Research and Further Reading on Brainwave Entrainment

Isochronic Tones and Brainwave Entrainment David Siever, C.E.T.

Effects of 18.5 Audiovisual Stimulation On EEG Amplitude at the Vertex Frederick, J., Lubar, J., Rasey, H., Brim, S., Blackburn, J., Proceedings AAPB Thirteenth Anniversary Annual Meeting, 1999

Auditory Beats in the Brain , Gerald Oster, Scientific American 229

Clinical Guide to Light and Sound Thomas Budzynski, Ph.D.

The Effect of Repetitive Audio/Visual Stimulation on Skeletomotor and Vasomotor Activity in the Low Hypnotizable TMJ Subject Dr. Norman Thomas B.D.S., B.Sc., Ph.D. & David Siever, C.E.T. Hypnosis, 1988.

Responses to Clicks from the Human Brain: Some Depth Electrographic Observations, Gian Emilio Chatrian, M.D., Magnus C. Petersen, M.D., and Jorge A. Lazarte, M.D. - Rochester State Hospital (1959).

The Interaction of Certain Spontaneous and Induced Cortical Potentials Dempsey, E., American Journal of Physiology (1942)

The Application of Audiostimulation and Electromyographic Biofeedback to Bruxism and Myofascial Pain-Dysfunction Syndrome, Dr. Arturo Manns, Miralles, R., Adrian, H., Oral Surgery, 1981, Vol. 52

Recommended Books

Amazon.com link: A Symphony in the Brain: The Evolution of the New Brain Wave Biofeedback

Amazon UK link: A Symphony In The Brain 

This book is about neurofeedback work rather than entrainment, but the information is relevant to entrainment because both are based on controlling brainwaves.

More information:

Brainwave Entrainment FAQ

What is Brainwave Entrainment

Brainwave Entrainment For Depression

Approach-withdrawal and Cerebral Asymmetry: Emotional Expression and Brain Physiology.

R.J. Davidson, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58 (1990) 330-34

Regional Brain Electrical Asymmetries Discriminate between Previously Depressed and Healthy

Control Subjects J.B. Henriques and R.J. Davidson., Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 99 (1990)

22-31

Neurofeedback in major depression associated to addictions - a case study. Ibric, Victoria L. ,

MD, PhD., Journal Of NeuroTherapy

Audio-Visual Entrainment as a Treatment Modality for Seasonal Affective Disorder, Kathy Berg,

David Siever, 1999

Major Depressive Disorder: QEEG Subtypes and Treatment Implications, Robert Gurnee,

Annual Conference, Society of Neuronal Regulation

Neurofeedback in major depression associated to addictions - a case study. Ibric, Victoria L. ,

MD, PhD. , Annual Conference, Society of Neuronal Regulation

Relationship between depression severity and overall EEG abnormality., Lawson, Robert and

Rogers, Randy., Annual Conference, Society of Neuronal Regulation

Roshi Compared with the Rosenfeld Depression Protocol:A Case Report, D. Corydon

Hammond, Ph.D., University of Utah., Annual Conference, Society of Neuronal Regulation

Frontal Asymmetry Changes Reflect Brief Mood Shifts in both Normal and Depressed Subjects,

Elsa Baehr, PhD, J. Peter Rosenfeld, PhD, & Rufus Baehr, PhD, Annual Conference, Society of

Neuronal Regulation

EEG Asymmetry and Depression Severity: A Comparison of Various Asymmetry Measures,

Robert Lawson, M.S., QEEGT and Tim Barnes, M.A., QEEGT. University of North Texas,

Neurotherapy Lab, Annual Conference, Society of Neuronal Regulation

Anterior Alpha Asymmetry in Anxiety and Depression, Robert Lawson and Eugenia

Bodenhamer-Davis, Annual Conference, Society of Neuronal Regulation

A Comparison of Depths of Relaxation Produced by Various Techniques and Neurotransmitters

by Brainwave Entrainment Shealy, N., Cady, R., Cox, R., Liss, S., Clossen, W., Veehoff, D., A

study done for Comprehensive Health Care, Unpublished

  Recent Study by Dr.David Cantor, Ph.D.

"After 4 weeks, BDI testing revealed "a huge drop" in self-reported depression scores in the treatment group, compared with no change in the untreated group, said Dr. Cantor.

QEEG testing also showed neurophysiologic changes in the treated patients (but not the untreated group) that corresponded to their reports of improved mood. "The QEEG changes we saw were noted in the frontal regions of the brain that have been shown by other studies to be involved in mood regulation," he said. ...

The group that had received the first phase of treatment showed a sustained effect of treatment, both behaviorally and neurophysiologically, even after 4 weeks of discontinuation." 

(Dr. Cantor's study used audio visual brainwave entrainment)