Key result
Avoidance conditioning using punishment avoidance contingencies successfully imposed effective control over cardiovascular functioning and heart rate in human subjects.
Why the study?
Does avoidance conditioning control heart rate in human subjects?
Does avoidance conditioning control heart rate in human subjects?
Punishment avoidance contingencies can be used to impose effective external control over heart rate in humans.
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May permit external heart rate control via avoidance conditioning; leaves open clinical translation and durability.
Thomas Frazier (1966) studied this question. Avoidance conditioning technique (punishment avoidance contingency) was evaluated on Heart-rate control and shaping of prespecified response patterns. Avoidance conditioning using punishment avoidance contingencies successfully imposed effective control over cardiovascular functioning and heart rate in human subjects.
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