What does this research mean for the field?

Respiration feedback, but not frontalis muscle feedback, enhances the acquisition of voluntary systolic blood pressure control, demonstrating that specific physiological mediators can improve autonomic self-regulation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

November 1, 1978Psychophysiology

Operant Conditioning of Blood Pressure: Effects of Mediators

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Why the study?

Does respiration or frontalis muscle feedback enhance the operant conditioning of systolic blood pressure in normotensive individuals?

Structured PICO

Does respiration or frontalis muscle feedback enhance the operant conditioning of systolic blood pressure in normotensive individuals?

Population

21 normotensive individuals (3 groups of 7)

Intervention

Systolic blood pressure feedback plus respiration rate and volume feedback, or systolic blood pressure feedback plus frontalis muscle activity feedback (5 training sessions)

Comparator

Systolic blood pressure feedback alone

Outcome

Acquisition of systolic blood pressure controlsurrogate

Respiration feedback enhances autonomic self-regulation of blood pressure, suggesting potential methodological implications for behavioral hypertension treatments.

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Implication

Respiration feedback may aid BP self-regulation in normotensives; leaves open translation to hypertension treatment.

Cite This Study

Goldman et al. (1978) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d24591e7099f69104f321 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.1978.tb03105.x

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