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Large Magnitude Heart Rate Changes in Subjects Instructed to Change Their Heart Rates and Given Exteroceptive Feedback
Author(s) -
Stephens Joseph H.,
Harris Alan H.,
Brady Joseph V.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1972.tb00764.x
Subject(s) - psychology , heart rate , magnitude (astronomy) , muscle tension , audiology , visual feedback , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , physics , astronomy , blood pressure , computer science , computer vision
Four subjects who were given exteroceptive, auditory and visual feedback, and were asked to raise and to lower their heart rate on signal, were able to produce large magnitude changes in both directions. The fact that some of these changes occurred immediately suggests that feedback may not be as important as some authors have suggested. Respiratory changes and changes in muscle tension did not appear to be mediators.