Bilateral vasoconstrictive differences and body focus.
Body focus as a function of an S's cognitive schema has been shown to be associated with bilateral differences in skin conductance. This relationship between body focus and physiological activity has been extended by other investigations studying Raynaud's patients to include bilateral differences in digital temperature. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether these results generalize to a population of normal Ss. Differential digital finger temperatures were recorded for 28 male and 28 female Ss. An association was not found between body focus and bilateral digital temperature differences in the normal Ss. It is concluded that the previous relationship found was the result of the Raynaud's disease or the body focus of a Raynaud's victim.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014661:Vasoconstriction