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From: Cardiac autonomic and cortisol stress responses to real operations in surgeons: relationship with individual psychobiological characteristics and experience

Fig. 2

Heart rate (A), heart rate variability (B), and cortisol (C) responses to the social stress test in senior and expert surgeons (n = 8 per group). Data are reported as mean ± standard error. Abbreviations: bas = baseline; SI = social interview; AT = arithmetic task; rec = recovery; RMSSD = root mean square of successive beat-to-beat interval differences. * p < .05 vs baseline/min 0 value for both groups

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BioPsychoSocial Medicine

ISSN: 1751-0759

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