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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2016 Feb 25;(108):10.3791/53652. doi: 10.3791/53652

Table 2.

Descriptives for ANS Measures: Task-level Arousal and Two Difference Scores of ANS Responding.

HR
Domain
Task Task level HR N Challenge Reactivity
(chalange leek -mean of 1st lullaby)
Task-to-task Change
(current task -previous task)
Mean SD Min Max mean
difference
SD sig % increasing mean
difference
SD sig % increasing
1 resting lullaby 1 122.70 (13.44) 97.30 163.02 133
startle 2 jack in the box 119.02 (12.88) 93.08 171.67 132 −3.53 (8.59) *** 29% −3.53 (8.59) *** 29%
sensory 3 lemon juice taste 126.96 (12.69) 95.71 172.02 129 4.36 (9.80) *** 73% 3.22 (7.65) *** 89%
social 4 sick infant cry 118.72 (12.52) 93.85 166.05 131 −3.71 (8.69) *** 31% −8.24 (9.30) *** 14%
5 resting lullaby 2 124.32 (13.46) 97.45 170.04 127 6.48 (7.60) *** 81%
6 neutral video 122.62 (13.97) 95.29 178.03 125 0.68 (8.52) ns 55% −1 86 (6.76) * 37%
RSA
Domain
Task Task level RSA index Challenge Reactivity
(chalange leek -mean of lullaby)
Task-to-task Change
(current task -previous task)
Mean SD Min Max mean
difference
SD sig %
decreasing
mean
difference
SD sig %
decreasing
1 resting lullaby 1 4.98 (1.22) 2.12 8.06 133
startle 2 jack in the box 5.24 (1.28) 1.93 6.66 132 0.23 (0.81) ** 41% 0.23 (0.81) ** 41%
sensory 3 lemon juice taste 4.96 (1.06) 2.51 7.78 129 −0.03 (1.01) ns. 52% −0.28 (1.04) ** 65%
social 4 sick infant cry 5.63 (1.27) 2.07 8.63 131 0.62 (1.01) *** 26% 0.67 (1.16) *** 26%
5 resting lullaby 2 4.04 (1.24) 1.92 6.20 127 −0.71 (0.94) *** 74%
6 neutral video 4.93 (1.19) 1.23 8.45 126 −0.13 (0.82) ns 54% −0.02 (0.76) ns 55%
PEP
Domain
Task Task level PEP in ms Challenge Reactivity
(chalange leek -mean of lullabies)
Task-to-task Change
(current task -previous task)
Mean SD Min Max mean
difference
SD sig %
decreasing
mean
difference
SD sig %
decreasing
1 meating lullaby 1 80.34 (0.04) 68.00 95.00 126
startle 2 jack in the box 30.96 (6.60) 63.50 96.00 129 0.65 (2.56) ** 33% 0.66 (2.58) ** 33%
sensory 3 lemon juice taste 31.05 (5.97) 68.00 93.00 125 0.61 (3.03) * 40% −0.03 (2.48) ns 52%
social 4 Sick infant cry 80.86 (6.46) 57.00 97.00 126 0.42 (3.03) ns 38% −0.25 P. 26) ns 40%
5 resting lullaby 2 80.83 (6.21) 65.50 94.50 121 −0.02 (2.44) ns 45%
6 neutral videa 80.32 (6.22) 63.00 95.75 118 −0.11 (2.60) ns 54% −0.47 (2.42) 51%

Note: T-tesis were conducted for each reactivity and iask-to-task change score to determine if the values were different than zero.

*

p<.05.

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001

Table 2 presents descriptive statistics for HR, RSA, and PEP. The left column displays task specific statistics, the middle column displays results for challenge tasks relative to the resting measure (mean of the 2 lullabies), and the right column presents the change for each task from the previous task. Please click here to view a larger version of this figure.