Procedures
Skin Conductance Training:
Electrodes are placed on the tips of two fingers and the conductance of the skin is measured electrically. Skin conductance increases with the wetness of the skin, which in turn increases with cholinergically mediated sympathetic activation. This index of sympathetic activation is typically turned into a sound that lowers in pitch as the individual relaxes. Control is felt by most people to emanate from a center high in the belly: the same center that becomes prominent on a roller coaster. This training is helpful for monitoring imagery, for reducing panic, and for eliminating gastrointestinal symptoms such as Crohn's disease, colitis and peptic ulcer. It is also seen to be high in some instances of high blood pressure.
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