, Arnold LE, and Hurt E. Current status of neurofeedback for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Current Psychiatry Reports, 14, 2012, pp 536-42
Loo SK, EEG and neurofeedback findings in ADHD The ADHD Report, 2003,. 11:3, 1-4
Loo SK, Barkley RA: Clinical Utility of EEG in ADHD. Applied Neuropsychology 2005, Vol. 12, 64-76
Lubar JF: Neocortical Dynamics: implications for understanding the role of neurofeedback and related techniques for the enhancement of attention. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 1997 22: 111-25.
Lubar JF and Lubar JO: Neurofeedback assessment and treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders. in Evans JR and Abarbanel A (eds): Introduction to Quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback, Academic Press 1999
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McCarthy-Jones S., Taking back the brain: could neurofeedback training be effective for relieving distressing auditory verbal hallucinations in patients with Schizophrenia?, Schizophrenia Bulletin, 38, 2012, pp 678-82
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Moriyama TS, Polanczyk G, Caye A, Banaschewski T, Brandeis D, and Rohde LA. Evidence-based information on the clinical use of neurofeedback for ADHD. Neurotherapeutics, 9, 2012, pp 588-98
Nan W, Rodrigues JP, Ma J, Qu X, Wan F, Mak PI, Mak PU, Vai MI, and Rosa A., Individual alpha neurofeedback training effect on short term memory. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 86, 2012, pp 83-7
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Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 43, 2012, pp 315-22
Nelson DV, and Esty ML., Neurotherapy of traumatic brain injury/posttraumatic stress symptoms in OEF/OIF veterans. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 24, 2012, pp 237-40
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Sebern Fisher, Riding the Waves, Psychotherapy Networker, Sep/Oct 2004; Vol. 28 A good discussion of psychotherapy and neurofeedback.
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Dr. Deborah Murphy - Ojai Chiropractor & Neurofeedback
111 W Topa Topa St Ste 3 Ojai, CA 93023
WHY ISN'T NEUROFEEDBACK
BETTER KNOWN?
The Earth is Round not Flat
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance. This principle is: contempt prior to investigation.”
– Herbert Spencer
Neurofeedback came into being in the 1970s, and with it, a substantial body of quality research has been compiled, yet concepts that are completely new to current ways of thinking take time to be understood and well-received. It took many centuries for scholars to accept the Earth is round, not flat. Sometimes entire generations of professionals in a particular field must be renewed for new thinking to emerge in the field, willing to look at new concepts & research, often with pressure from the people, not from interest within academic institutions. As the field is refreshed with scientists raised with contemporary understanding that the brain indeed continues to have elasticity throughout life, plus newer access to imaging like fMRI, PET Scan, Brain Mapping, doctors' understanding of brain plasticity evolves innately, not dogmatic to outdated paradigms. Brain research has focused mostly on the chemical effects to the electrochemical system in the brain, and Neurofeedback addresses the electrical rewiring approach for brain self- regulation & re-regulation, which is extraordinarily safe, yet also very powerful.
"A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." - Max Planck
Research and development: The process of funding works against new modalities. Corporate & government interest and funding favors, and is allotted, to what is already known and expected. It is well known that the pharmaceutical industry focuses mainly on new uses for the existing drugs, as it is faster and cheaper to gain patents and FDA approval for current drugs, rather than research and development for new, thus very few 'new' drugs come to the market. For the venture capitalist, pharmaceutical drug research is considerably more lucrative for the investor than investing in Neurofeedback and other natural methods of healing, where there is minimal investment potential. Vitamin and herb research is at a minimum because natural substances are not patentable, thus no financial incentive exists. For these reasons and more, funding the research and promotion of new modalities is slow, and public and private sector is slow to learn the benefits of preventative medicine and healing modalities, which ultimately are the future. Thanks to many researchers and who have devoted their careers and practices to Neurofeedback research and development, we are lucky to have such a safe and powerful healing modality available.
The natural force in each one of us
is the greatest force in getting well. - Hippocrates
RECENT RESEARCH
Mind over chatter: Plastic up-regulation of the fMRI salience network directly after EEG neurofeedback.
Ros T, Théberge J, Frewen PA, Kluetsch R, Densmore M, Calhoun VD, and Lanius RA
NeuroImage, 65, 2013, pp 324-35
Improving Visual Perception through Neurofeedback.
Scharnowski F, Hutton C, Josephs O, Weiskopf N, and Rees G
Journal of Neuroscience, 32, 2012, pp 17830-41
The effectiveness of neurofeedback training on EEG coherence and neuropsychological functions in children with reading disability.
Nazari MA, Mosanezhad E, Hashemi T, and Jahan A
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 43, 2012, pp 315-22
Self-regulation of brain oscillations as a treatment for aberrant brain connections in children with autism.
Pineda JA, Juavinett A, and Datko M
Medical Hypotheses, 79, 2012, pp 790-8
Evidence-based information on the clinical use of neurofeedback for ADHD.
Moriyama TS, Polanczyk G, Caye A, Banaschewski T, Brandeis D, and Rohde LA
Neurotherapeutics, 9, 2012, pp 588-98
Current status of neurofeedback for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Lofthouse N, Arnold LE, and Hurt E
Current Psychiatry Reports, 14, 2012, pp 536-42
Individual alpha neurofeedback training effect on short term memory.
Nan W, Rodrigues JP, Ma J, Qu X, Wan F, Mak PI, Mak PU, Vai MI, and Rosa A
International Journal of Psychophysiology, 86, 2012, pp 83-7
Neurotherapy of traumatic brain injury/posttraumatic stress symptoms in OEF/OIF veterans.
Nelson DV, and Esty ML
Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 24, 2012, pp 237-40
Schizophrenia and the efficacy of qEEG-guided neurofeedback treatment: a clinical case series.
Surmeli T, Ertem A, Eralp E, and Kos IH
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, 43, 2012, pp 133-44
Which attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder children will be improved through neurofeedback therapy?
Ahmadlou M, Rostami R, and Sadeghi V
Neuroscience Letters, 516, 2012, pp 156-60
Neurofeedback in children with ADHD: validation and challenges.
Gevensleben H, Rothenberger A, Moll GH, and Heinrich H
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 12, 2012, pp 447-60
Taking back the brain: could neurofeedback training be effective for relieving distressing auditory verbal hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia?
McCarthy-Jones S
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 38, 2012, pp 678-82
A review of neurofeedback treatment for pediatric ADHD.
Lofthouse N, Arnold LE, Hersch S, Hurt E, and DeBeus R
Journal of Attention Disorders, 16, 2012, pp 351-72
Dr. Deborah Murphy - Ojai Chiropractor & Neurofeedback
111 W Topa Topa St Ste 3 Ojai, CA 93023