What types of goals does neurofeedback address?
The International Society of Neurofeedback and Research has a comprehensive bibliography of conditions for which evidence supports the use of neurofeedback. The Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback has a document that evaluates the quality of evidence for neurofeedback for a number of concerns. Using standards from the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, and those from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the conditions for which evidence supports the use of neurofeedback include ADHD, addictions, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury and stroke, insomnia, depression, tinnitus, fibromyalgia, pain, and migraine headache. Neurofeedback is also used to assist in psychotherapy and reprocessing emotional events. Many people use neurofeedback for peak performance training. Such people may be elite athletes or people who play sports and want to improve their game. Students who want to perform bett
