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...Biofeedback was once hailed as "the single greatest development in the history of psychology." The development of new machines in the '60s offered the possibility of monitoring one's own brain waves, heartbeat, blood pressure, body temperature and other involuntary body functions. The theory: the buzzes, lights or other indicators of biofeedback machines instantly report the body's reaction to thoughts or feelings. Once a patient discovers, for example, which feelings or tensions are associated with a warning buzz or light in the machine, he can learn by trial and error to shift his thoughts or relax...
Suddenly, all things seemed possible. Joe Kamiya, a pioneer of biofeedback training, thought "people will soon control phobias and anxieties." Psychopharmacologist Barbara Brown (New Mind, New Body) predicted a drastic drop in the use of medication and the number of hospitals within a decade. Among other heady predictions: biofeedback would eliminate the need for psychotherapy, provide a foolproof birth control method (by teaching males to lower their scrotal temperatures), produce superathletes, prove the reality of ESP and enable mankind to solve problems during sleep by "programming dreams...
...heavy conglomerates. Powers of Mind is further evidence that Smith's publishing instincts are like those of a surfer who knows just when to catch the curl of the wave. For the New Purity is upon us-or at least upon the affluent who enroll in TM classes, biofeedback training, Esalen body rubs and Zen tennis lessons. Adam Smith has had a crack at all of these and more...
...same way, she will talk about "the essences" of friends or colleagues. She feels that she has learned much from Scientology, Ex-Science Fiction Writer L. Ron Hubbard's free-floating religion. Black keeps an E-Meter, which indicates emotionally charged words, close at hand. It measures "biofeedback emotional response," she says. "Scientology is a group of knowledge to handle and get rid of inexplicable behavior. It has cleared my mind...
...those who have high blood pressure, the outlook is bright. Exercise and diet groups to help hypertensives shape up are in operation in most major cities and many smaller communities. Researchers at Rockefeller University and other institutions are experimenting with biofeedback* to teach hypertensives to dilate their arteries and lower their blood pressures slightly. A Boston physician, Dr. Herbert Benson, has taught some of his patients to reduce their blood pressure by means of what he calls "relaxation response," a sort of transcendental-meditation technique...