Articles & Research Citations
Neurocognitive therapy, also called EEG biofeedback or neurofeedback, has been studied by a growing core of researchers since the early 1970's. Hundreds of studies have been conducted since 1990 on the use of neurotherapy to treat a range of disorders including epilepsy, anxiety, headache, depression, and many others.
Research by Dr. Kirtley Thornton has focused the specific, effective qEEG parameters of cognitive function in normals and thus allows us, finally, to specify a functional map of the cortical electrical activity. With this map in place, we can determine exactly why a child has a learning problem and what the nature of that problem is. All conditions and disorders with a cognitive component can thus be evaluated with this functional map. As the Hubble telescope has allowed us to see space in a different way, we can now see and understand the brain better than we could ever before.
Dr. Thornton has published widely in the relevant peer-reviewed professional journals. Topics covered include the neurophysiology of mathematics, spelling, memory for tasks, and memory for location, among others. Selected articles are available on this Web site, with additional data available on request.
- General Methodology Involved in Neurocognitive Research
- Why the Brain-Damaged Individual Can't Remember
Many of Dr. Thornton's articles listed below are available in Adobe's PDF format. Please email us to request copies.
Dr. Thornton's publications include:
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The Anatomy of The Lie: A qEEG Investigation into Lie Detection, Feb.,1994,Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 22, (3/4), 179-210
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On the Nature of Artifacting the qEEG, Journal of Neurotherapy, 1 (3), 1996, 31-40
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The Fig Technique and the Functional Structure of Memory in Head Injured and Normal Subjects; Journal of Neurotherapy, 2 (1), 1997, 23-43
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Exploratory Investigation into Mild Brain Injury and Discriminant Analysis with High Frequency Bands (32-64 Hz), Head Injury, August,1999,477-488
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Exploratory Analysis: Mild Head Injury, Discriminant Analysis with High Frequency Bands (32-64 Hz) under Attentional Activation Conditions & Does Time Heal?, Journal of Neurotherapy, Feb.,2000,1-10
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Electrophysiology of Auditory Memory of Paragraphs, Journal of Neurotherapy,2000,Vol 4(3), 45-73
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Improvement/Rehabilitation of Memory Functioning with Neurotherapy/QEEG Biofeedback, Aspen Pub./JHTR, September 18, 2000, 1-13
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Rehabilitation of Memory Functioning in Brain Injured Subjects with EEG Biofeedback, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Dec., 2000, 15 (6), 1285-1296
- Electrophysiology of Visual Memory for Korean Characters, Current Psychology, Spring 2002, Vol. 21, No. 1, 85-108
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Electrophysiology of the reasons the brain damaged subject can't recall what they hear, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2002, 17, 1-17
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Electrophysiology (qEEG) of Effective Reading Memory: Towards a Generator/Activation Theory of the Mind, Journal of Neurotherapy, 2002, 6(3),37-66
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