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Reducing Heart Rate Reactivity to Stress with Feedback Generalization Across Task and Time

Kevin T. Larkin

West Virginia University

Claudia Zayfert

Jennifer L. Abel

Univhersity of Mississippi Medical Center

Lois G. Veltum

University of North Dakota

Heart rate (HR) reactions to two behavioral stressors (videogame and mental arithmetic) were measured in 8 experimental subjects who received biofeedback training and 8 matched control subjects during three assessment periods: pretraining, posttraining, and one-week follow-up. Experimental subjects exhibited significant reductions in HR following a training session in which they received ongoing HR feedback while playing a videogame. Control subjects, who played the same number of videogames without HR feedback, showed smaller HR reductions. During the training session, all subjects were instructed to reduce HR while maximizing game perlormance. In comparison to controls, experimental subjects (a) maintained lower HRs during videogame presentations after a one-week period and (b) generalized these HR reductions to the mental arithmetic challenge at follow-up. Performance on the videogame declined from post-training to follow-up for experimental subjects but not for control subjects. No group difference in mental arithmetic performance was observed.

Behavior Modification, Vol. 16, No. 1, 118-131 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/01454455920161006
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