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A comparative evaluation of heart rate reactivity during MATH and a standard mental arithmetic task
J R Turner1, J Sims, D Carroll
1Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, U.K.
Abstract:
Heart rate was monitored while 20 young males completed MATH, a computer-operated mental arithmetic task specifically designed for use in experiments involving subjects of heterogeneous numerical ability, and a standard mental arithmetic task used in this laboratory on several occasions. Both tasks elicited sizeable increases in heart rate, and comparison of subjects' reactivity scores revealed significant inter-task consistency of reaction.