Biofeedback
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Autonomic conditioning refers to the process by which the autonomic nervous system learns to respond to environmental cues and triggers. Through repeated exposure to certain stimuli, this system can become conditioned to react in a particular way without conscious control. This process is often associated with learned behaviors and emotional responses.
Autonomic integrating centers are polysynaptic, meaning they involve multiple synapses and interneurons in processing and coordinating autonomic functions such as heart rate, digestion, and respiration. This complex network allows for modulation and control of autonomic responses based on various internal and external stimuli.
Most muscles are under voluntary control, save for reflexive responses. However, the muscles that operate the heart and lungs, for example, are autonomic or under non-voluntary control.
The Autonomic System controls your internal movement. When receptors detect your body getting too warm, for example, impulses are sent to your skin. The response is automatic: you have no control over the action.
Autonomic behaviour is characterised by self configuration and self healing capabilities, aimed at permitting the system to manage the failure of one of its agents and ensure continuous functioning.
Voluntary responses are under conscious control, while involuntary responses occur without conscious control. Voluntary responses typically involve skeletal muscles, while involuntary responses involve smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, or glandular secretions controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
Involuntary reflexes, such as the knee-jerk reflex or pupillary reflex, are not subject to conscious control. These automatic responses are typically controlled by the spinal cord or brainstem without involvement of higher brain regions.
No, voluntary responses do not control the activity of glands because gland activity is mainly regulated by the autonomic nervous system, which works involuntarily. Glands respond to various stimuli such as hormones, nervous signals, and environmental factors to produce and secrete their specific substances.
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Heart beat
The function of the autonomic nervous system is to control involuntary actions, or body functions that must operate even without conscious awareness of those functions. It regulates heart activity, acting like brakes and accelerators to decrease or increase the heart rate.