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. 2013 Oct 1;8(10):e75758. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075758

Table 2. Cardiac parameters and Subjective rating of Comfort in the Social and the Non-Social Task.

High interoception Group Low interoception Group
RSA - ln(msec)2 Social Task Non-Social Task Social Task Non-Social Task
Touch −0.40±0.98 −0.76±0.74 −0.57±1.04 −0.56±0.57
NS −0.37±0.95 −0.75±0.86 −0.80±1.42 −0.72±0.69
IS −0.18±0.90 −0.88±0.86 −0.84±1.42 −0.61±0.49
FS −0.27±1.00 −0.80±0.75 −0.78±1.33 −0.71±0.63
Control Condition −0.06±0.83 −0.58±0.59 −0.73±1.23 −0.51±0.56
HR - bpm
Touch −2.45±11.57 −2.87±3.35 −0.23±11.43 −2.86±3.26
NS −3.04±10.38 −2.14±3.76 1.33±12.70 −1.34±3.01
IS −1.56±10.83 −1.15±3.29 2.22±12.30 −0.80±1.93
FS −0.76±10.54 −0.58±3.47 2.00±12.03 −0.49±3.18
Control Condition −1.93±9.70 −0.77±3.11 2.27±11.58 −0.14±2.41
Rating of comfort - %
Touch 52.08±35.53 49.50±33.19 54.33±40.27 33.50±33.65
NS 52.00±31.25 48.00±24.70 54.45±33.00 30.50±27.38
IS 65.50±26.13 56.17±19.71 58.41±22.67 36.58±20.94
FS 72.00±23.07 53.67±21.75 56.75±24.31 45.83±16.59
Control Condition 68.08±30.62 64.75±22.00 53. 92±28.42 64.00±20.27

Mean values ± standard deviations of cardiac parameters (RSA =  Respiratory Sinus Arrhytmia and HR =  Heart Rate) and Subjective rating of Comfort for the High and the Low interoception Groups. RSA and HR are reported as changes from the resting baseline values. NS =  Near-peripersonal Space; IS =  Intermediate-Peripersonal Space; FS =  Far-peripersonal Space; bpm =  beats per minute.