title: Cardiac symptoms and tachistoscopic recognition of the heart image.
abstract: This study investigates the relationship between cardiac symptoms and an individual's tachistoscopic awareness of the heart image. A group of 78 female college students were classified on the basis of heart symptomatology utilizing self-administered medical questionnaires. It was found that symptomatic subjects with more frequent disturbances required significantly longer to recognize an illustration of the heart. It was hypothesized that these subjects were less tachistoscopically aware of the heart image because of anxiety associated with this body area.
authors.affiliation: Upstate Medical Centre, Syracuse, New York, USA.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Cassei
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Duboczy
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012392:Rorschach Test; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires