After reading all of the class projects,
complete this assignment - deadline = October 28, 1998
After reading all of the class projects,
evaluate your team and its work - deadline = Nov. 4, 1998
BIOFEEDBACK:
Theory and Practice
Psychology 476 Fall, 1998
Dr. John M. Morgan MW 4:00 - 4:50 PM
Harry Griffith Hall, 204
Laboratory TBA
REQUIRED TEXT: Biofeedback and somatics, 1995
by Eleanor Criswell, Ed.D., 0-918236-06-1
Freeperson Press, Novato, Ca. 94947
new $14.95; used $11.25
Aug. 24 General Introduction and
Review of EMG, EEG, EDG, TEMP modes of Biofeedback
Aug. 26 Continue the review of each mode of Biofeedback
- Ch. 4.
Form laboratory and project groups
Aug. 31 Continue the review & summary of dysfunctions
- Sep. 2 Begin the demonstration of each piece of equipment
individually to each group
Sept. 9 Outline procedures to be carried out during each
laboratory session - Ch. 5 & 6.
Sept. 14 Instruction in progressive relaxation techniques
- Ch. 11.
Sept. 16 Instruction in autogenic relaxation techniques
- Ch. 11.
Begin laboratory work
Sept. 21 - 23 Biological basis of the nervous system - Appendix A.
Sept. 28 - 30 Central Nervous System & Autonomic Nervous System
Appendix A.
Oct. 5 Psychophysiology
Oct. 7 - 14 How does a person gain voluntary control?
Oct. 19 - 21 EEG - research, hemispheres, AD / HD- Ch. 7
Turn - in midterm project
Oct. 26 Epilepsy - Ch. 7.
Oct. 28 EMG - Stress reduction - Tension Headaches - Ch. 8.
Nov. 2 ElectroDermal Response - Ch. 9.
Nov. 4 Temperature - Migraine Headaches - Raynaud's Disease
Nov. 9 Temperature - Asthma - Ch. 10.
Nov. 11 Temperature - Raynaud's Disease - Ch. 10.
Nov. 16 Temperature - Hypertension - Ch. 10.
Nov. 18 Single subject design
Laboratory sessions end
Nov. 23 - 27 Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 30 Reports by two laboratory groups each day
- Dec. 9
Final Exam Date Turn - in final project
MIDTERM & FINAL BIOFEEDBACK PROJECTS
This is a new portion to my courses and stems from the
philosophy that the students should bear a reasonable share of the
work of a course. The first half of the course is composed of
learning and exploring how the biofeedback works while getting the
laboratory experiences started and the second half is devoted to
finishing the laboratory experiences and to a discussion of how
biofeedback is used and applied to real life problems.
I. Typical Dysfunctions:
Chronic Fatigue
Neurofeedback
Rehabilitation
Brain Brightening
Stress Coping / Stress Management
ADD / ADHD
Peak Work Performance
Insomnia / Sleep Disorders
Stress - related Disorders
Panic Attacks / Anxiety Attacks
Alcohol Addiction / Other drug Addictions
Immune Disorders
Temporal Mandibular Joint Dysfunction
Incontinence / Irritable Bowel Syndrome / bladder dysfunction
/ pelvic floor feedback
Epilepsy
Migraines & Tension Headaches
Chronic Pain / Lower and Upper Back Pain
Depression
Well Aging
Sports Performance Enhancement / Sports Fitness
Increasing Memory / decreasing Normal Aging Memory Loss
PMS / Sexual Dysfunction / Menopause
Ergonomics
Post-Traumatic-Stress- Disorder
Fibromyalgia
II. Modes of Biofeedback:
Electromyogram
Electroencephalogram
Electrodermogram
Temperature
Other (Mirrors, etc)
III. Process of the project:
Solo Each student selects a dysfunction condition to which
biofeedback has been applied (I. above)
Solo Each student selects the mode of the biofeedback
treatment with which to confront the dysfunction (II. above)
Team Members of the team negotiate with each other so that
each student is assigned a different dysfunction on which to
concentrate (I. above)
Solo Each student researches his/her topic and assimilates the
material, then writes a 2 page report in the format and style
agreed upon by the team.
Team Members of the team meet often and produce a team report
that integrates each of the member's reports in a publishable
format and that maintains each student's section separate and
signed.
IV. Resources:
Text book of the course
Book section (stacks) of the library, (Check the online
catalog - Catalyst)
Periodical section of the library -- Biofeedback & Self-
Regulation, Psychophysiology
Search of electronic indexes through the library, e.g.
Medline, Psychlit, ERIC, etc.
Internet newsgroups and lists (see attached list for examples)
Search internet for specific topic home pages
Physician, Patient and/or survivor home pages and/or
newsgroups on internet
V. Final Report will be published on the Internet as a product of
our class. Only those reports that are of sufficient quality will
earn course credit and be published for all to read. The reports
will be typed in either Wordperfect or Word word processing
computer programs with one inch margins all around and a NON-
proportional font such as New Courier with point size 12 and 10
characters per inch on average. The individual student will write
his/her part individually but the team will be responsible to
insure that each part fits well with each other part. Therefore,
the team needs to meet several times during the period in order to
insure that the individual reports mesh together in substance and
style. Each section needs to use some of all of the resources
listed above and referenced on the third page of the report for all
to reference. The individual reports should be 2 single-spaced, full
pages.
Each of these reports need to be highly compacted with knowledge and
data written in a very concise form. There is no room for
sentences which do not materially advance the topic or that repeat
a previously state thought. Personal, unsubstantiated opinions
have no place here. This is not an "I think" piece or a
composition for an english class but a report on hard data that
extends the textbook treatment of the topic.
Please be sure to follow these guidelines:
1 Establish your specific topic with the other members of your
team after repeated meetings.
2 Research and write your part of the team report in the word
processor of your choice consulting periodically with
your team members.
3 When completely finished with your part, examine it to
follow these cautions:
a Use only one set of formatting codes and place them
only at the beginning of your report.
b Use Courier or New Courier font only
c Use 12pt font size only - do not change this anywhere
in the body of your report.
d Use single space vertical line spacing only.
e Use 1" margins at the top, bottom, left and a 1.5"
margin at the right. Otherwise, the lines may
overrun the viewers screen.
f Do not use hyphens anywhere in the text. They will not
translate well.
g Do not use fancy formatting anywhere in the text, e.g.
avoid hanging indents for the bibliography.
h. Avoid underlines, italics, etc. because they will not
translate to the web.
4. Save your work to floppy disc using only ASCII (DOS) TEXT
file type, not ASCII delimited nor your word
processor's proprietary file type.
5. Get together with the rest of your team and join all of your
team member's individual reports together as one
sequential team report, eliminating any formatting
codes in the body of the team report and placing them
at the very beginning of the document only.
VI. Evaluation: Total Points
Mandatory:
1 team laboratory report to the class 150
2 projects: Solo portion @ 100 points each 200
Team portion @ 50 points each 100
2 Take home exams over the team projects @ 30 ea 60
(use on-line form)
2 Team peer evaluation @ 20 40
attendance in class periods 50
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Total for the Semester 600
Voluntary extra credit:
2 Occasions of volunteering to be a subject in a Psych
dept experiment @ 20 ea 40
1 Extra credit term paper 1/3 or 2/3 or 1 letter grade
increase variable
BIOFEEDBACK LABORATORY EXERCISE
Laboratory hours are provided so that each member of the class
can experience Biofeedback / Stress-Reduction training both as the
subject/client and as the experimenter/trainer. Students are
expected to choose one mode of Biofeedback on which to work during
laboratory sessions and choose one other classmate to form
laboratory groups. Each member of a group will assume the role of
subject and also trainer. There are eight weeks in which to finish
the laboratory exercise. It is required that each group meet at
least three times per week and each member act as subject on each
occasion. Each subject will require at least 30 minutes of
training per session.
You should remember that this is your first attempt at
learning and teaching Biofeedback. If your level of learning
excellence is not as perfect as you would wish, do not be
discouraged. You are working under less that ideal circumstances.
Each group will present an oral as well as written summary of
their laboratory experiences during one of the last four class
periods. The group should present a literature summary on their
specific problem, present and interpret the data of each member of
the group, indicate any difficulties encountered and any changes
that they might employ if repeating the Biofeedback laboratory
exercise. It is recommended that each member of each group prepare
a large graph of his/her data for the presentation to facilitate
class discussion.
Attendance during class periods is required, as is usual, but
the final letter grades will be lowered of those students who miss
a classroom presentation of their classmates during the group
report sessions.
Grades will be calculated from the results of the Midterm and
Final Projects, the quality of the group laboratory experience as
indicated in part by the group's verbal report and attendance in
class.
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