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Biofeedback
Biofeedback therapy is a treatment technique that enables people to
use signals emitted from their own body to monitor and improve their
health. It is the "use of instrumentation to mirror psychophysiological
processes of which the individual is not normally aware and which may be
brought under voluntary control (Biofeedback pamphlet)." These processes
include heart rate, respiratio ....
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.... were not told to adjust these physiological functions,
the feedback of their biological system was used to alter their conscious
and emotional state (O'Hair). The principles of operant conditioning have
often been used by people to explain biofeedback. In operant conditioning,
any activity that approximates the desired behavior or response is
reinforced or rewarded. By using these types of conditioning, feedback is
received. In 1969, Neal Miller d ....
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