The role of sex and sex-related hormones in cognition, mood and well-being in older men and women.

abstract：:As compared to negative affect, only a small number of studies have examined influences of positive affect on cardiovascular stress responses, of which only a few were concerned with cardiovascular recovery. In this study, heart rate, low- and high-frequency heart rate variability, blood pressure, and levels of subjec...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Papousek I,Nauschnegg K,Paechter M,Lackner HK,Goswami N,Schulter G

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the possible involvement of the brainstem in the pathology of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) were collected from a population of neurotics (100 patients), including a group of 50 subjects suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the rest having...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Nolfe G,Serra FP,Palma V,Buscaino GA

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:Positive or negative feedback is usually used to maintain or shift a sorting rule in the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Previous studies have demonstrated that negative feedback evokes a larger P3 than positive feedback. However, it is unclear whether the neural response is different for negative feedback appeari...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Zhu M,Zhuo B,Cao B,Li F

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interoception of respiratory obstruction was investigated in three different experimental or quasi-experimental studies. In two experiments of the first study, the psychophysics of the perception of externally added flow resistive loads were examined by using a signal detection approach. Asthmatic patients display...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Dahme B,Richter R,Mass R

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Both physical activity and emotion produce physiological activation. The emotional component of heart rate (HR) can be estimated as the additional HR (aHR) above that predicted by O2 consumption. Our innovation was to substitute minute ventilation (V) for O2 consumption, calculating aHR from individual relations betwe...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Wilhelm FH,Roth WT

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotion and attention are key players in the modulation of pain perception. However, much less is known about the reverse influence of pain on attentional and especially emotional processes. To this end, we employed painful vs. non-painful pressure stimulation to examine effects on the processing of simultaneously pre...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Wieser MJ,Gerdes AB,Greiner R,Reicherts P,Pauli P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although reduced cortisol reactivity to stress and increased circulating testosterone level are hypothesized to be associated with higher levels of externalizing behavior, empirical findings are inconsistent. One factor that may account for the heterogeneity in these relationships is prenatal testosterone exposure. Th...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Portnoy J,Raine A,Glenn AL,Chen FR,Choy O,Granger DA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated salivary cortisol profiles in the first hour after awakening in morning versus evening chronotypes. Chronotypes were defined by Horne and Ostberg's Owl-and-Lark-Questionnaire. In a sample of 112 healthy, day-active young men, we identified 9 morning and 29 evening chronotypes. Saliva samples were colle...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Kudielka BM,Federenko IS,Hellhammer DH,Wüst S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased heart rate variability and depression are both independent risk factors for cardiac mortality in clinical and non-clinical samples. The purpose of the current study is to examine the hypothesis that severity of depressive symptomatology is inversely associated with respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) in a non...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Keen L 2nd,Turner AD,Mwendwa D,Callender C,Campbell A Jr

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Background noise has become part of our everyday life in modern societies. Its presence affects both the ability to concentrate and communicate. Some individuals, like children, the elderly, and non-native speakers have pronounced problems in noisy environments. Here we review evidence suggesting that background noise...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Kujala T,Brattico E

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serotonin transporter (SERT) plays a crucial role in anxiety. Accordingly, variance in SERT functioning appears to constitute an important pathway to individual differences in anxiety. The current study tested the hypothesis that genetic variation in SERT function is associated with variability in the basic reflex...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Klumpers F,Heitland I,Oosting RS,Kenemans JL,Baas JM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-two undergraduates, 41 female and 31 male, aged 19-38, who had eaten breakfast had their blood glucose levels measured at 10.00 a.m. Following this they watched a presentation on safety when living away from home and had their recall of this material tested. Then half the participants imbibed a drink containin...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Morris N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii, a parasitic protozoan, infects about 30-60% of people worldwide. The latent toxoplasmosis, i.e. life-long presence of cysts in the brain and muscular tissues, has no effect on human health. However, infected subjects score worse in psychomotor performance tests and have different personality profile...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Flegr J,Preiss M,Klose J,Havlícek J,Vitáková M,Kodym P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrophysiological correlates of error processing were investigated in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) using event-related potentials (ERP). Twelve patients with BPD and 12 healthy controls were additionally rated with the Barratt impulsiveness scale (BIS-10). Participants performed a Go/Nogo...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Ruchsow M,Walter H,Buchheim A,Martius P,Spitzer M,Kächele H,Grön G,Kiefer M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary output to lemon juice was measured on 24 subjects in the morning and afternoon with and without the presentation of noise. It was found that time of day and noise affected salivation output and that these factors interacted such that more saliva was produced by noise in the morning than in the afternoon. Poss...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Corcoran DW,Hajduk J

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When studying the factors which influence stress reactivity in within-subject designs, test-retest reproducibility data is needed to estimate power and sample size. We report such data regarding a new experimental stress protocol, based on simultaneous application of the socially evaluated, bilateral feet Cold Pressor...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Bachmann P,Finke JB,Rebeck D,Zhang X,Larra MF,Koch KP,Turner JD,Schächinger H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An opioid mechanism may help explain hypertensive hypoalgesia. A double-blind placebo-controlled design compared the effects of opioid blockade (naltrexone) and placebo on electrocutaneous pain threshold, pain tolerance, and retrospective McGill Pain Questionnaire ratings in 35 unmedicated patients with essential hype...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Ring C,France CR,al'Absi M,Edwards L,McIntyre D,Carroll D,Martin U

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies suggest that inhibition difficulties among people with ASD might be related to atypical cardiac vagal control. We examined how low versus high baseline heart rate variability (HRV) influences prepotent response inhibition in 31 males with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; mean age: 32.2; mean IQ: 107.8) c...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Kuiper MWM,Verhoeven EWM,Geurts HM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viewing personally familiar and loved faces evokes a distinct pattern of brain activity as demonstrated by research employing imaging and electrophysiological methods. The aim of the current investigation was to study the perception of loved faces combined with recalling past emotional experiences using whole-head mag...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Tiedt HO,Beier KM,Lueschow A,Pauls A,Weber JE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonic and phasic differences in peripheral autonomic nervous system (ANS) indicators strongly predict differences in attention and emotion regulation in developmental populations. However, virtually all previous research has been based on individual ANS measures, which poses a variety of conceptual and methodlogical c...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Wass SV,de Barbaro K,Clackson K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensing of internal bodily signals, a process known as interoception, contributes to subjective emotional feeling states that can guide empathic understanding of the emotions of others. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) typically show an attenuated intuitive capacity to recognise and interpret othe...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Mulcahy JS,Davies M,Quadt L,Critchley HD,Garfinkel SN

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the links between physiological arousal and adults' memory for emotional information are well understood, little is known about these links across development or when memory is examined for the actual event that induced arousal. In the current study, we examined the associations between physiological arousal ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Quas JA,Yim IS,Rush E,Sumaroka M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mismatch negativity (MMN) is conceptualized as a confidence-weighted error signal elicited when a deviation violates the predicted next-state based on regularity. The mechanisms underpinning its generation remain contentious. Smaller MMN response is a robust finding in schizophrenia and reduced amplitude may impli...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Frost JD,Winkler I,Provost A,Todd J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the personality trait of extraversion has been linked to enhanced reward sensitivity and its putative neural correlates, little is known about whether extraverts' neural circuits are particularly sensitive to social rewards, given their preference for social engagement and social interactions. Using event-relate...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Fishman I,Ng R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:College students learned a set of facts relating fictitious people and their occupations (e.g. 'Matthew is a lawyer'). Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) were recorded while they subsequently viewed a series of such statements presented in segments (e.g. 'Matthew/is a/dentist'). ERPs to occupations completing state...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Fischler I,Childers DG,Achariyapaopan T,Perry NW Jr

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four undergraduate male volunteers participated in an experimental designed to assess the effect of voluntary control of heart rate deceleration on skin conductance level. One group of subjects received heart rate feedback training and a second group performed a tracking task. Because heart-rate feedback was pr...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Gatchel RJ

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectral analysis of the electroencephalogram was utilized to determine attention demands during learning of a perceptual motor task. Fifteen subjects participated in the task which consisted of 15 trials of the mirror star learning task. EEG was monitored bilaterally from the occipital and parietal lobes during each ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Gliner JA,Mihevic PM,Horvath SM

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, sleep and hibernation were not usually considered to be closely related states (e.g. Dement, 1967). However, two current lines of research point toward a system of relations between caloric intake, thermogenesis, metabolic rate and adiposity in the regulation of the energy balance of warm-blooded anima...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Berger RJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00