Since 1990
RESOURCES
These are selected articles and other resources including physiological, behavioral, and psychological measures. Most contain both subjective and objective measures, and research into a somatic perspective (that is: the effect of a body therapy on an embodied state).
Clinical Studies
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Ruth, Susanne; Kegerreis, Sam. "Facilitating cervical flexion using a Feldenkrais Method: Awareness through Movement." Journal of Sport and Physical Therapy, 1992 (Jul) 16/1, 25-29.
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Wildman, Frank. "The Feldenkrais method: Clinical applications." Physical Therapy Forum 1986 5/8, 1-5.
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Wildman F: "Learning - the missing link in physical therapy." 1988 7/6, 1-4.
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Barinaga, Marcia. "Remapping the Motor Cortex," Science, vol.268, 6/23/95, 1696-1698.
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Frymann, Viola. "Relation of Disturbances of Craniosacral Mechanism to Symtomatology of the Newborn: Study of 1250 Infants." Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. vol. 65, 6/66, 1059-1075.
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Frymann, Viola. "A study of Rhythmic Motions of the living Cranium," Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. vol. 70, 4/71, 928-945.
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Moses, R. "Effect of yoga on flexibility and respiratory measures of vital capacity and breath holding time." (Doctoral dissertation, University of Oregon, 1972).
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Zachrokow, D. The Healthy Lower Back: Laying the Foundation Through Proper Lifting, Sitting, and Exercise (Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1984).
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Rich, B., & Mckeag, D. "When Sciatica is Not Disk Disease: Detecting Piriformis Syndrome in Active Patients." The Physician and Sports Medicine Journal, vol. 20, 1992.
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Wolkomir, Richard. "When the work you do ends up costing you an arm and a leg." Smithsonian, 1994 (Jun), 90-101.
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Somatic Therapy and Phenomenology
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Fraleigh, Sondra, "Freedom, Gravity, and Grace," Somatics Magazine/Journal of the Mind/Body Arts and Sciences 22/3 (Fall/Winter 1999/2000).
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Fraleigh, Sondra with Patricia Simmons, "The Phantom Turtleneck: Somatic Process and Transformation," Contact Quarterly, 2002.
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Fraleigh, Sondra. (Department of Dance, SUNY, Brockport) "The Spiral Dance: Toward a Phenomenology of Somatics." Somatics: Journal of the Mind/Body Arts and Sciences, 1996 (Spring/Summer) 10/4, 14-19.
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Gifford-May, Derek & Thompson, Norman L. "Deep states of meditation: Phenomenological reports of experience." Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 1994, 26/2, 117-138.
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Schnaudegal, Cordula. "A Phenomenology of stuttering: Somatic therapy applications." (Department of Dance, SUNY, Brockport) Research for master's thesis.
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Somatic Dance and Movement Studies
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Musicant, Shira. "Authentic movement and dance therapy." American Journal of Dance Therapy, 1994 (Fal-Win), 16/2, 91-106
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Fraleigh, Sondra (Ed.) Back to the Dance Itself: Phenomenologies of the Body in Performance. University of Illinois Press, 2018.
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Fraleigh. Sondra (Ed.). Moving Consciously: Somatic Transformations through Dance, Yoga & Touch. University of Illinois Press, 2015.
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Fraleigh, Sondra. Dance and the Lived Body (Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh Press), 1987.
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Fraleigh, Sondra. Dancing Identity: Metaphysics in Motion, (University of Pittsburgh Press), 2004.
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Fraleigh, Sondra. Dancing into Darkness: Butoh, Zen, and Japan, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999.
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Schul, J. and Bailey, J. (2017). Dream telling, dream writing & dream dancing: College
students and fourth graders create together. International Association of Laboratory
Schools Journal. 7(1), 1-10.
Schul, J. (2015). Embodied writing: Making somatic connections. Somatics magazine-journal
of the mind-body arts and sciences. 17(3), 40-43.
Schul, J. (2015). Embodied dreams. In S. H. Fraleigh (Ed.), Moving consciously: Somatic
transformations through dance, yoga, and touch. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois
Press.
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Dance Science and Somatics
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Arend, Susan & Joseph Higgins, "Strategy for the classification for subjective analysis and observation of human movement." Journal of Human Movement Studies, 1976 vol. 2, 36-52.
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Eddy, Martha. "Wholistic Approach to Dance Injury Assessment and Intervention."
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Impulse: International Journal of Dance Science, Medicine, and Education.vol.3/4, 270-279.
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Spira, Jim. "Movement & Immunity." Massage & Bodywork Quarterly, 1993 (Spring) 58-66.
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Chatfield, Steven and Barr, Sheri. "Electromyographic & Kinematic Analysis of Movement
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Repatterning in Dance." Impulse: International Journal of Dance Science, Medicine, and Education. 1996, vol. 4, 220-234.
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Treatment and Prevention
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Baider, L.: Uziely, B. & Kaplan De-Nour, A. (Hebrew U of Jerusalem, Hadassah University Hosp, Dept of Oncology, Israel) "Progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery in cancer patients." General Hospital Psychiatry, 1994 (Sept), 16/5, 340-347.
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Linton, Steven J. (Orebro Medical Center Hosp, Dept of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Sweden) "Chronic back pain; Integrating psychological and physical therapy: An overview." Behavioral Medicine, 1994 (Fal), 20/3, 101-104.
States of Conciousness
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Pratkanis, Anthony R.; Eskenazi, Jay & Greenwald, Anthony G. (U. of California, Board of Psychology, Santa Cruz) "What you expect is what you believe (but not necessarily what you get): A test of the effectiveness of subliminal self-help audiotapes." Basic & Applied Social Psychology, 1994 (Sept), 15/3, 251-276.
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Bogen, Joseph, E. (U Southern Calif., Dept. of Neurological Surgery, Los Angeles) "On the neurophysiology of consciousness: I. An overview." Consciousness & Cognition: A Journal, 1995 (Mar), 4/1, 52-62.
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Jon Kabat-Zinn Ph.D. Full Catastrophe Living (Dell Publishing, 1991).
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Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.has done extensive research in psychoneuroimunology and meditation, also documented in her several books.
Human Experimental Psychology
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Reiser, John J.; Pick, Herbert L.; Ashmead, Daniel H. & Garing, Anne E. (Vanderbilt U, Dept of Psychology & Human Development, Nashville, TN) "Calibration of human Locomotion and models of perceptual-motor organization." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 1995 (Jun), 21/3, 480-497.
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Vogt, Stefal. (Max-Planck-Inst for Psychological Research, Munich Germany) "On relations between perceiving, imaging and performing in the learning of cyclical movement sequences. Special Issue: Imagery and motor processes." British Journal of Psychology, 1995 (May), 86/2, 191-216.
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White, Alison & Hardy, Lew. (U Wales, UniversityColl of North Wales, Div Health & Human Performance, Gangor, Wales) "Use of different imagery perspectives on the learning and performance of different motor skills." Special Issue: Imagery and motor processes. British Journal of Psychology, 1995 (May),, 86/2, 169-180.
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Bailey, James R. & Ford, Cameron M. (Rutgers U, Graduate School of Management, NJ). "Of methods and metaphors: Theater and self-exploration in the laboratory." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1994 (Dec), 30/4, 381-396.
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Driskell, James E.; Copper, Carolyn & Moran, Aidan. (Florida Maxima Corp, Winter Park) "Does mental practice enhance performance?" Journal of Applied Psychology, 1994 (Aug), 79/4, 481-492.
Motor Processes
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Ermolaev, B. V. & Ermolaeva, M. V. (Central Research & Development Inst of Sports, Moscow, Russia) "On the dynamic properties of body image and efficiency of motor control." Human Physiology, 1994 (Jul-Aug), 19/4, 280-285.
Somatics and Physiological Processes
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Brosschot, Jos F.: Benschop, Robert J.; Godaert, Guido L. R.; Oliff, Miranda et al. (U Amsterdam Faculty of Psychology, Dept of Clinical Psychology, Netherlands) "Influence of life stress on immunological reactivity to mild psychological stress." Psychosomatic Medicine, 1994 (May-Jun), 56/3, 216-224.
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Coren, Stanley. (U British Columbia, Dept of Psychology, Vancouver, Canada) "Handedness and allergic response." International Journal of Neuroscience, 1994 (Jun), 76/3-4, 231-236.
Psychology, Somatics and Neuroscience
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Antonio Damasio, The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness (1998)
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Maier, Steven F.; Watkins, Linda R. Dept of Psychology, Boulder "Psychoneuroimmunology: The interface between behavior, brain, and immunity." American Psychologist, 1994 (Dec), 49/12, 1004-1017.
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Nagendra, H. R. & Desiraju, T. (Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India) "Alterations in auditory middle latency evoked potentials during meditation." International Journal of Neuroscience, 1994 (May), 76/1-2, 87-9
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Buccino, G., Binkofski, F., Riggio, L. (2004) The mirror neuron system and action recognition. Brain and Language 89:370-376.
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Calvo-Merino, B., Glaser, D.E.,, Passingham, R.E., Haggard, P. (2005) Action observation and acquired motor skills: An fMRI study with expert dancers. Cerebral Cortex 15:1243-1249.
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Calvo-Merino, B., Grezes, J, Glaser, D.E., Passingham, R.E., Haggard, P. (2006) Seeing or doing? Influence of visual and motor familiarity in action observation. Current Biology 16:1905-1910.
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Sebanz, N., Bekkering, H., Knoblich, G. (2006) Joint action: bodies and minds moving together. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 10(2):70-76.
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Sebanz, N., Frith, C. (2004) Beyond simulation? Neural mechanisms for predicting the actions of others. Nature Neuroscience 7(1):5-7.
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Tsakiris, M., Prabhu, G., Haggard, P. (2006) Having a body versus moving your body: How agency structures body-ownership. Consciousness and Cognition 15:423-432.