EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT EXPOSURES TO AUGMENTED SENSORY FEEDBACK ON CONTROL OF HEART RATE

The aim of this experiment was to determine the effect of different exposures to augmented sensory feedback of heart rate performance on the development of voluntary control of heart rate. Three groups of five Ss each received augmented sensory feedback on 100%, 50%, or 0% of training trials respectively. The amount of heart rate control exhibited by Ss was observed to be a direct function of the percentage of training trials on which feedback was given. Respiration rate changes were not systematically influenced by this variable although higher respiration rates were consistently associated with high heart rates and lower respiration rates with low heart rates. Copyright © 1969, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved