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Neuroplasticity & Neurofeedback

Books

  • Doidge, N. (2007). The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science. New York: Penguin.
  • Raskin, S. A. (Ed.). (2011). Neuroplasticity and Rehabilitation. New York: Guilford.
  • Schwartz, J. and Begley, S. (2003). The Mind and the Brain Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force. New York: Harper.
  • Siegel, D. (2010) Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation. New York: Bantam.
  • Stuss, D.T., Winocur, G. & Robertson, I.H. (2008). A Translational Roadmap for Mending the Mind. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Journals

  • Baker, Felicity and Roth, Edward (2004). Neuroplasticity and Functional Recovery: Training Models and Compensatory Strategies in Music Therapy, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 13 (1), 20-32.
  • Boggio P et. al. (2011) Non-invasive brain stimulation to assess and modulate neuroplasticity in Alzheimer’s disease, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21, (5), 703-716.
  • Vance, David & Crowe, Michael (2006). A Proposed Model of Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Reserve in Older Adults, Activities, Adaptation & Aging, 30(3) 61-79.

Organizations

  • Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback www.aapb.org. Links to seminars, practitioners and other information.
  • Biofeedback Certification International Alliance www.bcia.org. Information on certification, biofeedback information for consumers, and a directory of practitioners
  • EEG Education & Research, Inc. – Information on biofeedback for professionals and consumers, courses, and a directory of practitioners
  • International Society for Neurofeedback & Research – Information on biofeedback for professionals and consumers, courses, and a directory of practitioners

 
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References

  • Amen, D. G. (2009). Magnificent mind at any age: Natural ways to unleash your brain’s maximum potential. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press.
  • Amen, D. G. (2016). Change your brain, change your life: The breakthrough programme for conquering anger, anxiety, obsessiveness and depression. New York, NY: Three Rivers Press.
  • Baker, F. and Roth, E. (2004). Neuroplasticity and functional recovery: Training models and compensatory strategies in music therapy. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 13 (1), 20-32.
  • Boggio P. et. al. (2011) Non-invasive brain stimulation to assess and modulate neuroplasticity in Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 21, (5), 703-716.
  • Brookman-Byrne, A., & Thomas, M. (2018). Neuroscience, psychology and education: Emerging links. Impact, 2, 5-8.
  • Carson, S. (2010). Your creative brain: Seven steps to maximize imagination, productivity, and innovation in your life. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Cherland, E. (2012). The polyvagal theory: Neurophysiological foundations of emotions, attachment, communication, self-regulation. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 21(4), 313.
  • Cozolino, L. (2010). The neuroscience of psychotherapy: Healing the social brain, 2nd ed. New York, NY, US: W W Norton & Co.
  • Cozolino, L. (2014). The neuroscience of human relationships: Attachment and the developing social brain, 2nd ed. New York, NY, US: W W Norton & Co.
  • Cozolino, L. (2016). Why therapy works: Using our minds to change our brains. New York, NY, US: W W Norton & Co.
  • Cozolino, L. (2017). The neuroscience of psychotherapy: Healing the social brain. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company.
  • Cozolino, L. J., & Santos, E. N. (2014). Why we need therapy—And why it works: A neuroscientific perspective. Smith College Studies In Social Work, 84(2-3), 157-177.
  • Davidson, R. J. & Begley, S. (2012). The emotional life of your brain: How its unique patterns affect the way you think, feel, and live–and how you can change them. New York, NY: Penguin.
  • Doidge, N. (2007). The brain that changes itself: Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science. New York: Penguin.
  • Eagleman, D. (2011). Incognito: The secret lives of the brain. New York, NY: Pantheon.
  • Ecker, B., Ticic, R. & Hulley, L. (2012). Unlocking the emotional brain: Eliminating symptoms at their roots using memory reconsolidation. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Flores, P. J., & Porges, S. W. (2017). Group psychotherapy as a neural exercise: Bridging polyvagal theory and attachment theory. International Journal Of Group Psychotherapy, 67(2), 202-222.
  • Fosha, D., Siegel, D. J. & Solomon, M. (Eds.). (2009). The healing power of emotion: Affective neuroscience, development & clinical practice. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company.
  • Grandin, T. (2008). Thinking in pictures, expanded edition: My life with autism. New York, NY: Vintage.
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  • Master, A., Meltzoff, A. N., & Lent, R. (2016). Neuroscience, psychology, and society: Translating research to improve learning. Prospects, 46(2), 191-198.
  • McCleery, A., Wynn, J. K., & Green, M. F. (2018). Hallucinations, neuroplasticity, and prediction errors in schizophrenia. Scandinavian journal of psychology, 59(1), 41-48.
  • McGilchrist, I. (2009). The Master and his emissary: The divided brain and the making of the Western world. London, UK: Yale University Press.
  • Nelson, B. W., Parker, S. C., & Siegel, D. J. (2014). Interpersonal neurobiology, mindsight, and integration: The mind, relationships, and the brain. In K. Brandt, B. D. Perry, S. Seligman, E. Tronick, K. Brandt, B. D. Perry, … E. Tronick (Eds.), Infant and early childhood mental health: Core concepts and clinical practice (pp. 129-144). Arlington, VA, US: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
  • Panksepp, J., & Biven, L. (2012). The archaeology of mind: Neuroevolutionary origins of human emotions. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company.
  • Porges, S. W. (2007). The polyvagal perspective. Biological Psychology, 74, 116 –143.
  • Porges, S. W. (2009). The polyvagal theory: New insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 76, S86 –S90.
  • Porges, S. W. (2011). The polyvagal theory: Neurophysiological foundations of emotions, attachment, communication, self-regulation. New York, NY: Norton & Company.
  • Porges, S. W. (2012). What therapists need to know about the polyvagal theory. Presentation at Leading Edge Seminars, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Raskin, S. A. (Ed.). (2011). Neuroplasticity and rehabilitation. New York: Guilford.
  • Schore, A. N. (2012). The science and art of psychotherapy. New York, NY: Norton.
  • Schwartz, J. & Begley, S. (2003). The mind and the brain neuroplasticity and the power of mental force. New York: Harper.
  • Seybold, K. S. (2016). Explorations in neuroscience, psychology and religion. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Siegel, D. J. (2010) Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation. New York: Bantam.
  • Siegel, D. J. (2010). The mindful therapist: A clinician’s guide to mindsight and neural integration. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company.
  • Siegel, D. J. (2012). The developing mind (2nd ed.): How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
  • Siegel, D. J. (2017). The integration of attachment, mindfulness, and neuroscience. In S. Gojman-de-Millan, C. Herreman, L. A. Sroufe, S. Gojman-de-Millan, C. Herreman, L. A. Sroufe (Eds.), Attachment across clinical and cultural perspectives: A relational psychoanalytic approach (pp. 165-181). New York, NY, US: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
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  • Stuss, D.T., Winocur, G. & Robertson, I.H. (2008). A Translational Roadmap for Mending the Mind. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Swingle, P. G. (2008). Biofeedback for the brain: How neurotherapy effectively treats depression, ADHD, autism, and more. New Jersey: Rutgers university press.
  • Taylor, J. B., & Baumann, A. R. (2010). My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey. New York, NY: Penguin.
  • Vance, D, & Crowe, M. (2006). A proposed model of neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve in older adults, Activities, adaptation & aging, 30(3) 61-79.
  • Weiner, W. J., Goetz, C. G., Shin, R. K., & Lewis, S. L. (2012). Neurology for the non-neurologist. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

 

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