Down-regulation of theta amplitude through neurofeedback improves executive control network efficiency in healthy children

Xiong, Kaiwen; Nan, Wenya; Wan, Mengqi; Cai, Dan

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112301

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“…Working memory training has been shown to induce changes in ECN (Langer et al 2013;Zhang et al 2015;Thompson et al 2016), and frontoparietal activity during tasks differentiates good from poor performers (Nyberg et al 2009). The ECN's reliance on theta band connectivity is also well-documented, with increased frontoparietal theta synchronization during working memory tasks correlating with better performance (Mizuhara and Yamaguchi 2007;Gulbinaite et al 2014;Kawasaki et al 2014;van Son et al 2019;Xiong et al 2024). Finally, this relationship is supported by evidence that transcranial direct current stimulation enhances frontoparietal theta synchronization and improves working memory (Violante et al 2017).…”

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Enhancing Perceptual, Attentional, and Working Memory Demands through Variable Practice Schedules: Insights from High-Density EEG Multi-Scale Analyses

Cretton,

Schipper,

Hassan

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Contextual interference (CI) enhances learning by practicing motor tasks in a random order rather than a blocked order. One hypothesis suggests that the benefits arise from enhanced early perceptual/attentional processes, while another posits that better learning is due to highly activated mnemonic processes. We propose to harness high-density electroencephalography in a multi-scale analysis approach, including topographic analyses, source estimations, and functional connectivity, to examine the intertwined dynamics of attentional and mnemonic processes within short time windows. We recorded scalp activity from 35 participants as they performed an aiming task at three different distances, under both random and blocked conditions using a crossover design. Our results showed that topographies associated with processes related to perception/attention (N1, P3a) and working memory (P3b) were more pronounced in the random condition. Source estimation analyses supported these findings, revealing greater involvement of the perceptual ventral pathway and the anterior cingulate and parietal cortices, along with increased functional connectivity in ventral alpha and frontoparietal theta band networks during random practice. Our results suggest that CI is driven, in the random compared to the blocked condition, by enhanced specific processes such as perceptual, attentional, and mnemonic, as well as large-scale general processes.

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Enhancing Perceptual, Attentional, and Working Memory Demands through Variable Practice Schedules: Insights from High-Density EEG Multi-Scale Analyses

Cretton,

Schipper,

Hassan

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Effects of Frontal-Midline Theta Neurofeedback with Different Training Directions on Goal-Directed Attentional Control

Zhao,

Wang,

Xia

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Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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Enhancing perceptual, attentional, and working memory demands through variable practice schedules: insights from high-density EEG multi-scale analyses

Cretton,

Schipper,

Hassan

et al. 2024

Cerebral Cortex

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Contextual interference (CI) enhances learning by practicing motor tasks in a random order rather than a blocked order. One hypothesis suggests that the benefits arise from enhanced early perceptual/attentional processes, while another posits that better learning is due to highly activated mnemonic processes. We used high-density electroencephalography in a multi-scale analysis approach, including topographic analyses, source estimations, and functional connectivity, to examine the intertwined dynamics of attentional and mnemonic processes within short time windows. We recorded scalp activity from 35 participants as they performed an aiming task at three different distances, under both random and blocked conditions using a crossover design. Our results showed that topographies associated with processes related to perception/attention (N1, P3a) and working memory (P3b) were more pronounced in the random condition. Source estimation analyses supported these findings, revealing greater involvement of the perceptual ventral pathway, anterior cingulate and parietal cortices, along with increased functional connectivity in ventral alpha and frontoparietal theta band networks during random practice. Our results suggest that CI is driven, in the random compared to the blocked condition, by enhanced specific processes such as perceptual, attentional, and working memory processes, as well as large-scale functional networks sustaining more general attentional and executive processes.

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Down-regulation of theta amplitude through neurofeedback improves executive control network efficiency in healthy children

Cited by 3 publications

References 61 publications

Enhancing Perceptual, Attentional, and Working Memory Demands through Variable Practice Schedules: Insights from High-Density EEG Multi-Scale Analyses

Enhancing Perceptual, Attentional, and Working Memory Demands through Variable Practice Schedules: Insights from High-Density EEG Multi-Scale Analyses

Effects of Frontal-Midline Theta Neurofeedback with Different Training Directions on Goal-Directed Attentional Control

Enhancing perceptual, attentional, and working memory demands through variable practice schedules: insights from high-density EEG multi-scale analyses

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