Fig. 3From: Cardiac autonomic and cortisol stress responses to real operations in surgeons: relationship with individual psychobiological characteristics and experienceHeart rate (A), heart rate variability (B), and cortisol (C) responses to surgery in senior and expert surgeons (n = 8 per group). Data are reported as mean ± standard error. Abbreviation: RMSSD = root mean square of successive beat-to-beat interval differences. * p < .05 vs baseline value for both groupsBack to article page