After reading Lang, "What can the heart tell us about thinking?" you should be familiar with the following vocabulary as it applies to the topic at hand:

Phasic Attention
Tonic Attention
Inter-beat interval
CRC

1. What part of the nervous system is in charge of what we usually refer to as "emotional response"?

1a. What subpart of that nervous system makes the heart speed up?

1b. What subpart makes the heart slow down?

2. Consider two documentaries: one about a topic that you find particularly interesting and another that you find very boring. Describe the comparative activity of the heart during the two shows.

3. How must the skin be prepared for the placement of heart rate electrodes? Why is this preparation necessary?

4. What is the QRS spike? What happens in the body to cause it?