The literature relating to the learned control of autonomic
processes, especially cardiovascular processes demonstrating that
the activities of visceral response systems may be modified by
operant reinforcement and biofeedback procedures, has grown
exponentially. This research seems to show behavioral properties in
the cardiovascular system that were previously believed to be
exclusive attributes of the somatic response systems; the
implications of this for possible therapeutic use have received
widespread publicity. Questions remained unanswered--about the
nature of "voluntary" control and the conditions necessary for
establishing it, the reciprocal effects of conditioned changes in
cardiovascular and psychological or behavioral functioning, the use
of cardiovascular events to index behavioral states, and the
principles and techniques whereby operant conditioning of the
cardiovascular system can be clinically applied.
This book contains original essays by leading authorities on the
subject. When originally published, it represented the first
comprehensive overview of the entire field of cardiovascular
psychophysiology. It begins with three chapters that provide an
overview of the subject and the major contemporary measurement
techniques. Part II contains six experimental studies of
cardiovascular function dealing with the interactive nature of
cardiovascular and behavioral events.
This book serves as a benchmark for all future research in
cardiovascular psychophysiology, and as such it will be of
continuing interest to advanced students, researchers, scholars,
and teachers in the fields of psychophysiology, psychiatry,
cardiology, and biomedical engineering.
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