Musical neurofeedback for treating depression in elderly people
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- dc.contributor.author Ramírez, Rafael,1966-ca
- dc.contributor.author Palencia-Lefler Ors, Manuelca
- dc.contributor.author Giraldo, Sergioca
- dc.contributor.author Vamvakousis, Zachariasca
- dc.date.accessioned 2016-05-09T12:32:29Z
- dc.date.available 2016-05-09T12:32:29Z
- dc.date.issued 2015ca
- dc.description.abstract We introduce a new neurofeedback approach, which allows users to manipulate expressive parameters in music performances using their emotional state, and we present the results of a pilot clinical experiment applying the approach to alleviate depression in elderly people. Ten adults (9 female and 1 male, mean = 84, SD = 5.8) with normal hearing participated in the neurofeedback study consisting of 10 sessions (2 sessions per week) of 15 min each. EEG data was acquired using the Emotiv EPOC EEG device. In all sessions, subjects were asked to sit in a comfortable chair facing two loudspeakers, to close their eyes, and to avoid moving during the experiment. Participants listened to music pieces preselected according to their music preferences, and were encouraged to increase the loudness and tempo of the pieces, based on their arousal and valence levels. The neurofeedback system was tuned so that increased arousal, computed as beta to alpha activity ratio in the frontal cortex corresponded to increased loudness, and increased valence, computed as relative frontal alpha activity in the right lobe compared to the left lobe, corresponded to increased tempo. Pre and post evaluation of six participants was performed using the BDI depression test, showing an average improvement of 17.2% (1.3) in their BDI scores at the end of the study. In addition, an analysis of the collected EEG data of the participants showed a significant decrease of relative alpha activity in their left frontal lobe (p = 0.00008), which may be interpreted as an improvement of their depression condition.en
- dc.description.sponsorship This work has been partly sponsored by the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad under Grant TIN2013-48152-C2-2-R (TIMuL Project).en
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- dc.identifier.citation Ramirez R, Palencia-Lefler M, Giraldo S, Vamvakousis Z. Musical neurofeedback for treating depression in elderly people. Front. Neurosci. 2015;9:354. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00354ca
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2015.00354
- dc.identifier.issn 1662-453Xca
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/26257
- dc.language.iso engca
- dc.publisher Frontiersen
- dc.relation.ispartof Musical neurofeedback for treating depression in elderly people. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2015;9:354.
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/TIN2013-48152-C2-2-R
- dc.rights © 2015 Ramirez, Palencia-Lefler, Giraldo and Vamvakousis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCBY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited,in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use,distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.ca
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- dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- dc.subject.keyword Musicen
- dc.subject.keyword Neurofeedbacken
- dc.subject.keyword Emotionsen
- dc.subject.keyword Expressive performanceen
- dc.subject.keyword Depressionen
- dc.subject.keyword Electroencephalographyen
- dc.subject.keyword Elderly patientsen
- dc.title Musical neurofeedback for treating depression in elderly peopleca
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