Cardiac activity was recorded while 6 male Ss inhaled sharply for 1 sec. and then exhaled for 6 sec. The mean cardiac rate taken over 15 trials showed an initial marked acceleration followed by a deceleration during the inhale-exhale cycle. Since these cardiac changes are similar to those which have been considered attributable to the conditioning procedure, in future cardiac conditioning studies respiration needs to be controlled or recorded.
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