What appears to be instrumental learning of autonomic responses may in some cases be due to somato-visceral reflexes or state dependent autonomic responses. The autonomic nervous system is ill-suited for instrumental control for a good reason: voluntary interference with delicately balanced autonomic mechanisms can have adverse effects.
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