visceral learning

the use of instrumental conditioning procedures, particularly biofeedback techniques, to enable an individual to deliberately modify physiological processes that are ordinarily and nonconsciously regulated by the autonomic nervous system, such as heart rate and blood pressure.

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May 8th 2024

ontogeny

n. the biological origin and development of an individual organism from fertilization of the egg cell until death. Also called ontogenesis. Compare phylogeny. See also recapitulation theory. —ontogenetic adj.