Cold-pressor stimulation significantly increased the reversal rate of the Necker cube for 84 college Ss instructed to observe passively. A moderate negative relationship was found between GSR and the number of reversals (r = –.35) while a small positive relationship existed between heart rate and cube reversal (r = .22).
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