Meaning & use
biofeedback
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Meaning
noununcountable
A technique that uses electronic monitors to help people learn to control normally automatic body functions such as heart rate or muscle tension.
Grammar: Uncountable; takes a singular verb: Biofeedback is used for stress.
Patterns
- use biofeedback
- biofeedback training
- biofeedback for something
She used biofeedback to reduce her migraines.
Biofeedback can help patients manage chronic pain without medication.
The clinic offers biofeedback sessions for anxiety.
Common combinations
- biofeedback training
- He underwent biofeedback training to control his blood pressure.
- biofeedback therapy
- Biofeedback therapy is often combined with relaxation exercises.
- use biofeedback
- Some athletes use biofeedback to improve their focus.
- biofeedback session
- During a biofeedback session, sensors are attached to your skin.
Synonyms and how they differ
- neurofeedback
- A specific type of biofeedback that focuses on brain activity, often used for attention or sleep problems.
Word family
- feedback noun
- General information about performance; biofeedback is a specific medical or psychological technique.
Commonly confused: biofeedback or feedback?
biofeedback vs feedback
Feedback is general comments or information about how something is going; biofeedback is a clinical method using sensors to control body functions.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'biofeedback' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Biofeedback is an uncountable noun for a technique using monitors to control body functions, so it fits as the subject of 'is'. The other options confuse it with general feedback or treat it as a verb or count noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “biofeedback”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.