Efficiency
of Several Kinds of Feedback in Self-Control of Skin Temperature
H. Hama, Y. Kawamura, H. Mine & Y. Matsuyama |
The
present experiment was designed to test the efficiency of seven procedures
which included different kinds of feedback respectively in training
Ss to change their skin temperature. Subjects were twenty-eight undergraduate
psychology students. The temperature difference between the hands
was computed by the system's controller. Seven kinds of feedback
conditions were prepared. They were (1) no feedback, (2) light, (3)
panel meter, (4) light and panel meter, (5) panel meter and money
counter, (6) light and money counter, and (7) light, panel meter,
and money counter. Subjects succeeded in changing their skin temperature
to the direction instructed in the conditions of (3), (4), and (5).
In other conditions Ss failed to control their skin temperature.
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