Clinical Applied Psychophysiology
Sponsored by Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
Editors: Carlson, John G., Seifert, A. Ronald, Birbaumer, Niels (Eds.)
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Although the injunction "Know thyself" was inscribed over the site of the Delphic Oracle, the concept is of much more ancient lineage. Thousands of years ago, the wise men of the East had learned to exert authority over a broad range of bodily experiences and functions using techniques that are still taught today. But it is only in the past few decades that the West has become aware once again of the range of control that the central nervous system can maintain over sensation and body function. Medicine has moved slowly in integrating these concepts into the classic medical model of disease despite a growing body of evidence that links emotional state, thought, and imagery to immunocompetence, tissue healing, and bodily vigor. It is precisely the role of a volume such as this, reflecting a fascinating conference in Munich, to emphasize and reemphasize these ideas. We are fortunately well beyond the sterile behaviorism of Watson with its com plete negation of the significance of mental operations. But many still consider suspect those forces and mechanisms, however powerful, that seem to originate from brain-mind activity. The chapters in this book, with their emphases on the mind-body continuum as a bridge to self regulation and health, provide a modern "School of Athens" in bringing these concepts to wider acquaintance.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Clinical Applied Psychophysiology Introduction
Pages 3-20
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Schopenhauer’s Ethics and the Concept of Behavioral Self-Regulation
Pages 21-25
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Biofeedback of Slow Cortical Potentials in Epilepsy
Pages 29-42
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The P300 Event-Related Brain Potential in Psychiatric and Neurological Diagnosis
Pages 43-52
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Type A and Cardiovascular Responsiveness in Italian Blue Collar Workers
Pages 55-70
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Clinical Applied Psychophysiology
- Book Subtitle
- Sponsored by Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
- Editors
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- John G. Carlson
- A. Ronald Seifert
- Niels Birbaumer
- Series Title
- The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine
- Copyright
- 1994
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4757-9703-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4757-9703-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-306-44555-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4757-9705-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIV, 268
- Topics
