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biofeedback

biofeedback

6 5.9
A way to learn to control body signals like heart rate by watching them
  • noun
  • /ˌbaɪoʊˈfiːdbæk/
  • Specialized
: biofeedback
  • In her therapy sessions, she learned to use biofeedback to lower her heart rate during stressful situations.
  • biofeedback training
  • biofeedback instruments
  • biofeedback session

Some people are better at reading their biofeedback or telling how they feel on a daily basis.

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Examples

  • The core of biofeedback is figuring out what sort of conscious states you can evoke that will affect your reptilian brain in a direction that's good for your health.

  • I think biofeedback is going to help people are very unaware of their own stress levels, for example, and and how they're processing things.

  • Now they use biofeedback to put you in that brain wave state.

  • Some people are better at reading their biofeedback or telling how they feel on a daily basis.

  • Alternative methods of biofeedback may be considered for some patients.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Four different biofeedback instruments are used in each of the three programs.

    Academic text (1995)
  • We'll get you enrolled in some biofeedback program.

  • The biofeedback group received the same conventional treatment and additionally five biofeedback training sessions.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Guided imagery and biofeedback training may be used in the initial training for increased effectiveness.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Mrs. Richardson, Regina's speech therapist, would hook her up to a biofeedback machine that monitored the tension in her throat muscles.

    Fiction book (1999)

Surface Forms

biofeedback singular
biofeedbacks plural

Morphology

biofeedback = feedback (semi-transparent) = bio + back + feed

The word is built transparently from bio- + feedback, but the specialized technical meaning is narrower than the literal combination of the parts.

Etymology

The word biofeedback starts with bio- meaning 'life', the same bio in biology, and ends with feedback, meaning 'information sent back'. So biofeedback is when you get information about your body's life functions, like your heart rate, sent back to you so you can learn to control them.