Short-term autonomic nervous system and experiential responses during a labyrinth walk

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the sample

Variable	Mean	Standard Deviation
sAA pre-test (U/mL)	1.38	0.075
sAA post-test (U/mL)	1.40	0.028
Ln[RSA Baseline (ms^2/Hz)]	7.54	1.23
Ln[RSA Enter Sacred Space (ms^2/Hz)]	8.00	1.18
Ln[RSA Path-in (ms^2/Hz)]	6.71	1.62
Ln[RSA Path-out (ms^2/Hz)]	6.94	1.44
Ln[RSA Recovery (ms^2/Hz)]	7.84	1.02

Note. N = 25 (21 female). RSA = Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia; sAA = Salivary α-amylase; Ln = natural log.

Figure 1. Change in respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and salivary α-amylase (sAA) across the labyrinth task. sAA was measured during recovery but plotted during path-out to reflect the 5-min delay between arousal and secretion of sAA in saliva. Error bars represent standard error of the mean