Are You Aroused?

Predict:
    Can emotions affect the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)?

Procedure:
    Copy data table/chart below. For each minute, take radial pulse for 30 seconds and multiply by 2. After 10 minutes, take pulse every 5 minutes (same method). When finished, create another chart of the class average.
                        Base Rate        Arousal        Recovery        Base Rate
 
80
78
76
74
 Beats/     72
Minute   70
68
66
64
                    1     2    3     4     5     6     7    8    9    10     15      20
                                                     Minutes

Questions to think about before writing your Conclusion:
    What does your data illustrate? How does your data compare to the class average? Can you explain the relationship between the two parts of the ANS?