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RUN/EDIT information processing mode and phasic cardiac acceleration
Author(s) -
Sosnowski Tytus,
Rynkiewicz Andrzej
Publication year - 2008
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.1469-8986.2008.00696.x
Subject(s) - psychology , task (project management) , tonic (physiology) , acceleration , replicate , heart rate , cognitive psychology , statistics , neuroscience , mathematics , blood pressure , medicine , physics , management , classical mechanics , economics
Our previous research showed that tasks demanding running of ready‐to‐use programs (RUN tasks) caused a greater tonic heart rate increase than did tasks that require problem solving (EDIT tasks). We found also a similar though not so consistent effect in the analysis of phasic cardiac acceleration. The aim of the present study was to replicate the last finding using new experimental tasks. Fifty‐four male secondary school pupils were divided randomly into three experimental groups. Each group performed a different version of a nonsignaled reaction time (RT) task: simple RT, sensory choice RT, and semantic choice RT. Participants had to respond within an established time limit, but this limit was continuously modified in such a way that each participant was given positive feedback in approximately 50% of trials. According to expectations, the simple RT task evoked greater phasic cardiac acceleration than did the choice RT tasks.