Research summaries for autism therapy: neurofeedback

definition of neurofeedback: Type of biofeedback therapy that involves individuals monitoring their own brain waves while learning to consciously change them. Neurofeedback is being used to help people with a variety of neurological conditions, including autism.
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Infrared Imaging and Neurofeedback: Initial Reliability and Validity, Summarized Feb 20, 2009

Infrared imaging of the brain may be a good way to see if autism treatments are effective.

This study describes children with autism and looks at changes in their brains that happened after neurofeedback therapy. The authors were most focused on seeing if they could use infrared imaging to take pictures of changes in the brain. The study had 37 children with autism. Infrared pictures were taken before and after each 20 minute neurofeedback session. The authors found changes in the brain of children with autism who were treated with neurofeedback that went along with changes in behavior and other symptoms of autism. Read more...

Positive Behavioral and Electrophysiological Changes Following Neurofeedback Training in Children with Autism, Summarized Aug 13, 2008

Neurofeedback may be able to help children with high-functioning autism sustain attention.

This article includes two studies. One was designed to see if neurofeedback training could change the brain waves of children with autism. The other was designed to see if those changed brain waves resulted in a change in the autism symptoms of the children. Study one had eight children and study two had 19 children. Neurofeedback therapy was able to change the neural networks in the brain and improve autism symptoms. Read more...

Neurofeedback Treatment of Two Children with Learning, Attention, Mood, Social, and Developmental Deficits, Summarized May 1, 2008

Neurofeedback may be a good treatment option for children with large problems that do not respond to other therapies.

Neurofeedback seems to help the nervous system learn to control how alert the child is and how he responds to things. This paper describes the use of neurofeedback on two patients, one of whom had pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). He was a 15 year old boy who was also diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, and learning disabilities. He had received years of prior treatments with drug therapy, psychotherapy, and special schools. Neurofeedback therapy improved many of his symptoms. Read more...

Assessment-Guided Neurofeedback for Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Summarized Dec 19, 2007

Neurofeedback therapy that is designed specifically for the child may help with the core symptoms of autism. The study was designed to test the effect of neurofeedback therapy on 37 children with autism. The study found an 89% success rate with a 40% decrease in core autism symptoms. This is the second controlled study to find that neurofeedback therapy can help children with autism. The authors therefore describe neurofeedback therapy as "possibly efficacious"? in treating autism. Neurofeedback therapy should next be tested in a randomized controlled trial that is placebo controlled.

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