Role of suggestions in digital skin temperature: implications for temperature biofeedback research.
The purpose of the present experiment was to explore the role suggestions and assessment procedures play in affecting digital skin temperature. Four different types of suggestions were given subjects (warm, cool, pseudo (electronic terms), and no suggestions). Twenty-five subjects were randomly assigned to the four experimental conditions. The data were analyzed by three popular assessment procedures typically found in the literature. As predicted, subjects displayed significant decreases in skin temperature each day regardless of the training condition they were in. The assessment procedures produced differential results.
D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013404:Suggestion