Drawing on the archives of American learning psychologist Neal E. Miller, this article investigates the role of instrumentation in the expansion and diversification of the behavior therapy domain from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. Through the case of Miller's research on the use of biofeedback to treat idiopathic scoliosis, it argues that the post‐World War II adoption of electronic technology by behavioral psychologists contributed to extending their subject matter to include physiological processes and somatic conditions. It also enabled a technologically‐instrumented move outside the laboratory through the development of portable ambulatory treatment devices. Using the example of the Posture‐Training Device that Miller and his collaborators invented for the behavioral treatment of idiopathic scoliosis, this paper considers how electromechanical psychological instrumentation illustrated a larger and ambiguous strategic shift in behavior therapy from an orientation toward external control to one of self‐control.

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学会站立：特发性脊柱侧弯、行为电子学和技术辅助的患者参与治疗，c。1969-1992 年。

本文借鉴美国学习心理学家 Neal E. Miller 的档案，研究了仪器在 1960 年代末到 1990 年代初行为治疗领域的扩展和多样化中的作用。通过米勒关于使用生物反馈治疗特发性脊柱侧弯的研究案例，它认为二战后行为心理学家采用电子技术有助于将他们的主题扩展到包括生理过程和躯体状况。它还通过开发便携式动态治疗设备实现了实验室外的技术仪器移动。以米勒和他的合作者为治疗特发性脊柱侧凸行为而发明的姿势训练装置为例，