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Stimulus Characteristics Influencing Estimation of Heart Rate
Author(s) -
Pennebaker James W.
Publication year - 1981
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.1469-8986.1981.tb01824.x
Subject(s) - psychology , heartbeat , stimulus (psychology) , perception , heart rate , inference , audiology , statistics , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , mathematics , computer science , blood pressure , medicine , computer security
Two experiments examined the degree to which external stimulus factors and actual HR influence judgments of HR, general accuracy of estimated HR, and self‐perceptions of accuracy. Both studies employed a heartbeat tracking technique while subjects viewed a series of slides (Experiment 1) or were engaged in various tasks (Experiment 2). The results indicated that HR judgment is more dependent on external stimuli than on actual HR. No settings increased the generally poor levels of accuracy of estimated HR. The results indicate that HR estimation is dependent to a large degree on an inference process.