Placebo

Treating ADHD With Suggestion: Neurofeedback and Placebo Therapeutics

Objective: We propose that clinicians can use suggestion to help treat conditions such as ADHD. Methods: We use EEG neurofeedback as a case study, alongside evidence from a recent pilot experiment utilizing a sham MRI scanner to highlight the …

A Consensus Framework for Neurofeedback Research (and the Perils of Unfounded Neuroreductionism): Reply to Micoulaud-Franchi and Fovet (2018)

We were pleased to read the constructive commentary (Micoulaud-Franchi & Fovet, 2018) on our original piece (Thibault & Raz, 2017). In this response, we build on the theoretical framework for studying neurofeedback that the commentators sketch out …

The psychology of neurofeedback: Clinical intervention even if applied placebo.

Advocates of neurofeedback make bold claims concerning brain regulation, treatment of disorders, and mental health. Decades of research and thousands of peer-reviewed publications support neurofeedback using electroencephalography (EEG-nf); yet, few …