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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 6/2018

27-01-2018 | Original Paper

Facilitating Neurofeedback in Children with Autism and Intellectual Impairments Using TAGteach

Auteurs: Kristen LaMarca, Richard Gevirtz, Alan J. Lincoln, Jaime A. Pineda

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 6/2018

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Abstract

Individuals with autism and intellectual impairments tend to be excluded from research due to their difficulties with methodological compliance. This study focuses on using Teaching with Acoustic Guidance—TAGteach—to behaviorally prepare children with autism and a IQ ≤ 80 to participate in a study on neurofeedback training (NFT). Seven children (ages 6–8) learned the prerequisite skills identified in a task analysis in an average of 5 h of TAGteach training, indicating that this is a feasible method of preparing intellectually-impaired children with autism to participate in NFT and task-dependent electroencephalography measures. TAGteach may thus have the potential to augment this population’s ability to participate in less accessible treatments and behavioral neuroscientific studies.
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The Mu Suppression Index (MSI; Oberman et al. 2005) assesses changes in EEG mu power in response to observing four 120 s videos of different types of movement: non-biological, biological, goal-direction, and social. A ratio of power is calculated for the four motion observation conditions relevant to a resting baseline, and an action execution condition. Ratio data are transformed with a log algorithm, such that positive and negative values indicated mu enhancement and suppression, respectively.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Facilitating Neurofeedback in Children with Autism and Intellectual Impairments Using TAGteach
Auteurs
Kristen LaMarca
Richard Gevirtz
Alan J. Lincoln
Jaime A. Pineda
Publicatiedatum
27-01-2018
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3466-4

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