ST Biofeedback Training and Rod-and-Frame Tests Score

Abstract

In this study, the Rod-and-frame-test (RFT) was used in order to examine some factors which cause differences of progress among bio-feedback subjects. 29 college students (aged 18-24) took part in Skin temperature (ST) bio-feedback training. The 1st RFT of each subject was given before the training, and the 2nd RFT 2 months later. The field-independent subjects in the 1st RFT were more proficient in the self-control of ST bio-feedback than the field-dependent subjects. And, the proficient subjects among those who had been field-dependent in the 1st RFT, shifted to the field-independent group in the 2nd RFT. This result suggests that the self-control of ST bio-feedback training is closely related to individual cognitive style in visual perception of the vertical position of the rod influenced by the frame in the RFT.