Anxiety as a Factor of Autonomic Arousal in Instrumental
Control of Skin Temperature
H. Hama, Y. Kawamura, H. Mine & Y. Matsuyama |
The purpose of the present study is to examine the
relationship between anxiety level and instrumental control of skin
temperature with the aid of visual feedback. Eighteen subjects were
chosen on the basis of Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale scores. Six subjects
were assigned to each of three groups, low anxiety, medium anxiety,
and high anxiety. All subjects learned to both increase and decrease
their index finger temperature. To motivate subjects, a monetary reward
was given them at the end of each session according to their performance.
The results support our hypothesis that high anxiety subjects are able
to control their skin temperature better than low anxiety subjects.
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