Self-Regulation of the Brain and Behavior

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying the Generation of Field Potentials....Pages 9-25
Electrogenesis of Slow Potentials of the Brain....Pages 26-41
Central Gating Mechanisms That Regulate Event-Related Potentials and Behavior....Pages 42-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Classification and Overview of CNS Electrical Activity Tested on Operant Conditioning....Pages 59-63
Focused Arousal, 40-Hz EEG, and Dysfunction....Pages 64-84
Operant Conditioning of Single Neurons in Monkeys and Its Theoretical Application to EEG Operant Conditioning in Human Epilepsy....Pages 85-94
The Role of Sensorimotor Rhythmic EEG Activity in the Etiology and Treatment of Generalized Motor Seizures....Pages 95-106
Applications of Operant Conditioning of the EEG for the Management of Epileptic Seizures....Pages 107-125
Biofeedback Control in Epilepsy and Neuroses....Pages 126-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Biofeedback of Very Early Potentials from the Brain Stem....Pages 143-163
Operantly Controlled Somatosensory Brain Potentials: Specific Effects on Pain Processes....Pages 164-179
Operant Control of Evoked Potentials: Some Comments on the Learning Characteristics in Man and on the Conditioning of Subcortical Responses in the Curarized Rat....Pages 180-197
Performance Enhancements with Cortical Negative Slow Potential Shifts in Monkey and Human....Pages 199-215
Regulation of Slow Brain Potentials Affects Task Performance....Pages 216-226
Operant Control of Slow Brain Potentials: A Tool in the Investigation of the Potential’s Meaning and Its Relation to Attentional Dysfunction....Pages 227-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
On the Relationships Among Subjective Experience, Behavior, and Physiological Activity in Biofeedback Learning....Pages 245-254
Dead Souls: Or Why the Neurobehavioral Science of Emotion Should Pay Attention to Cognitive Science....Pages 255-272
Goal-Directed Behavior and Self-Regulation in the Organism....Pages 273-276
Concepts of Control in Biofeedback....Pages 277-295
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Operant Mechanisms in Physiological Regulation....Pages 296-309
Back Matter....Pages 311-360