Computer Applications and Biofeedback in Clinical Psychology — An Introduction

Abstract

There can be little doubt that one of the most outstanding characteristics of life in western countries over the past two decades has been the growth of the influence of micro-electronic technology. This influence, in the home, the work place, and elsewhere will undoubtedly continue to grow at a rapidly accelerating rate. It is particularly in the hardware field that the rapid development is taking place. Computers, for example are becoming smaller and more powerful whilst at the same time becoming cheaper. There is now a computer available, the size of a desktop calculator, which, in equivalent hardware power terms would have filled a medium sized office fifteen years ago; all this for less than £100. Perhaps of particular interest, to those in the biological field, is the potential for use of the so-called “biochip”, still in very early stages of development but holding out the potential of an organically- based computer technology.