Case Studies in Applied Psychophysiology

Preface xi W. Alex Edmonds and Gershon Tenenbaum About the Editors and Contributing Authors xvii Part I General Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Forwards1 1 The Use of General Biofeedback in the Pursuit of OptimalPerformance 3 Donald Moss and "Sue" Vietta Wilson 2 Performance Enhancement Applications of Neurofeedback 17 Siegfried Othmer and Susan F. Othmer Part II Case Presentations 31 3 Case 1 - Bad Shot, Good Shot: Neurofeedback for WorldChampion or Developing Athlete 33 "Sue" Vietta E. Wilson and Lindsay Shaw 4 Case 2 - Imagery Assessment and Training with QEEG: WhatYou See Is Not All There Is 47 "Sue" Vietta E. Wilson and Lindsay Shaw 5 Case 3 - Simultaneous Alpha EEG Enhancing and Frontal'sMuscle EMG Decreasing: Biofeedback Training for Musical PeakPerformance 71 Olga M. Bazanova 6 Case 4 - The Golfer Who Couldn't Pass the Anxiety Test!94 D. Jane Arave 7 Case 5 - Biofeedback for Relaxation 110 Ronald Rosenthal 8 Case 6 - The Road to Olympic Medal 120 Boris Blumenstein and Iris Orbach 9 Case 7 - Biofeedback Training at Sea 134 Boris Blumenstein and Iris Orbach 10 Case 8 - I Thought I Was Relaxed: The Use of SEMGBiofeedback for Training Awareness and Control 144 Richard Harvey and Erik Peper 11 Case 9 - Psychophysiological Assessment and Biofeedbackduring Official Baseball Games: Procedures, Methodologies, Findingsand Critical Issues in Applied Sport Psychology 160 Roland A. Carlstedt 12 Case 10 - Performance Anxiety, Biofeedback and thePianist: Wind Instrument Players are not the only MusiciansAffected by Breathing 201 Tom D. Kennedy and W. Alex Edmonds 13 Case 11 - The 400-meter Sprinter Who Ran Too Fast!218 W. Alex Edmonds 14 Case 12 - Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery: ANeurofeedback-integrative Approach 232 Diane Roberts Stoler Part III Certification, Equipment, and Future Directions247 15 Certification and Ethics in Applied Psychophysiology (90876)249 Phillip A. Hughes and Fred Shaffer 16 Psychophysiology: Equipment in Research and Practice257 Derek T.Y. Mann and Chris M. Janelle 17 Future Directions in Applied Psychophysiology: Skills NotPills 275 Richard Harvey and Erik Peper Index 293