PSYC 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Radial Artery, Electrocardiography, Analog Science Fiction And Fact
30 Sep 2017
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Key messages: the way we think about health and illness directly affects the treatments, interventions, systems we develop and use. In studying health, we need to be precise in defining our questions (especially when dealing with controversial topics) Interest in eastern meditative disciples: eastern meditative disciplines are of interest to health psychology (interest increased in the 1960s, question the understanding of mind-body relationship. Early investigations: therese brousse (1935), travel to india, portable electrocardiograph to record yogis" voluntary control of cardiovascular activity. Further studies: anand, china and singh (1961, yogi sealed in airtight box for 8-10 hours, they were able to reduce oxygen intake and co2 output, even with decreased oxygen, the heart rate was not increased. Study of yogi"s ability to be oblivious to external stimulation during meditation: hands immersed in cold water for 45-55 minutes, no apparent discomfort, eeg associated with wakeful relaxation.
