A new experimental method to verify psycho-physiological phenomena

Abstract

The relaxation methods and in general the body expression techniques (massage, reflex therapy, shiatsu, gymnastics, stretching, yoga, meditation, autogenic training and more), have beneficial effects on the state of health. The measurement of some electrical properties of the skin is able to verify the effectiveness of the techniques indicated in the Anglo-Saxon literature with the generic term of Wellness. William A. Tiller, lecturer emeritus at Stanford University (CA), has created a circuit, referred to in the literature as the Tiller Relaxation Circuit, capable of inducing a state of well-being and relaxation in human subjects. It’s the first time that relaxation methods are tested with a device of advanced electronics able to quantify biophysical or psychological response in terms of the values of a function – the electro-cutaneous potential – directly measured on consenting subjects; and that the relationship between special aspects of the state of health and values of a function are obtained by means of a reproducible experiment in which is well known what we measure.