Abstract
Specificity, Integration and Differentiation of Human Cardiovascular Responses by Voluntary Control
H. Yasumaru
Two experiments were performed to examine specificity, integration and differentiation in heart rate (HR) and plethysmographic blood volume pulse amplitude (Pleth. amplitude). In Experiment I it was possible to control two closely related autonomic responses separately under Feedback condition. This specificity was not observed under Non-Feedback condition. Simultaneous feedback of both HR and Pleth. produced greater effects than feedback of the individual responses. Furthermore a Teaming process of voluntary control was examined. In Experiment II the subjects could learn differentiation. Integration was learned more easily than was differentiation. The interaction among responses was discussed.