Why the study?
Does operant conditioning decouple heart rate and systolic blood pressure in normal male subjects?
Population
20 normal male subjects
Comparison
Operant conditioning with heart rate feedback vs Opposite conditioning group
Design
Other
Follow-up
single session
Authors
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May support selective HR biofeedback; leaves open durability and clinical translation in patients.
Does operant conditioning decouple heart rate and systolic blood pressure in normal male subjects?
Operant conditioning can successfully decouple heart rate and systolic blood pressure in humans, demonstrating instrumental fractionation of visceral behavior.
Shapiro et al. (1970) studied this question.
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