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medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-16
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Can't quiet your mind? Watching your brain might help
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Real-time neurofeedback, its neurotransmitter underpinnings, and therapeutic effects: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in individuals at clinical high risk
BMC Psychiatry · 2025
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Claim 1 of 7Not checkedClemens Bauer Hoss and colleagues started using fMRI-based neurofeedback to help people with schizophrenia learn meditation and have since expanded the approach.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 7Not checkedBauer Hoss found that people with schizophrenia and treatment-resistant hallucinations experienced a reduction in symptoms lasting for up to two weeks.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 7Not checkedIn a group of adolescents, the method dampened brain activity associated with depression.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 7Not checkedA current study with bipolar patients is also showing promising results.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 7Not checkedBauer Hoss has been testing whether mindfulness training with neurofeedback could act as a sort of 'mental vaccine' for people at high risk for psychiatric disorders, such as those with a close relative with schizophrenia, before symptoms appear.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 7Not checkedA recent study offers early support for the idea that mindfulness training with neurofeedback could help this high-risk group.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 7 of 7Not checkedThe article says fMRI neurofeedback is expensive, bulky, limited to specialized facilities, and difficult for people with claustrophobia because of the scanner tube.View evidenceHide evidence
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Crossref, PubMed, Europe PMC · 16 candidate papers
Real-time neurofeedback, its neurotransmitter underpinnings, and therapeutic effects: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in individuals at clinical high risk
BMC Psychiatry · 2025 · Crossref
Real-time fMRI neurofeedback modulates auditory cortex activity and connectivity in schizophrenia patients with auditory hallucinations: A controlled study.
Psychiatry Research. Neuroimaging · 2025 · PubMed, Europe PMC
O4.6. REAL-TIME FMRI NEUROFEEDBACK FOR TREATMENT REFRACTORY HALLUCINATIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA
Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2020 · Crossref
Mindfulness-Based Instruction Does Not Improve Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback Efficiency in Problematic Alcohol Use
2026 · Europe PMC, Crossref
Posterior cingulate cortex downregulation training using fMRI neurofeedback in adolescents with early life adversity exposure: a randomized, single-blind trial.
Translational Psychiatry · 2025 · PubMed, Europe PMC
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