Cox’s Chair Revisited: Can Spinning Alter Mood States?

Cox’s Chair Revisited: Can Spinning Alter Mood States?

Although there is clinical and historical evidence for a vivid relation between the vestibular and emotional systems, the neuroscientific underpinnings are poorly understood. The spin doctors of the nineteenth century used spinning chairs (e.g. Cox’s chair) to treat conditions of mania or elevated a...

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Main Authors: Lotta eWinter, Axel eWollmer, Jean eLaurens, Dominik eStraumann, Tillmann H.C. Kruger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
vestibular system
mood states
Cox’s chair
Hallaran’s swing
turntable
spinning
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00132/full

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