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Combined use of autogenic therapy and biofeedback in training effective control of heart rate by humansExperiments were performed on 24 men and women (aged 20-27 yr) in three equal groups who were taught to control their own heart rates by autogenic training and biofeedback under dark and sound-isolated conditions. Group I was parasympathetic dominant, group II was sympathetic dominant, and group III consisted of parasympathetic-dominant subjects and controls who received only biofeedback of their own heart rates. The results corroborate three hypotheses: (1) subjects with para-sympathetic-dominant autonomic profiles perform in a way that is both qualitatively and quantitatively different from subjects with sympathetic-dominant autonomic profiles; (2) tests of interindividual variability yield data relevant to individual performance in visceral learning tasks; and (3) the combined use of autogenic training, biofeedback, and verbal feedback is suitable for conditioning large stable autonomic responses in humans.
Document ID
19780033309
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Collected Works
Authors
Cowings, P. S.
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1977
Subject Category
Behavioral Sciences
Accession Number
78A17218
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: UCD301
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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