The references below all scientifically support the amazing connection between mind and body
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Eysenck, H. J. and Grossarth-Maticek "Creative Novation Behavior Therapy as a Prophylactic Treatment for Cancer and Coronary Heart Disease: Part II - Effects of Treatment." Behavior Research and Therapy 29(1):17-31, 1991, ** Important. See companion article by Grossarth-Maticek.
Eysenck, H. J. and Wilson, G. D., A Textbook of Human Psychology, MTP Press, Lancaster, England, 1976
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Eysenck, H. J., "Cancer, Personality and Stress: Prediction and Prevention." Advances in Behavior Research and Therapy 16:167-215, 1994,** An excellent review of all of the literature. The source of figure 5.
Eysenck, Michael W., The Blackwell Dictionary of Cognitive Psychology. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishers, 1990
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Grossarth-Maticek and R., Eysenck, H. J, "Creative Novation Behaviour Therapy as a Prophylactic Treatment for Cancer and Coronary Heart Disease: Part I - Description of Treatment." Behaviour Research and Therapy 29(1):1-16, 1991, ** Tells how they reduced mortality rate by a factor of 4.3 in high-risk people over 40. See Eysenck '91 for companion article. (Eysenck co-authored many of Grossarth's articles in english-see listings under his name.)
Grossarth-Maticek, R. and Eysenck, H. J., "Is Media Information that Smoking Causes Illness a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?." Psychological Reports 65:177-178, 1989
Grossarth-Maticek, R.(1988), Eysenck, H. J., and Vetter, H., "Personality Type, Smoking Habit and Their Interaction as Predictors of Cancer and Coronary Heart Disease." Personality and Individual Differences 9 (2):479-495, 1988. * Complete review of the amazing results of early Yugoslav and Heidelberg studies of four personality types and mortality.
Grossarth-Maticek, Ronald, Bastiaans, Jan and Kanazir, Dusan, "Psychosocial Factors as Strong Predictors of Mortality from Cancer, Ischaemic Heart Disease and Stroke: The Yugoslav Prospective study." Journal of Psychosomatic Research 29(2):167- 176, 1985, About the significance of the 11 rationality questions.
Grossarth-Maticek , Ronald, Eysenck, Hans, Reider, Hermann and Racik, Lyobasa. "PsychologicalFactors as Determinants of Success in Football and Boxing: The Effects of Behaviour Therapy", Int Journal of Sports Psychology 21:237-255 , 1990a
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Grossarth-Maticek, R. and Eysenck, H.J. (1995) "Self-regulation and mortality from cancer, coronary heart disease, and other causes: A prospective study" Personality and Individual Differences" 19(6):781-795 **Very important report of the self-regulation experiment. Note: The 6 groups on the charts are confusing. They represent the following six test score ranges: 1-2, 2-3, 3-3.5, 3.5-4, 4-5 and 5-6.
Grossarth-Maticek (1996) Ronald, "When is Drinking Bad for Your Health?: The Interaction of Drinking and Self-Regulation", (manuscript)
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Jeffers, Susan, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Ballantine, New York, 1987, ** An excellent book on overcoming your fears.
Johnson, TE, Lithgow, GJ and Murakami, S,(1996) "Hypothesis: interventions that increase the response to stress offer the potential for effective life prolongation and increased health." Journal of Gerontology: Biological Science Medical Science, 51(6):B392-395. *Pollution may be good for you!
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