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Biofeedback
Biofeedback therapy is a treatment technique that enables people to
use signals emitted from their own body to monitor and improve their
health. It is the "use of instrumentation to mirror psychophysiological
processes of which the individual is not normally aware and which may be
brought under volunta ....
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.... used to alter their conscious
and emotional state (O'Hair). The principles of operant conditioning have
often been used by people to explain biofeedback. In operant conditioning,
any activity that approximates the desired behavior or response is
reinforced or rewarded. By using these types of conditioning, feedback is
received. In 1969, Neal Miller demonstrated that animals could learn to
change levels of their autonomic functions on the basis of contingent
reinforcement. Miller gave rats feedback on its behavior when the were
rewarded for moving in the desired physiol ....
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