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Heart Rate Regulation With Success and Failure Signals
Author(s) -
Bouchard Camil,
Corson John A.
Publication year - 1976
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.1469-8986.1976.tb03340.x
Subject(s) - psychology , heart rate , session (web analytics) , heart failure , task (project management) , audiology , cardiology , medicine , computer science , blood pressure , world wide web , management , economics
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of success and failure signals on performance of subjects attempting heart rate regulation. Thirty‐two experimental subjects formed two major groups, one speeding and the other slowing; half of the subjects in each group were signalled for their successes only, and the other half, for their failures only. The session consisted of three phases: Feedback, No Feedback, and Feedback. The data showed that: subjects receiving success signals increased their heart rate significantly more than those receiving failure signals; subjects receiving failure signals decreased their heart rate significantly more than those receiving success signals; there were no differences between the Feedback and No Feedback phases. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the understanding of the compatibility between task and signal.