Proneness to worry is negatively associated with blood pressure and baroreflex sensitivity: further evidence of the blood pressure emotional dampening hypothesis.

abstract：:Plasma levels of catecholamines and pituitary adrenal hormones were measured in 20 min samples from eight subjects, in one control session and two experimental sessions, while they performed a short-term memory task under quiet of noise conditions. Performing the task led to significant increase in the plasma levels o...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Brandenberger G,Follenius M,Wittersheim G,Salame P

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of the nasal cycle and forced uni-nostril breathing have demonstrated that integrated EEG amplitudes are greater over the hemisphere contralateral to the dominant (less congested) or unblocked nostril. Two experiments were designed to determine if asymmetries in nasal airflow, occurring naturally as a r...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Klein R,Pilon D,Prosser S,Shannahoff-Khalsa D

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interoceptive deficits are associated with medial temporal lobe (MTL) lesions, and especially the hippocampus, which may relate to interoception's reliance upon predictive coding and hence on mnemonic processes. Here, we develop a new task to assess interoceptive predictions and assess their dependence upon MTL memory...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Edwards-Duric J,Stevenson RJ,Francis HM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the evidence for a genetic basis of the cardiovascular and renal stress response. A bio-behavioral model of stress-induced hypertension is presented that explains how repeated exposure to stress in combination with genetic susceptibility might lead to the development of hypertension. In this model, we focus ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Snieder H,Harshfield GA,Barbeau P,Pollock DM,Pollock JS,Treiber FA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affective states might influence inhibitory control, a cognitive process fundamental for goal adaptive behavior. Here, we recorded high-density EEG while participants performed an antisaccade task, after the induction of a happy (n=20) or neutral (n=20) mood, to compare the same inhibition-related processes across the...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Vanlessen N,De Raedt R,Mueller SC,Rossi V,Pourtois G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests that cross-frequency spectral coupling between slow (SW) and fast (FW) wave activity in the EEG supports information exchange between separate and functionally distinct neural systems. Further, evidence suggests that states of uncertainty, anticipation and anxious apprehension involve a hi...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Miskovic V,Ashbaugh AR,Santesso DL,McCabe RE,Antony MM,Schmidt LA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abrupt acoustic events evoke a transient magnetic response (N100m) at the supratemporal plane. Such responses decrease in amplitude as the interval between successive stimuli decreases to about 1 s. However, when pairs of stimuli are separated by still smaller intervals the second stimulus evokes a larger response tha...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Loveless NE,Hari R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The caudal anterior cingulate cortex (cACC) is thought to be involved in performance monitoring, as conflict and error-related activity frequently co-localize in this area. Recent results suggest that these effects may be differentially modulated by awareness. To clarify the role of awareness in performance monitoring...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Ursu S,Clark KA,Aizenstein HJ,Stenger VA,Carter CS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Working memory can be enhanced by directing attention to task-relevant representations. Alpha oscillations are a neural correlate of spatial attention either to the perceptual or the mnemonic domain. Specifically, an enhancement of alpha power is observed in the ipsilateral posterior cortex to the locus of attention, ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Macedo-Pascual J,Hinojosa JA,Poch C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used a novel eye-gaze contingent attention training (ECAT) to test the prediction that attention regulation is involved in reappraisal and rumination. Sixty-six undergraduates were randomly assigned to either the control or the active training condition of the ECAT. Active ECAT comprised training in allocat...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Sanchez-Lopez A,Everaert J,Van Put J,De Raedt R,Koster EHW

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often show executive function (EF) problems and neurophysiological hypoarousal. Baroreceptor activation, as part of the baroreflex short-term blood pressure regulatory mechanism, has been linked to cortical inhibition and attenuated cognitive-attentional fu...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Dietrich A,Althaus M,Hartman CA,Buitelaar JK,Mindera RB,van den Hoofdakker BJ,Hoekstra PJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present research investigated the effects of miscuing a shock stimulus on dishabituation of the skin conductance response and on the allocation of processing resources. In both experiments, a control group received 21 S1-S2 pairings intermixed with 23 S3-alone presentations. For the experimental group, S2 was misc...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Siddle DA,Broekhuizen D,Packer JS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional (i.e., kinematic) aspects of the blink reflex depend on the size of the integrated orbicularis oculi EMG response. Peak amplitude of smoothed rectified EMG is often used as an approximation of integrated EMG. A comparison was made between the outputs of 24 different smoothing filters, correlating peak a...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： van Boxtel A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is a randomized controlled trial that aims to evaluate the efficacy of Neurofeedback compared to standard pharmacological intervention in the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The final sample consisted of 23 children with ADHD (11 boys and 12 girls, 7-14 years old). Parti...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Meisel V,Servera M,Garcia-Banda G,Cardo E,Moreno I

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrodermal activity was monitored while 64 prison inmates were presented with a random series of fast and slow rise-time tones ranging in intensity from 80 to 120dB. The inmates were divided into groups on the basis of global ratings of psychopathy and scores on the Socialization (Os) scale. The group considered to...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Hare RD

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychophysical experiments show that the perception of posture is to a large degree affected by hitherto unknown graviceptors in the human trunk. By remote control subjects move themselves radially along their spinal axis over the horizontal platform of a rotating centrifuge until they feel horizontal. Normal subjects...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Mittelstaedt H

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic burnout refers to a syndrome caused by chronic stress. Clinical observations indicate that chronic burnout is associated with impaired cognitive functioning. However, there have been no systematic studies of the cognitive performance in chronic burnout patients. We have evaluated general cognitive ability, mem...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Sandström A,Rhodin IN,Lundberg M,Olsson T,Nyberg L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotionally arousing picture stimuli evoked scalp-recorded event-related potentials. A late, slow positive voltage change was observed, which was significantly larger for affective than neutral stimuli. This positive shift began 200-300 ms after picture onset, reached its maximum amplitude approximately 1 s after pict...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Cuthbert BN,Schupp HT,Bradley MM,Birbaumer N,Lang PJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin plays an important role in human attachment, trust, social perception, memory, and fear regulation. Evidence suggests that CD38, a regulator of oxytocin release, may also be critical in these processes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictors of plasma oxytocin level measured after a task ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Kiss I,Levy-Gigi E,Kéri S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to examine the reliability of spontaneous electrodermal activity (EDA) as a function of the stages of sleep and waking in freely moving cats. Five adult cats were observed during waking--sleep sessions. The results show that: (a) for all stages, the reliability of EDA is slightly higher for amp...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Freixa i Baqué E,Delerm B,Roy JC

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessional-compulsive disorder has been conceptualised in terms of overattention to irrelevant details. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether this feature would be reflected in the 'early' CNV component. Sixteen obsessional patients and matched controls were tested in a motor-set CNV paradigm with a...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Sartory G,Master D

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some experimental data demonstrate the existence of at least two different P300s distinguished by latency, topography and functional significance. These positive waves are preceded by a negative component which has been labelled N200. The purpose of this study was to analyze the modifications of these negative and pos...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Banquet JP,Renault B,Lesèvre N

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of the characteristics of electroencephalogram (EEG) records treated as realizations from a nonlinear process were compared under four different conditions: eyes shut resting, and three silent observation instructions to predict the patterns of randomly generated lights which illuminated every 10 seconds. T...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Gregson RA,Britton LA,Campbell EA,Gates GR

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study synchronization of respiration, three different videofragments were presented to 21 normal subjects. Each fragment showed a 'therapeutic interview' specially performed for this purpose, with a 'patient' breathing in a particular way. The respiration of model 1 was deep, slow and clearly audible, the ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Garssen B

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterised by alterations in the function of the autonomic nervous system. However, it is unclear if this dysfunction is threat-related or related to arousing stimuli in general. Pupillometry offers a simple non-invasive measure of ANS activity that can separate parasympathe...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Mckinnon AI,Gray NS,Snowden RJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Neurotic' and 'stable' groups (n = 8) were formed by means of the Finnish version of the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Subjects were exposed individually to 80-100 dBA broadband noise. No overt response was made. The dependent variable was the pupil dilation. The louder the noise, the larger the pupil was. At each l...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Antikainen J,Niemi P

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although previous evidence suggests that mucosal immunity may be influenced by mental stress, the importance of the duration of stress exposure on secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) has yet to be fully elucidated. Salivary sIgA and cardiovascular activity were measured at rest, following 14 and 28 min of mental arithme...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Ring C,Drayson M,Walkey DG,Dale S,Carroll D

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have generated a four-system structure proposed as a replacement for Sokolov's unitary OR concept. This conceptualisation developed from a logical consideration of stimulus--response relationships based upon mean response magnitudes over subjects, and paid no attention to individual response types. It i...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Barry RJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theoretical framework has been put forward to understand attention deficits in schizophrenia (Luck SJ & Gold JM. Biological Psychiatry. 2008; 64:34-39). We adopted this framework to evaluate any deficits in attentional processes in schizotypy. Sixteen low schizotypal (LoS) and 16 high schizotypal (HiS) individuals p...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Fuggetta G,Bennett MA,Duke PA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has demonstrated that hypomania is associated with approach motivation and activity in the left prefrontal cortex (PFC). Other research has linked left motor cortex excitability to approach motivation, suggesting the existence of connections between the motor cortex and PFC. The present research exte...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Peterson CK,Harmon-Jones E

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00