Case Studies in Applied Psychophysiology

W. Alex Edmonds is Professor of Applied Research at Nova Southeastern University.Gershon Tenenbaum is Benjamin S. Bloom Professor of Educational Psychology at Florida State University. He has published several books on sports psychology and biofeedback.

• Preface xiW. Alex Edmonds and Gershon Tenenbaum About the Editors and Contributing Authors xviiPart I General Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Forwards 11 The Use of General Biofeedback in the Pursuit of Optimal Performance 3Donald Moss and "Sue" Vietta Wilson2 Performance Enhancement Applications of Neurofeedback 17Siegfried Othmer and Susan F. OthmerPart II Case Presentations 313 Case 1 – Bad Shot, Good Shot: Neurofeedback for World Champion or Developing Athlete 33"Sue" Vietta E. Wilson and Lindsay Shaw4 Case 2 – Imagery Assessment and Training with QEEG: What You See Is Not All There Is 47"Sue" Vietta E. Wilson and Lindsay Shaw5 Case 3 – Simultaneous Alpha EEG Enhancing and Frontal's Muscle EMG Decreasing: Biofeedback Training for Musical Peak Performance 71Olga M. Bazanova6 Case 4 – The Golfer Who Couldn't Pass the Anxiety Test! 94D. Jane Arave7 Case 5 – Biofeedback for Relaxation 110Ronald Rosenthal8 Case 6 – The Road to Olympic Medal 120Boris Blumenstein and Iris Orbach9 Case 7 – Biofeedback Training at Sea 134Boris Blumenstein and Iris Orbach10 Case 8 – I Thought I Was Relaxed: The Use of SEMG Biofeedback for Training Awareness and Control 144Richard Harvey and Erik Peper11 Case 9 – Psychophysiological Assessment and Biofeedback during Official Baseball Games: Procedures, Methodologies, Findings and Critical Issues in Applied Sport Psychology 160Roland A. Carlstedt12 Case 10 – Performance Anxiety, Biofeedback and the Pianist: Wind Instrument Players are not the only Musicians Affected by Breathing 201Tom D. Kennedy and W. Alex Edmonds13 Case 11 – The 400-meter Sprinter Who Ran Too Fast! 218W. Alex Edmonds14 Case 12 – Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery: A Neurofeedback-integrative Approach 232Diane Roberts StolerPart III Certification, Equipment, and Future Directions 24715 Certification and Ethics in Applied Psychophysiology (90876) 249Phillip A. Hughes and Fred Shaffer16 Psychophysiology: Equipment in Research and Practice 257Derek T.Y. Mann and Chris M. Janelle17 Future Directions in Applied Psychophysiology: Skills Not Pills 275Richard Harvey and Erik PeperIndex 293

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