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Our basic working hypothesis, and the unifying principle behind most of our experiments, has been the idea that frequently stressed individuals will show physiological hyperarousal in one or several bodily systems. A complementary hypothesis has been that frequently stressed (or overreactive individuals) are likely to lose the ability to relax well; i.e., to shift into a low arousal condition.
Presented in abridged form as presidential address by the first author at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Research Society, November 1972, Boston, Massachusetts.
This research was supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense and was monitored by the Office of Naval Research under Contract N00014-70-C-0350 to the San Diego State College Foundation, by National Institute of Mental Health Grant Number MH-15596, and Research Scientist Development Award Number K01-MH43361-01.
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Stoyva, J., Budzynski, T. (1974). Cultivated Low Arousal—An Antistress Response?. In: Limbic and Autonomic Nervous Systems Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4407-0_11
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