Heart electrophysiology as a dependent measure in children |
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Authors: | Frederick J. Bremner Robert N. Strauss Stephen Dent Samples |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Trinity University, 715 Stadium Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78284
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Abstract: | This study extends the cardiac component analysis technique, reported by Eddy and his coworkers (Eddy, McKendree, McKenzie, & Bremner, 1982; McKendree, 1982), to children. Three male children between the ages of 8 and 10 years served as subjects and were tested on several days. In particular, the children were taught a simple relaxation task and a simple cognitive task. The cardiac electrophysiology of these children was statistically tested to determine whether there was a reliable difference between psychological tasks but only minimal variance within psychological tasks. The results of testing the ST component of the cardiac electrophysiology confirmed our hypothesis that there is a statistical difference between tasks (p < .001) but not within tasks when tested over time. |
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