| Abstract: | Reviews foundations of the belief that autonomically mediated responses are not instrumentally modifiable in the work of Jerzy Konorski, Stefan Miller, and Skinner. Later research confirming the conditionability of the human galvanic skin response is cited, along with confirmation of the reliability of instrumental heart rate conditioning. Implications for basic conditioning theory and for the treatment of psychosomatic disorders are noted. A revision of the traditional categories of conditioning is suggested. (74 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
