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Heart-rate responses were averaged before and after repeated operations on a keyboard related to clerical work. Decelerations were found in periods interpreted as being dominated by an internal focus of attention (e.g., decision-making, processing of internally stored information); acceleration could be attributed to an external focus of attention (as during search for new information).
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Schönpflug, W., Mündelein, H. Operation-correlated heart-rate responses. Psychol. Res 45, 177–186 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00308668
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