91ºÚÁÏÍø News - social influences /channels/news_feeds/all/term/social%20influences/rss en Are EEG neurofeedback benefits due to placebo effects? /channels/news/are-eeg-neurofeedback-benefits-due-placebo-effects-261120 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Neurofeedback using electroencephalograpy boasts thousands of practitioners and appears to both improve normal brain function and alleviate a wide variety of mental disorders – from anxiety to alcoholism. But after examining the scientific literature and consulting experts in Europe and the U.S., 91ºÚÁÏÍø researchers Robert Thibault and Amir Raz conclude that clinical improvements from this increasingly popular alternative therapy are due to placebo effects.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/neurofeedback_-_main_image.jpg?itok=oYDbunkh" width="160" height="137" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:29:55 +0000 webfull 119115 at /channels