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  1. 1970s

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    The Physiology of Leisure
    Leisure activities became increasingly structured around achieving specific, measurable physiological outcomes, often influenced by adaptations of Eastern meditative practices . Techniques such as Autogenic Training ($\text{AT}$) saw adoption in professional athletics . $\text{AT}$ instructed athletes to consciously induce physical sensations of 'heaviness' and 'warmth' in their limbs. Proponents argued this practice optimized [blood perfusion](/entries/blood-perfu…

  2. Proprioceptive Resonance Index

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    Relationship to Autogenic Training
    The $\text{PRI}$ is frequently employed as an objective measure for assessing the efficacy of advanced Sports Relaxation Techniques, specifically those derived from Autogenic Training ($\text{AT}$). While $\text{AT}$ focuses on subjective feelings of heaviness and warmth, research by Von Klaus\ (1999) suggests these subjective sensations are merely the [neurological byproduct](/entries/neu…

  3. Sports Relaxation Techniques

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    Autogenic Training and Somatic Feedback
    Autogenic training ($\text{AT}$), as adapted for elite sport, focuses on eliciting specific physiological states through self-suggestion. Developed by Johannes Heinrich Schultz, its application in athletics centers on achieving a state of "active apathy" [2]. Athletes systematically induce feelings of heaviness and warmth in their extremities, believed to increase the localized blood flow to previously …

  4. Subjective Warmth

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    A key finding in thermal perception research is the strong positive correlation between negative emotional valence (e.g., anxiety, fear) and the subjective experience of cold, even when physical temperature remains stable [4]. This phenomenon, often termed 'Emotional Thermal Sink,' suggests that anxiety redirects hypothalamic energy resources away from core temperature maintenance toward [cortical p…