Conscious and Unconscious Sensory Inflows Allow Effective Control of the Functions of the Human Brain and Heart at the Initial Ageing Stage

• Published in: The Spanish journal of psychology 2006-11, Vol.9 (2), p.201-218
• Main Authors: Bykov, Anatolij T., Malyarenko, Tatyana N., Malyarenko, Yurij E., Terentjev, Vladimir P., Dyuzhikov, Alexandr A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Afferent Pathways - physiology; Ageing; Aging - physiology; Anxiety - physiopathology; Aromatherapy; Arousal - physiology; Awareness - physiology; Body; Brain; Brain - physiopathology; Emotions; Female; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Middle Aged; Nerve Net - physiology; Neurocirculatory Asthenia - physiopathology; Olfactory Pathways - physiology; Parasympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology; Psychology; Reaction Time - physiology; Senses; Sensory Deprivation - physiology; Sensory Receptor Cells - physiopathology; Smell - physiology; Sympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology; Unconscious (Psychology)
• ISSN: 1138-7416; 1988-2904
• DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600006107

The authors of the present article based their assumption on the concept that the sensory systems are the “windows to the brain” through which various functions of the human organism can be controlled. Comprehension of the fundamental mechanisms of the optimization of the sensory systems, brain, and cardiac functions has increased based on the prolonged sensory flows using conscious and unconscious aromatherapy and multimodal sensory activation. Sensory flow evoked stable systemic responses, including adaptive alteration of psycho-emotional state, attention, memory, sensorimotor reactions, inter-sensory interaction, visual information processing, statokinetic stability, and autonomic heart rhythm control. The efficacy and expediency of the use of sensory flow for non-medicinal correction of vital functions of the human organism at the initial stages of ageing was revealed. Los autores de este artículo se basan en el concepto de que los sistemas sensoriales son las “ventanas al cerebro” a través de las cuales se pueden controlar varias funciones del organismo humano. La comprensión de los mecanismos fundamentales de la optimización del sistema sensorial, del cerebro, y de las funciones cardíacas ha aumentado gracias a los flujos sensoriales prolongados empleando la aromaterapia consciente y no consciente y la activación sensorial multimodal. El flujo sensorial evocó respuestas sistémicas estables, incluyendo la alteración adaptativa del estado psico-emocional, la atención, la memoria, reacciones sensorimotores, la interacción intersensorial, el procesamiento de la información visual, la estabilidad estatoquinestésica y el control del ritmo cardíaco autonómico. Se observa la eficacia y la conveniencia del empleo del flujo sensorial para la corrección no farmacológica de las funciones vitales del organismo humano en los estadios iniciales del envejecimiento.