David Freides, Ph.D.

Research

As of the Fall of 2000, main research interest is in the investigation of procedures to evaluate attention that provides information about specific types of brain dysfunction. A second area of work is on the efficiency of brain biofeedback procedures in the treatment of migraine, attention disorder and depression. There is also continuing interest in evaluating the validity of a brief assessment of narrative and complex spatial memory and in a self report personality and temperament inventory based on neuropsychological principles.

Current Projects

Procedural issues in the measurement of attention.

Efficancy of Infrared Brain Emisssion Neurofeedback (IRBEN) in treating migraine, depression and Asperger syndrome.

Clinical studies of the efficacy of infrared frontal lobe neurofeedback on migraine headache and other conditions of autonomic dysregulation and research on the relevance of the infrared signal for behavior.

Lab Members

• Julie Alvarez, Graduate Student
• Selected undergraduate students.