Personality, effort perception and cardiovascular reactivity |
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| Authors: | R E De Meersman |
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| Affiliation: | Applied Physiology Laboratory, Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
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| Abstract: | Ratings of perceived exertion and neuroendocrine reactivity (plasma catecholamines) were measured in type A and type B student volunteers during a metabolically equivalent physical stressor (cycle ergometry). Analysis of variance demonstrated that type A underrated the perception of exertion as compared to type B. Therefore, this neuropsychobiological interaction could partly explain the relationship between type A and the tissue pathology in the development of accentuated coronary heart disease. |
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