SOMATIC CORRELATES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTION.

Abstract

A number of exploratory longitudinal studies were conducted on correlations between cardiovascular reactivity in several parameters and changing psychological states in healthy and patient populations. These studies were expanded to include longitudinal analyses of changes in psychoendocrine patterns in 'normal' human subjects, acute schizophrenic patients and animals. Another extension of these studies included autonomic conditioning in humans and animals in which operant techniques were utilized. Related intracranial stimulation experiments were performed on animals and tentative attempts were made for its utilization in the alleviation of intractible pain in terminal cancer patients. Several technical developments were made in transducers and an automatic multiple channel general purpose Data Processing System for physiological variables was designed and built which is now in operation in related experiments. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1967
Accession Number
AD0655287

Entities

People

  • Donald L. Burnham

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Data Processing
  • Image Processing
  • Reactivities
  • Terminals
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.