Table 4.
Change in resting EEG ratios from frontal (ie, average F3 and F4) electrodes during the eyes-closed condition after ≥30 days of Myndlift neurofeedback (n=41) for healthy users and separately for those that scored in the abnormal adult ADHD range (per conventional clinical cutoffs) at baseline.
| EEGa pre-post outcome and group at baseline (cutoff value) | No. of sessions, mean (SD) | Treatment duration (days), mean (SD) | Change reduction (Hz), mean (SD) | Change T value | Change P valueb | Effect size, d | |||||||
| Delta/alpha ratio | |||||||||||||
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Abnormal (≥14; n=20) | 49 (22.1) | 77 (26.8) | 0.20 (0.284) | 3.15 | .03 | 0.70 | ||||||
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Healthy (<14; n=21) | 61 (36.9) | 76 (27.8) | 0.08 (0.450) | 0.79 | .59 | 0.18 | ||||||
| Theta/alpha ratio | |||||||||||||
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Abnormal (≥14; n=20) | 49 (22.1) | 77 (26.8) | 0.04 (0.171) | 1.00 | .66 | 0.22 | ||||||
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Healthy (<14; n=21) | 61 (36.9) | 76 (27.8) | 0.01 (0.227) | 0.35 | .66 | 0.08 | ||||||
| Theta/beta ratio | |||||||||||||
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Abnormal (≥14; n=20) | 49 (22.1) | 77 (26.8) | 0.04 (0.144) | 1.34 | .79 | 0.30 | ||||||
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Healthy (<14; n=21) | 61 (36.9) | 76 (27.8) | 0.02 (0.218) | 0.44 | .73 | 0.10 | ||||||
aEEG: electroencephalography.
bReported as Benjamini-Hochberg–adjusted P values.