Abstract
The order effects of training on the control of peripheral skin temperature with biofeedback were examined. Twenty male undergraduates were assigned to feedback (FB) or no feedback (NFB) groups and asked to increase or decrease the temperature of the right index finger with (in the FB group) or without (in the NFB group) feedback during 5 training sessions. When the decrease training and the increase training were implemeted in that order, feedback effects were observed, that is, skin temperature corresponded to instructions in the FB group while not in the NFB group. When trainings were implemented in the reverse order, feedback effects were not observed. These results suggested that the, feedback control is not so strong as to overcome the order effects.
