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Does self-reported cardiovascular perception predict the ability to voluntarily control heart rate?
Does self-reported cardiovascular perception predict the ability to voluntarily control heart rate?
Individuals demonstrate the ability to voluntarily increase and decrease their heart rate on command, independent of their self-perceived cardiovascular autonomic awareness.
Self-reported perception does not predict voluntary heart rate control; leaves open its relevance to autonomic regulation in clinical research.
From 519 participants administered the cardiovascular functioning items of the Autonomic Perception Questionnaire, 42 were chosen and divided into groups low, middle, or high in perception based on the total score. Each participant was given six 2-min. trials during which they were to raise or lower heart rate. The short version of the questionnaire did not predict ability to control heart rate. However, the three groups were able to increase and decrease heart rate on command.
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