The Biofeedback Treatment of Neurological and Neuropsychological Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

Abstract

(from the chapter) this chapter reviews the published work on biofeedback training in neurological and neuropsychological disorders of childhood and adolescence this chapter is limited to a review of the application of biofeedback technology to the symptoms of neurological disease or neuropsychological dysfunction / in some of these studies, the evidence of a neurological lesion is unequivocal; in others, such evidence is presumptive specific disorders considered include cerebral palsy, epilepsy, neurogenic fecal incontinence, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, learning disabilities, and migraine headaches (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).