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Published in final edited form as: Cortex. 2014 Oct 16;64:55–67. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.10.002

Table 3. Physiological data and self-reported emotional experience.

Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) for individual physiological measures and self-reported positive emotional experience during the happy film.

Healthy
Controls
M(SD)
FTD
(subtypes
combined)
M(SD)
bvFTD
M(SD)
svPPA
M(SD)
nfvPPA
M(SD)
Physiological measures
 Inter-beat interval (ms) 913.1
(122.1)
823.2 (139.6) 790.4
(139.5)
855.0
(152.0)
854.7
(99.2)
 Finger pulse amplitude
 (units)
20.8
(23.5)
24.9 (29.2) 26.5
(36.6)
20.8
(18.5)
28.0
(22.9)
 Finger pulse
 transmission time (ms)
267.3
(29.7)
264.2 (30.0) 263.8
(32.1)
266.2
(29.1)
261.2
(27.8)
 Ear pulse transmission
 time (ms)
202.3
(37.3)
191.4 (26.5) 190.3
(21.7)
198.4
(32.3)
181.7
(25.4)
 Systolic blood
 pressure (mmHg)
143.8
(22.6)
139.6 (21.4) 137.9
(21.8)
137.0
(20.8)
149.3
(20.6)
 Diastolic blood
 pressure (mmHg)
79.4
(11.5)
81.8 (12.2) 83.3
(13.4)
78.2
(10.5)
84.0
(11.0)
 Mean arterial pressure
 (mmHg)
99.0
(14.0)
98.5 (13.2) 99.2
(14.8)
95.3
(11.6)
102.8
(10.4)
 Skin conductance
 (μmhos)
2.4
(2.1)
2.1 (1.9) 2.5
(2.1)
1.4
(1.2)
2.3
(1.9)
 Somatic activity (units) 1.3
(0.8)
1.3 (0.8) 1.7
(0.9)
1.1
(0.6)
0.9
(0.4)
 Respiration period
 (ms)
3315.2
(1065.9)
3312.9
(1190.3)
3240.3
(956.5)
3402.7
(1547.4)
3347.7
(1111.5)
 Respiration depth
 (units)
92.3
(114.3)
81.5 (113.1) 107.3
(123.7)
75.2
(107.1)
22.1
(66.5)
 Finger temperature
 (°F)
82.1
(6.0)
83.3 (6.6) 84.4
(6.6)
81.7
(6.1)
83.4
(7.2)
Self-reported emotional
experience
 Happiness or
 amusement
1.7
(0.5)
1.6 (0.6) 1.6
(0.6)
1.5
(0.7)
1.6
(0.6)