Imagine that you are part of a study that measures your heart rate and breathing throughout the day. For the most part, your hea
rt rate and breathing only changes when you exercise or are very excited. However, it seems like every time you visit the researcher to get your equipment updated, your heart rate and breathing spike for seemingly no reason. This phenomenon is referred to as:
This phenomenon is pretty curious and it happens when the patients experience an increment in their tension level just because they are going through an anxiety situation probably due to the clinical setting or just because they are seeing the doctor and his white coat
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