How Long Has the Treatment Been Around?

Treatment around 1920

Miller proves subjects could alter their autonomic nervous system through operant conditioning.
Joe Kamiya showed that people could learn to control their alpha amplitude with instrumental feedback.
Sterman serendipitously discovers NFT made cats seizure resistant while testing rocket fuel for NASA.

Sue and Siegfried Othmer are introduced to NFT.
The Othmers organize a large scale treatment of clinicians.
Present, Improved computer technology coupled with more widespread use amongst providers contribute to increased evidence in support of NFT.

Research into emerging applications increases dramatically (eg. Autism)
Three separate studies demonstrate patients learning voluntary control of areas of the brain when provided feedback in real time from MRI, proving what neurofeedback providers have known for 30 years.