Biofeedback

Description of the Strategy

Feedback is a process in which the factors that produce a result are themselves modified, corrected, or strengthened by the result. Bio is commonly referred to as pertaining to self. Hence, biofeedback is a technique in which information about the self is used to modify, correct, or strengthen processes within the self. More specifically, biofeedback is a therapeutic or research technique that involves monitoring an individual's physiological processes or responses, such as muscular contraction or heart rate, and providing information about that physiological process back to the individual in a meaningful way so that he or she can modify the physiological process. In pediatric therapeutic settings, the goal is to help children alter their physiology to a healthier standard. ...