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{{Dablink|For the 3D platform video game, see [[Alpha Waves]].}}

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'''Alpha waves''' are [[neural oscillations]] in the frequency range of 8–12 [[Hertz|Hz]] arising from ''synchronous'' and ''coherent'' (''in phase''/''constructive'') electrical activity of [[Human thalamus|thalamic]] pacemaker cells in humans. They are also called [[Hans Berger|(contracted; show full)n they were creating alpha waves, and could increase their alpha activity. These individuals were motivated through a reward system from Kamiya. The second progenitor of biofeedback is Dr. Barry Sterman, from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was working with monitoring brain waves in cats and found that, when the cats were trained to withhold motor movement, they released SMR, or mu, waves, a wave similar to alpha waves. Using a reward system, he further trained these cats to enter this state 
more easierly. Later, he was approached by the United States Air Force to test the effects of a jet fuel that was known to cause seizures in humans. Sterman tested the effects of this fuel on the previously-trained cats, and discovered that they had a higher resistance to seizures than non-trained cats.

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