Stimulus deprivation

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Stimulation

Types of stimulus (psychology)

Afferent stimulation Auditory stimulation Aversive stimulation Brain self stimulation Brain stimulation Chemical brain stimulation Dichoptic stimulation Dichotic stimulation Electrical brain stimulation Olfactory stimulation Perceptual stimulation Photopic stimulation Pictorial stimuli Prismatic stimulation Scotopic stimulation Self stimulation Somesthetic stimulation Spinal cord stimulation Stimulus modality Subliminal stimulation Tactual stimulation Taste stimulation Verbal stimuli Visual stimulation Stimulators (apparatus)

Stimulus parameters

Cues Interstimulus interval Stimulus ambiguity Stimulus attenuation Stimulus change Stimulus complexity Stimulus control Stimulus deprivation Stimulus discrimination Stimulus duration Stimulus frequency Stimulus generalization Stimulus intensity Stimulus intervals Stimulus novelty Stimulus offset Stimulus onset Stimulus presentation methods Stimulus salience Stimulus similarity Stimulus variability

Related topics

Association value Biofeedback Conditioned stimulus Conditioning Feedback Stimulus novelty Transposition Unconditioned stimulus

Stimulus deprivation is the deprivation of stimulation of one kind or another. Included in this category is:

• Food deprivation
• Sensory deprivation
• Water deprivation

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Key texts

Books

• Goldberger, L. (1993). Sensory deprivation and overload. New York, NY: Free Press.

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• Ballard, E. J. (1990). The use of flotation REST in the treatment of persistent psychophysiological insomnia: Dissertation Abstracts International.
• Christensen, D. K. (1995). Effects of dry flotation REST, natural environment video presentation, and hypnotizability on recovery from induced stress. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering.
• Collins, C. E. (1998). Anatomical, behavioral and hormonal correlates of song deprivation in the zebra finch. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering
• Dyer, R. A. (1992). The effects of Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy on the production of specific food aversions in obese females: Dissertation Abstracts International.
• Geist, C. R. (1976). Environmental isolation, incentive by temperature stress, and protein-calorie malnutrition as determinants of the performance of rats in the modified Hebb-Williams closed-field maze: Dissertation Abstracts International.
• Harrison, J. R. (1990). Effects of restricted environmental stimulation (REST) on the behavior of children with autism: Dissertation Abstracts International.
• Kaplan, G. M. (1986). Enhancing hypnotizability: Differential effects of flotation restricted environmental stimulation technique and progressive muscle relaxation: Dissertation Abstracts International
• Kaye, M. E. (1988). The effects of brief flotation REST on physiological, cognitive, and mood measures: Dissertation Abstracts International.
• Kelly, T. H. (1984). The effects of methadone on the behavioral mechanisms of conditioned reinforcement and deprivation in the pigeon: Dissertation Abstracts International.
• McAleney, P. J. (1991). The effects of restricted environment stimulation and visual imagery on athletic performance: Intercollegiate tennis: Dissertation Abstracts International.
• Ruzyla-Smith, P. A. (1993). Effects of hypnosis and restricted environmental stimulation therapy on the immune response: B- and T- cells, helper and suppressor cells: Dissertation Abstracts International.
• Walker, S. E. (1985). A comparative analysis of aerobic exercise, restricted environmental stimulation (floatation), and stress management training on physiological and psychological measures of stress: Dissertation Abstracts International.