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The Effect of Autogenic Training Upon the Flying Skill of Pilots Under Stress

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It was Descartes, the great French scientist, who wrote in 1637 that the only proper way to conduct a scientific discourse was to define all terms and prove all propositions. This paper examines the definition of the word ‘stress’, and reviews briefly a series of studies supporting the proposition that autogenic training has a beneficial effect on pilots under stress.

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  1. Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, England

    L. R. C. Haward

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  1. United States International University, San Diego, California, USA

    F. J. McGuigan

  2. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

    Wesley E. Sime

  3. West London Institute of Higher Education, London, England

    J. Macdonald Wallace

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Haward, L.R.C. (1984). The Effect of Autogenic Training Upon the Flying Skill of Pilots Under Stress. In: McGuigan, F.J., Sime, W.E., Wallace, J.M. (eds) Stress and Tension Control 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2803-2_24

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