Consensus on the reporting and experimental design of clinical and cognitive-behavioural neurofeedback studies (CRED-nf checklist)

Tomas Ros; Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert; Vadim Zotev; Kymberly D. Young; Guilherme Wood; Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli; Feng Wan; Patrik Vuilleumier; François Vialatte; Dimitri Van De Ville; Doron Todder; Tanju Surmeli; James S. Sulzer; Ute Strehl; Maurice Barry Sterman; Naomi J. Steiner; Bettina Sorger; Surjo R. Soekadar; Ranganatha Sitaram; Leslie H. Sherlin; Michael Schönenberg; Frank Scharnowski; Manuel Schabus; Katya Rubia; Agostinho Rosa; Miriam Reiner; Jaime A. Pineda; Christian Paret; Alexei Ossadtchi; Andrew A. Nicholson; Wenya Nan; Javier Minguez; Jean Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi; David M.A. Mehler; Michael Lührs; Joel Lubar; Fabien Lotte; David E.J. Linden; Jarrod A. Lewis-Peacock; Mikhail A. Lebedev; Ruth A. Lanius; Andrea Kübler; Cornelia Kranczioch; Yury Koush; Lilian Konicar; Simon H. Kohl; Silivia E. Kober; Manousos A. Klados; Camille Jeunet; T. W.P. Janssen; Rene J. Huster; Kerstin Hoedlmoser; Laurence M. Hirshberg; Stephan Heunis; Talma Hendler; Michelle Hampson; Adrian G. Guggisberg; Robert Guggenberger; John H. Gruzelier; Rainer W. Göbel; Nicolas Gninenko; Alireza Gharabaghi; Paul Frewen; Thomas Fovet; Thalía Fernández; Carlos Escolano; Ann Christine Ehlis; Renate Drechsler; R. Christopher Decharms; Stefan Debener; Dirk De Ridder; Eddy J. Davelaar; Marco Congedo; Marc Cavazza; Marinus H.M. Breteler; Daniel Brandeis; Jerzy Bodurka; Niels Birbaumer; Olga M. Bazanova; Beatrix Barth; Panagiotis D. Bamidis; Tibor Auer; Martijn Arns; Robert T. Thibault

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Consensus on the reporting and experimental design of clinical and cognitive-behavioural neurofeedback studies (CRED-nf checklist)

Tomas Ros, Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert, Vadim Zotev, Kymberly D. Young, Guilherme Wood, Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, Feng Wan, Patrik Vuilleumier, François Vialatte, Dimitri Van De Ville, Doron Todder, Tanju Surmeli, James S. Sulzer, Ute Strehl, Maurice Barry Sterman, Naomi J. Steiner, Bettina Sorger, Surjo R. Soekadar, Ranganatha Sitaram, Leslie H. SherlinMichael Schönenberg, Frank Scharnowski, Manuel Schabus, Katya Rubia, Agostinho Rosa, Miriam Reiner, Jaime A. Pineda, Christian Paret, Alexei Ossadtchi, Andrew A. Nicholson, Wenya Nan, Javier Minguez, Jean Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, David M.A. Mehler, Michael Lührs, Joel Lubar, Fabien Lotte, David E.J. Linden, Jarrod A. Lewis-Peacock, Mikhail A. Lebedev, Ruth A. Lanius, Andrea Kübler, Cornelia Kranczioch, Yury Koush, Lilian Konicar, Simon H. Kohl, Silivia E. Kober, Manousos A. Klados, Camille Jeunet, T. W.P. Janssen, Rene J. Huster, Kerstin Hoedlmoser, Laurence M. Hirshberg, Stephan Heunis, Talma Hendler, Michelle Hampson, Adrian G. Guggisberg, Robert Guggenberger, John H. Gruzelier, Rainer W. Göbel, Nicolas Gninenko, Alireza Gharabaghi, Paul Frewen, Thomas Fovet, Thalía Fernández, Carlos Escolano, Ann Christine Ehlis, Renate Drechsler, R. Christopher Decharms, Stefan Debener, Dirk De Ridder, Eddy J. Davelaar, Marco Congedo, Marc Cavazza, Marinus H.M. Breteler, Daniel Brandeis, Jerzy Bodurka, Niels Birbaumer, Olga M. Bazanova, Beatrix Barth, Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Tibor Auer, Martijn Arns, Robert T. Thibault

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Neurofeedback has begun to attract the attention and scrutiny of the scientific and medical mainstream. Here, neurofeedback researchers present a consensus-derived checklist that aims to improve the reporting and experimental design standards in the field.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1674-1685
Number of pages	12
Journal	Brain
Volume	143
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa009
State	Published - 1 Jun 2020

Keywords

checklist
consensus
guidelines
neurofeedback
regulation

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Clinical Neurology

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Ros, T., Enriquez-Geppert, S., Zotev, V., Young, K. D., Wood, G., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Wan, F., Vuilleumier, P., Vialatte, F., Van De Ville, D., Todder, D., Surmeli, T., Sulzer, J. S., Strehl, U., Sterman, M. B., Steiner, N. J., Sorger, B., Soekadar, S. R., Sitaram, R., ... Thibault, R. T. (2020). Consensus on the reporting and experimental design of clinical and cognitive-behavioural neurofeedback studies (CRED-nf checklist). Brain, 143(6), 1674-1685. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa009

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