JOHN GRUZELIER is Professor of Psychology, and has been a Professorial Research Fellow in the Department Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London since 2006. He was formerly of the Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Imperial College London.  

 

Keywords for current research include:

·         EEG-Neurofeedback and Autonomic Biofeedback

·         Performing and Originating Arts

·         Creativity

·         Cognitive Enhancement for Peak Performance, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Head Injury and Stroke

·         Self-Hypnosis/Visualisation and Immune Function

·         Energy Medicine

 

At Goldsmiths the focus is primarily on research interests in enhancing function, developed over the past 10 years, with application to peak performance, notably in the performing and originating arts, and in cognitive enhancement of processes including attention, memory, reasoning, creativity, artistry, and motor skills including microsurgical skills.

Applications to clinical disorders include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), chronic fatigue syndrome, brain injury, and resilience of the immune system.  Methodologies include EEG-neurofeedback, autonomic biofeedback, self-hypnosis/visualisation, and in the case of energy medicine PhDs on Johrei, acutaneous stimulation, and Reiki.

Validation has been an over riding concern.

 

Funding:

·         National Endowment for Science, Technology & Arts (NESTA) “Making Waves”: application of neurofeedback to novice adult, primary and secondary school musicians and effects on their learning, creativity and well-being; www.nesta.org.uk/ourawardees/profiles/5528/index.html

                     Collaboration with Trinity College of Music.www.tcm.ac.uk

·         EU 6th Framework Programme, Emerging Technologies, Presenccia, WP ”Creative Presence States”

http://www.presenccia.org/

 This aims to incorporate Virtual Reality with neurofeedback and applications will include dance performance (Laban), music performance (Trinity), creative writing and computer science (Goldsmiths). Virtual Reality will be incorporated with visualisation and self-hypnosis. Laban www.laban.org

·         An EU Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) network on Electrical oscillations and cognition (ENOC). www.manu.edu.mk/costb27

·         PhD fellowship for Dr Max Chen from Taiwan for application of acutaneous stimulation and neurofeedback to head injury.

·         PhD fellowship for Tomas Ros from Brain Health, London for application of neurofeedback to chronic fatigue syndrome.

·         ESRC PhD award for Helen Brinston with Dr Karina Linnell for application of neurofeedback to stroke.

 

Keywords for academic activities include (see pdfs*):

·         President, Society for Applied Neuroscience (SAN), www.applied-neuroscience.org

·         Vice-president, Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) B27 Electrical neuronal oscillations and cognition, www.manu.edu.mk/costb27

·         Editor, Contemporary Hypnosis, an international journal of the British Society for Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis. www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/ch

·         250 scientific publications on topics aside form the above interests, topics from his earlier career: the cognitive neuroscience of schizophrenia, psychosis-proneness, brain lateralisation, hypnosis, stress-related and immune disorders (HSV-2 and HIV) and recreational drugs (ecstacy).

·         PhD students: Deborah Bowden, Helen Brinson, Joseph Leach, Akira Naito (ICL), Tomas Ros, Tony Steffert,

 

Professional Awards, Editorships, Officer Posts in Scientific Societies.

·         2004 the Ernest R. Hilgard award of the International Hypnosis Society for lifetime Scientific Excellence.

·         2001 the best clinical paper award of the USA  Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.

·         Co-editor of the International Journal of Psychophysiology since its inception in 1984 until 2004.

·         Member of Editorial Boards of European Psychologist, the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the Journal of  Neurotherapy.

·         Board of Governors of the International Organisation of Psychophysiology.

·         Fellow British Psychological Society, International Organisation of Psychophysilogy, Royal Society of Arts.

·         A past president of the British Psychophysiology Society.

·         A past vice-president of the European Federation of Psychophysiological Societies.

 

Arts and SciArt profile http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/johngruzelier/Arts.doc

 

Recent representative publications (for full list see Publications pdf).

 

·         Functional Enhancement: EEG-Neurofeedback.

Egner, T. Gruzelier JH (2003) Ecological validity of neurofeedback: Modulation of slow wave EEG enhances musical performance. NeuroReport, 14, 1225-1228.

Egner, T. Gruzelier, J.H. (2004) EEG biofeedback of low beta band components: Frequency-specific effects on variables of attention and event-related brain potentials. Clinical Neurophysiology, 115, 131-139..

Gruzelier, J.H., Egner, T. (2005)  Critical validation studies of neurofeedback.  Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 14, 83-104.

Raymond, J. Varney, C. Gruzelier J.H. (2005) The effects of alpha/theta neurofeedback on personality and mood. Cognitive Brain Research, 23, 287-292.

Gruzelier, J.H., Egner, T., Vernon, D. (2006) Validating the efficacy of neurofeedback for optimising performance. In C. Neuper , W. Klimesch, Event-related dynamics of brain oscillations. Progress in Brain Research, 159, in press.

 

·         Functional Enhancement: Immune System and Health.

Gruzelier, J.H. (2002) The role of psychological intervention in modulating aspects of immune function in relation to health and well being. International Review of Neurobiology, 52, 383-417.

Gruzelier, J.H., Champion, A., Fox, P., Rollin, M., McCormack, S., Catalan, P., Barton, S., Henderson, D. (2002) Individual differences in personality, immunology and mood in patients undergoing self-hypnosis training for the successful treatment of a chronic viral illness, HSV-2.Contemporary Hypnosis, 19, (4), 149-166.

Naito, A., Laidlaw, T.M., Henderson, D.C., Farahani, L., Dwivedi, P., Gruzelier, J.H. (2003) The impact of self-hypnosis and Johrei on lymphocyte sub-population at exam time: a controlled study. Brain Research Bulletin, 62, 241-253.

 

·         Altered States of  Consciousness.

Gruzelier, J.H. (2000) Unwanted effects of hypnosis: A review of the evidence and its implications.                  Contemporary Hypnosis, 17, (4) 163-193.

Gruzelier, J.H. (2000) Redefining hypnosis: Theory, methods and integration. Contemporary Hypnosis, 17 (2) 51-70.

Vaitl,D., Birbaumer, N., Gruzelier, J., Jamieson, G., Kotchoubey, B., Kübler, A., Lehmann D., Miltner, W.H.R., Ott, U., Pütz, P., Sammer, G., Strauch, I., Strehl, U., Wackermann, J., Weiss, T. (2005) Psychobiology of altered states of Consciousness, Psychological Bulletin, 131, 98-127.

Egner, T., Jamieson, G., Gruzelier, J.H. (2005) Hypnosis decouples cognitive control from conflict monitoring processes of the frontal lobe. Neuroimage, 27, 969-978.

Gruzelier, J.H. (2006) Frontal functions, connectivity and neural efficiency underpinning hypnosis and

hypnotic susceptibility, Contemp. Hypnosis. 23, 15-32.

 

·         Psychopathology.

Gruzelier, JH (2002) A Janusian perspective on the nature, development and structure of schizophrenia and schizotypy. Schizophrenia Research, 54, 95-103.

Gruzelier, J.H. (2003) Theory, methods and new directions in the psychophysiology of the schizophrenic process and schizotypy. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 48, 221245.

Klugman, A, Gruzelier, JH (2003) Chronic cognitive impairment in users of ‘ecstasy’ and cannabis. World Psychiatry, 2, 166-172.

Vernon, D., Haenschel, C., Dwivedi, P., Gruzelier, J.H. (2005) Slow habituation of induced gamma and beta oscillations in association with unreality experiences in schizotypy. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 56, 15-24.

 

*Pdfs under construction.