Thesis (Ph. D.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Integrative Biology, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references.

No description available.

No description available.

The purpose of this study was to examine the independent and combined effects of thermal biofeedback and thermal suggestions on peripheral temperature control. Four treatment groups were compared: biofeedback, suggestion, combined biofeedback-suggestion, and a control group receiving only instructions requesting that the subjects attempt to raise their peripheral temperature. All groups received these same response-specific instructions. It was hypothesized that the group receiving the combined treatment would demonstrate the greatest amount of peripheral temperature control and that the control group would demonstrate the least.40 subjects participated in the study (10 per group). Before attending three treatment sessions, each subject attended two baseline sessions. Temperature change was computed from the end of a stabilization period to the end of a 15 minute training period. This temperature change on baseline days represented the subject's natural drift in peripheral temperature. Baseline day changes were subtracted from training day changes in order to control for each individual's natural drift. The resulting change scores were used as the dependent variable.A 4 X 3 ANOVA with repeated measures on the last factor was the statistical design used to analyze the data. There were no significant effects found at the .05 level. The results of this study are therefore indicative of the following conclusions:1. Biofeedback, suggestion, or a combined biofeedback, suggestion method, when used in conjunction with response-specific instructions for raising peripheral temperature, are not significantly different from each other in their effects upon peripheral temperature control. Also, the effects of these treatments on peripheral temperature control are not significantly different from the effects of a treatment consisting only of response-specific instructions.2. Regardless of treatment received, peripheral temperature control is not effected by the amount of training received over three training sessions.3. The effects of the different treatments upon peripheral temperature control is not dependent upon the amount of training received over a three session period of time.Although not significantly lower, the mean of the control group consistently demonstrated the poorest level of peripheral temperature control. All four treatment groups were able to demonstrate peripheral temperature control.

Despite high prevalence rates of insomnia among the elderly, very few treatment options adapted to the characteristics and needs of this population group exist. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of a thermal biofeedback based technique in treating sleep onset insomnia in an elderly sample. Eight healthy elderly good sleepers and eight healthy elderly sleep onset insomniacs participated in the study. The effect of the thermal biofeedback on participants' forehead temperature, clavicular temperature, right hand temperature, left hand temperature, stomach temperature, thigh temperature, right foot temperature, core body temperature, and sleep latency was assessed. Furthermore, the impact of the thermal biofeedback technique on participants' subjective ratings of biofeedback proficiency and sleepiness was investigated. The thermal biofeedback protocol failed to generate adequate and consistent changes in participants' body temperature, indicating that it is of limited practical used as a treatment of sleep onset insomnia in its present form. Several interesting trends observed during the current study are explored and areas for further research identified. / Thesis (MPsy(Clinical))--University of South Australia, 2006.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Committee Chair: Dr. Nael A. McCarty; Committee Co-Chair: Dr. Darrell Jackson; Committee Member: Dr. Alfred H. Merrill; Committee Member: Dr. Barbara D. Boyan; Committee Member: Dr. Harish Radhakrishna; Committee Member: Dr. Marion B. Sewer

Thesis--University of Florida. / Description based on print version record. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-152).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.