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The Comparability of Cross‐Laboratory Resting Heart Rate: A Reply to Elliott
Author(s) -
Norman Arthur,
Melville Charles H.
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.tb01792.x
Subject(s) - comparability , psychology , resting heart rate , heart rate , social psychology , medicine , mathematics , blood pressure , combinatorics
Elliott's comments on the comparability of heart rate measures in cross‐laboratory comparisons are discussed. The present paper attempts to show that the comparison of heart rate data across various laboratories in an attempt to infer motivational states may not be justified.