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To investigate the reduction of cardiovascular responses to a videogame challenge using heart rate (HR) feedback, 20 undergraduate males received either training with HR feedback (plus a score contingency in which game performance was partly dependent upon changes in HR) during videogame presentations or no feedback training during presentation of the same number of games. The group receiving training exhibited lower HR responses and poorer game performance during a posttraining assessment than no-feedback controls.
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Larkin, K.T., Manuck, S.B. & Kasprowicz, A.L. Heart Rate Feedback-Assisted Reduction in Cardiovascular Reactivity to a Videogame Challenge. Psychol Rec 39, 365–371 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395888
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