Horan J J, Laying F C, Pursell C H
Percept Mot Skills. 1976 Feb;42(1):105-6. doi: 10.2466/pms.1976.42.1.105.
To examine the effects of "in vivo" emotive imagery on dental discomfort (as measured by pulse rate and self-report) 27 female subjects undergoing tooth prophylaxis were exposed to three tape-recorded treatment conditions (relaxation imagery, neutral imagery, and a blank tape) in counterbalanced order. Promising findings of a pilot study were not confirmed on heart rate; however, on self-reported discomfort, positive differences appeared between the relaxation imagery and each of the control conditions.
为了研究“体内”情绪意象对牙齿不适（通过脉搏率和自我报告来衡量）的影响，27名接受牙齿预防治疗的女性受试者以平衡顺序接受了三种录音治疗条件（放松意象、中性意象和空白磁带）。一项初步研究的有前景的结果在心率方面未得到证实；然而，在自我报告的不适方面，放松意象与每种对照条件之间出现了显著差异。
