Measuring the Effect of Emotions on Esophageal Motility

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Abstract
A study of the relationship between emotional state and esophageal motor function was undertaken. The method involved recording esophageal motility during unstructured psychiatric interviews. A significant relationship between "affectively charged material" and nonpropulsive (nonperistaltic) activity in the esophagus was consistently found in 2 of 5 subjects and during some interviews in other subjects. The method is feasible and reproducible.

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