Barbara Brown (scientist)
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Barbara B. Brown was a research psychologist who popularized biofeedback
and neurofeedback
in the 1970s. "Brown was the biofeedback field's most prolific writer and most successful popularizer." http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060105445
Brown earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology
from the University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine in 1950. She went from a technician at pharmaceutical company Merrell
to heading their Department of Pharmacology. From there she went to Riker Laboratories and Psychopharmacology Research Laboratories. She became Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California
Center for Health Sciences in Los Angeles and at the University of California, Irvine
. She lectured at the Department of Psychiatry at University of California, Los Angeles
.http://tobaccodocuments.org/lor/03607874-7884.html
Dr. Brown created and popularized the word "biofeedback
". She did her ground-breaking research when she was Chief of Experiential Physiology Research at the Veterans Administration
Hospital in Sepulveda, California.http://tobaccodocuments.org/lor/03607874-7884.html
Brown was co-founder and first president (1969-1970) of the Biofeedback Research Society, which evolved into the Biofeedback Society of America and then into the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
In later years she suffered a stroke and died in 1999 in Rancho Mirage.http://www.aapb.org/files/public/BIOFEEDBACK_WINTER_01.pdf
Biofeedback
Biofeedback is the process of becoming aware of various physiological functions using instruments that provide information on the activity of those same systems, with a goal of being able to manipulate them at will...
and neurofeedback
Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback , also called neurotherapy, neurobiofeedback or EEG biofeedback is a type of biofeedback that uses realtime displays of electroencephalography or functional magnetic resonance imaging to illustrate brain activity, often with a goal of controlling central nervous system activity...
in the 1970s. "Brown was the biofeedback field's most prolific writer and most successful popularizer." http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060105445
Brown earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
from the University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
College of Medicine in 1950. She went from a technician at pharmaceutical company Merrell
Marion Merrell Dow
Marion Merrell Dow and its predecessor Marion Laboratories was a U.S. pharmaceutical company based in Kansas City, Missouri from 1950 until 1996....
to heading their Department of Pharmacology. From there she went to Riker Laboratories and Psychopharmacology Research Laboratories. She became Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
Center for Health Sciences in Los Angeles and at the University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
. She lectured at the Department of Psychiatry at University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
.http://tobaccodocuments.org/lor/03607874-7884.html
Dr. Brown created and popularized the word "biofeedback
Biofeedback
Biofeedback is the process of becoming aware of various physiological functions using instruments that provide information on the activity of those same systems, with a goal of being able to manipulate them at will...
". She did her ground-breaking research when she was Chief of Experiential Physiology Research at the Veterans Administration
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is the United States government’s second largest department, after the United States Department of Defense...
Hospital in Sepulveda, California.http://tobaccodocuments.org/lor/03607874-7884.html
Brown was co-founder and first president (1969-1970) of the Biofeedback Research Society, which evolved into the Biofeedback Society of America and then into the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
In later years she suffered a stroke and died in 1999 in Rancho Mirage.http://www.aapb.org/files/public/BIOFEEDBACK_WINTER_01.pdf