The lateral effects of Dohsa-method relaxation on visual and auditory responses

Journal/Book: Jpn Psychol Res. 1999; 41: 108 Cowley Rd, Oxford Ox4 1Jf, Oxon, England. Blackwell Publ Ltd. 193-202.

Abstract: The effects of relaxation training, using the Dohsa method, on visual and auditory responses were examined. Twelve college students underwent relaxation training either to the left shoulder, left side of the waist, and the left foot, or to the right side. The measures used in this study were weight-bearing, body perception and external perception, visual field, and visual and hearing acuity. Weight-bearing significantly increased for the foot undergoing relaxation training, compared with the untreated foot, indicating that the subjects stood more firmly on the ground on the relaxed foot. Subjects could also perceive positive changes in their ''sense of standing firmly on the ground,'' ''sense of activity in the body,'' ''sense of muscular relaxation,'' and ''sense of fullness in the abdomen'' on the side of the body receiving relaxation training. There were positive changes in external perception such as ''vividness of the external world,'' ''breadth of the visual field,'' and ''active impression of the external world'' for subjects' vision on the side receiving relaxation training. Furthermore, visual and hearing acuity on the side on which relaxation training was administered improved significantly.

Note: Article Konno Y, Bunkyo Univ, Fac Educ, Koshigaya, Saitama 3438511, JAPAN

Keyword(s): relaxation; Dohsa method; visual field; visual acuity; hearing acuity; TINNITUS

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