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Rhythmic Regulation in Neuroscience and Clinical Practice

  • 1st Edition - January 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Barbara Minton, Mary Blair Dellinger, James R. Evans
  • Language: English

Rhythm and Entrainment in Neuromodulation covers cutting-edge and up-to-date information on currently available rhythm-related treatment procedures, as well as the interplay betwee… Read more

Description

Rhythm and Entrainment in Neuromodulation covers cutting-edge and up-to-date information on currently available rhythm-related treatment procedures, as well as the interplay between music and cognition. The book contains contributions from leading experts in the across several fields, exploring the ways in which rhythmic stimulation serves as a powerful neuromodulator, enhancing cognitive function and promoting healing. Best suited for clinicians and researchers interested in neuromodulation, this volume offers profound insights into how rhythm shapes our cognition, influences our well-being, and paves the way for innovative therapeutic practices.

Key features

  • Highlights and defines key words or phrases in the body of each chapter to help readers easily understand the material
  • Offers an interdisciplinary approach to neuroscience research, including perspectives from mental health practice
  • Explores the relationship between music and cognition

Readership

Researchers in neuroscience, clinicians and integrative medicine practitioners

Table of contents

Part I: Introduction to Rhythm and Entrainment

1. Introduction to Rhythm and Entrainment

Part II: Rhythm as a Foundational Principle

2. Guitarhythm, in Sixteen Beats

3. Biological Rhythms and Time Perception

4. Occipital Alpha Disruption as a Biomarker of Technological Frequency Exposure: An Allostatic Model

Part III: The Brain in Resonance

5. A Brief History of Electrical Stimulation in Medicine

6. Interaction of Rhythmic Stimulation and Non-Ordinary Consciousness

7. Optimizing Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation

8. Rhythms and Photobiomodulation: Neural Oscillations and the Emerging Science of Pulsed Light-Based Neuromodulation

Part IV: Regulation through Rhythmic Modulation & Entrainment

9. Recent Advances in Neurofeedback and Neuromodulation

10. Biofeedback: A Journey of Learning through Feedback

11. Audio-visual Entrainment: A brief review and latest developments in relation to neuromodulation and the sustenance of good mental health

12. Music Wellness

13. Rhythm-Guided Neurofeedback in Parkinson's Disease: Clinical and Integrative Applications

14. Interactive Metronome: Using Rhythm and Training to Improve Brain Function and Development

15. Neurological Music Therapy: Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder

16. Developing Interpersonal Synchrony and Empathy via Dance Movement Therapy

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Barbara Minton

Dr. Barbara Minton is licensed as a psychologist in the State of Idaho and the Province of British Columbia, Canada. She is known for her innovative programs to address mental health needs of rural Alaskans, severely emotionally disturbed children and their families, and gifted and highly gifted people. She has worked in mental health agencies, been a university professor, and now is in private practice. Her practice is currently focused on neuroscience informed interventions including the use of music specifically composed to impact brain networks. She is BCIA Board Certified in Neurofeedback and a Diplomate in Quantitative Electroencephalogram.

Affiliations and expertise
Barbara Minton, Private Practice, USA

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Mary Blair Dellinger

Mary Blair Dellinger is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of South Carolina. She completed her Masters in Professional Counseling at Liberty University. A graduate of Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, Dellinger is BCIA Board Certified in neurofeedback. She has eight years experience conducting neurofeedback sessions with adults and children. She has specialized training in use of advanced procedures such as LORETA neurofeedback and NeuroGuide Software and BCIA certification in Heart Rate Variability (HRV) biofeedback. She is both an ISNR member and a Magellan Scholar. Editor of recent publication Neurofeedback: The First Fifty Years.
Affiliations and expertise
Sterlingworth Center, Greenville, SC, USA

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James R. Evans

Dr. James Evans is licensed in clinical and school psychology. Following graduation with a bachelor's degree in education, and a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he taught in a public high school. Later he earned a master's degree in psychology. After working for six years at a state hospital and a county mental health center, he attended Peabody College of Vanderbilt University where he received a Ph.D. degree in psychology. He was on the faculty of the Psychology Department at the University of South Carolina for thirty years, and is retired from that position. He has completed postdoctoral work in neuropsychology at the University of California at San Francisco, the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia. For over thirty years he also has maintained a successful private practice involving working with children and adults in hospital, school, prison, and private office settings. He has expertise in psychological, neuropsychological and psychoeducational assessment, as well as years of experience in psychotherapy and neurotherapy. He is the author of thirty-five journal articles and nine book chapters, and editor or co-editor of ten psychology-related books, including Rhythmic Stimulation Procedures for Neuromodulation (2017) and Neurofeedback: The First Fifty Years ( 2019). Presently he is self-employed as a psychologist at the Sterlingworth Center in Greenville, SC.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, SC, USA