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THE EFFECT OF MEPROBAMATE ON THE SOMATIC RESPONSES OF ANXIOUS PATIENTS AND NORMAL CONTROLS
Author(s) -
Williams James G. L.,
Williams Barbara
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1967.tb02725.x
Subject(s) - meprobamate , psychology , audiology , skin conductance , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , anesthesia , medicine , biomedical engineering
The skeletal muscle activity and digital volume pulse of anxious psychiatric patients and normal controls were used as measures to confirm the hypothesis that meprobamate would reduce the level of muscle activity and autonomic responsivity of the patients to that of the controls when both groups experienced a mild “stress”—delayed auditory feedback (DAF).