<p>I know that muscle tension and heart rate goes up as we get stressed, but what if in normal conditions some have a lower heart rate and muscle tension while others higher?</p>

<p>Does this say something about brain configuration? Temperament maybe? Do sanguine people have lower such stats than say choleric people? I have seen that similar people have same stats, in this case high stats people are always static characters (they don't change easily), have strong personalities, and are workaholics... etc.</p>

<p>I am pretty sure there's a study on this, I was wondering if anyone has any idea as to where to find it.</p>

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Your first question can be answered with "Statistics."  A carefully designed experiment would account for as many confounding factors as possible.
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And yes, you're in the right place! :)
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Muscle tone and default heart rate - psychological conclusions?
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# Muscle tone and default heart rate - psychological conclusions?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-10-02)

I know that muscle tension and heart rate goes up as we get stressed, but what if in normal conditions some have a lower heart rate and muscle tension while others higher?

Does this say something about brain configuration? Temperament maybe? Do sanguine people have lower such stats than say choleric people? I have seen that similar people have same stats, in this case high stats people are always static characters (they don't change easily), have strong personalities, and are workaholics... etc.

I am pretty sure there's a study on this, I was wondering if anyone has any idea as to where to find it.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Your first question can be answered with "Statistics."  A carefully designed experiment would account for as many confounding factors as possible.  
> **username_1**: And yes, you're in the right place! :)  

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