Address reprint requests to: Tytus Sosnowski, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Stawki 5/7, 00-183 Warszawa, Poland. E-mail: [email protected]

The research was performed in the Psychophysiological Laboratory, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw. The research was supported by grant GR-676 and the article preparation by grant nr 1 H01F 037 26 from the Polish Ministry of Higher Education.

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Our previous research showed that tasks demanding running of ready-to-use programs (RUN tasks) caused a greater tonic heart rate increase than did tasks that require problem solving (EDIT tasks). We found also a similar though not so consistent effect in the analysis of phasic cardiac acceleration. The aim of the present study was to replicate the last finding using new experimental tasks. Fifty-four male secondary school pupils were divided randomly into three experimental groups. Each group performed a different version of a nonsignaled reaction time (RT) task: simple RT, sensory choice RT, and semantic choice RT. Participants had to respond within an established time limit, but this limit was continuously modified in such a way that each participant was given positive feedback in approximately 50% of trials. According to expectations, the simple RT task evoked greater phasic cardiac acceleration than did the choice RT tasks.

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