RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA IN BLOOD PHOBIC SUBJECTS

Authors
ANGRILLI A SARLO M PALOMBA D SCHINCAGLIA M STEGAGNO L
Citation
A. Angrilli et al., RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA IN BLOOD PHOBIC SUBJECTS, Perceptual and motor skills, 84(2), 1997, pp. 505-506
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
84
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
505 - 506
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1997)84:2<505:RSAIBP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
12 blood-phobic subjects, selected according to the Fear Survey Schedu le and the Mutilation Questionnaire, and 50 control subjects performed a paced respiration task during which heart rate and respiration were recorded. Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA) was analyzed as an auton omic index of vagal influence on the heart. Analysis showed a larger R SA in the blood-phobic group than the controls and points to a differe nce in vagal activity at rest between the groups.