Talk:Sensorimotor rhythm

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Citation is needed for saying that SMR is also known as Mu. I have good reason to think that this is not the case, but I am not certain and so will not correct it. I believe it is not the case because, although both originate in the motor cortex, SMR waves are from 12-15 Hz whereas Mu waves are from 8-12 Hz, in the alpha frequency range. Collin Stocks (talk) 05:06, 25 February 2008 (UTC)Collin Stocks

Dear Collin, in the medical psychology community the terms SMR and mu-rhythm are used interchangingly. The same holds for the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) community, where SMR desynchronization is exploited for control purposes. The analysis of SMR frequencies for the latter purpose shows that it nearly never exceeds 13 Hz, thus I adapted the frequency description. --Michael Tangermann (talk) 06:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Neurofeedback is the correct keyword for the feedback training methods used to regulate SMR. I have removed the Biofeedback link as this appears too general. --Michael Tangermann (talk) 08:39, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Due to the existance of two articles on the same (or depending on the point of view: very similar) articles, I propose to merge the article of sensorimotor rhythm with the article of mu rhythm and add a redirect instead --Michael Tangermann (talk) 09:00, 14 May 2008 (UTC)