Open AccessThe Effects of Relaxation and Postural Training on External Perception: Improvement of Visual Acuity, Visual Field, and Hearing Acuity
Author(s) -
Konno Yoshitaka
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5884.00045
Subject(s) - visual acuity , audiology , psychology , relaxation (psychology) , perception , test (biology) , visual field , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , ophthalmology , social psychology , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
This study examined the effects of muscular relaxation and postural training on external perception using a visual acuity test, a visual field test, and a hearing acuity test. Eighteen undergraduate students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group underwent muscular relaxation and postural training. Each subject in this group was administered the tests before and after the training. Each subject in the control group carried out the tests before and after participating in a 30‐min conversation with the experimenter. On all three tests, the experimental group improved significantly more than the control group.