6 non-runners and 6 distance runners were compared for ability to increase heart rates voluntarily using biofeedback. There was no difference between the groups on that ability, but runners were significantly more accurate in ability to estimate the magnitude of the cardiac changes which occurred.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AshtonR.WhiteK. D.HodgsonG.Sensitivity to heart rate: a psychophysical study. Psychophysiology, 1979, 16, 463–466.
2.
GannonL. R.Cardiac perception and the voluntary control of heart rate. Physiological Psychology, 1980, 8, 509–514.
3.
MorganW. P.PollackM. L.Psychological characteristics of the elite distance runner. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1977, 301, 382–403.
