Absorption, Relaxation, and Imagery Instruction Effects on Thermal Imagery Experience and Finger Temperature
Description:
A skill instruction technique based on cognitive behavioral principles was applied to thermal imagery to determine if it could enhance either subjective or physiological responsiveness. The effects of imagery instruction were compared with the effects of muscle relaxation on imagery vividness, thermal imagery involvement, and the finger temperature response. The subjects were 39 male and 29 female volunteers from a minimum security federal prison. The personality characteristic of absorption w…
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Date:
December 1986
Creator:
Durrenberger, Robert Earl, 1951-