Type A behaviour, borderline hyperventilation and psychological, psychosomatic and neuroendocrine responses to mental task load.

abstract：:Cortisol has been found to increase in response to social evaluative threat. However, little is known about the cortisol response to induced anger. Thus, in the present study, we investigated the cortisol response to anger induction and its effects on performance and explicit memory. A variant of the Montreal Stress I...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Kazén M,Kuenne T,Frankenberg H,Quirin M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has found that high approach-motivated positive affect narrows cognitive scope. Additionally, this narrowing of cognitive scope in high approach-motivated states is related to neural correlates of motor-action preparation, including beta suppression over the motor cortex. However, past studies have o...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Threadgill AH,Gable PA

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Our various daily activities continually require regulation of our internal state. These regulatory processes covary with changes in High Frequency Heart Rate Variability (HF-HRV), a marker of parasympathetic activity. Specifically, incidental increases in HF-HRV accompany positive social engagement behavior and proso...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Bornemann B,Kok BE,Böckler A,Singer T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural processing of emotional pictures is often indexed by two electrocortical responses: the early posterior negativity (EPN) and the late positive potential (LPP). Because emotional pictures vary in nonemotional features (e.g., composition, human content, and spatial frequency), researchers often match pictures on ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Wiens S,Sand A,Olofsson JK

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:An antisaccade experiment, using happy, sad, and neutral faces, was conducted to examine the effect of mood-congruent information on inhibitory control (antisaccade task) and attentional orienting (prosaccade task) during the different episodes of bipolar disorder (BD) - manic (n=22), depressive (n=25), and euthymic (...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： García-Blanco AC,Perea M,Salmerón L

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We set out to examine the relations between prenatal exposure to the natural disaster Superstorm Sandy, maternal depression, and offspring electrodermal activity (EDA). EDA was measured via skin conductance response (SCR) magnitude in 198 children (M = 42.54 months, SD = 12.76) during a startle paradigm. In keeping wi...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Buthmann J,Finik J,Ventura G,Zhang W,Shereen AD,Nomura Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boxers' attention and orienting mechanisms were investigated using event-related brain potential recordings, before and after a fight. This study did not reveal any abnormalities of attention or detection processes. However, a slight deficit in the orienting reaction towards stimuli delivered in the right ear, related...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Breton F,Pincemaille Y,Tarriere C,Renault B

更新日期：1991-08-01 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

abstract：:This task-switching ERP study of 16 young participants investigated whether increased RT slowing on stay trials and faster RTs on switch trials for frequent than infrequent switching are explained by an activation or preparation account. The activation account proposes that task sets are maintained at a higher baselin...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Nessler D,Friedman D,Johnson R Jr

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ERPs to visual language stimuli were recorded in normal children (7-18 years) and adults from Fpz, Fz, Cz, Pz, Oz, F3, F4, C3, C4, P3, P4, T3, T4, T5 and T6. An oddball paradigm was employed with letter discrimination and lexical decision tasks. N2 and P3 latencies decreased significantly with age, N2 until adolescenc...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Taylor MJ

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) symptoms demonstrate a marked persistence over time, but little is known empirically about short-term processes that may account for this long-term persistence. In this study, we examined how self-reported and physiological stress reactivity were associated with persistence of SAD symptom...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Nelemans SA,Hale WW III,Branje SJT,van Lier PAC,Koot HM,Meeus WHJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blunted cardiovascular stress reactions may be a marker for poor behavioral regulation. The present study examined the association between heart rate reactivity and perseverance, operationalized as the failure to complete a subsequent follow-up assessment. The heart rate (using electrocardiography), cardiac output (us...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Ginty AT,Brindle RC,Carroll D

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has shown that frontal brain activation, assessed via electroencephalographic (EEG) asymmetry, predicts the post-exercise affective response to exercise among adults. Building on this evidence, the present study investigates the utility of resting cortical asymmetry for explaining variance in the affective re...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Schneider M,Graham D,Grant A,King P,Cooper D

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four experiments investigated Pearce and Hall's (1980) proposal that a decrease in the predictive accuracy of a stimulus restores stimulus associability as reflected by increased orienting and controlled processing. The experiments examined the effects of miscuing or omission on stimulus associability as assessed by s...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Packer JS,Siddle DA,Tipp C

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in the stress response and endogenous pain regulation mechanisms may contribute directly and indirectly to maintenance of nicotine dependence and relapse. We examined the extent to which nicotine dependence alters endogenous pain regulatory systems, including the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis,...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： al'Absi M,Nakajima M,Grabowski J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that frontal brain asymmetry is associated with differences in basic emotional dimensions, particularly in activation of systems underlying avoidance-withdrawal behavior. We examined regional cerebral oxygenated hemoglobin (O2Hb) levels in human medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) using near-infrared...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Morinaga K,Akiyoshi J,Matsushita H,Ichioka S,Tanaka Y,Tsuru J,Hanada H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this exploratory study were: (1) to describe a 2-h segment of the early-morning salivary cortisol levels of morning (M) and evening (E) types of healthy, day-active adults on one morning; and (2) to compare selected demographic and sleep characteristics. The sample consisted of 20 subjects, aged 23-39 ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Bailey SL,Heitkemper MM

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early semantic effects (<200 ms) for single word processing have been reported inconsistently, though not rarely, in the ERP literature. It may be hypothesized that the frequently reported later lexical effects are related to the lengthy processing of long/scarcely familiar words or task factors. In this paper, we hav...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Proverbio AM,Adorni R,Zani A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional brain imaging has identified specialized neural systems supporting human body perception. Responses to nude vs. clothed bodies within this system are amplified. However, it remains unresolved whether nude and clothed bodies are processed by same cerebral networks or whether processing of nude bodies recruit...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Alho J,Salminen N,Sams M,Hietanen JK,Nummenmaa L

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Cool vehicle cabin temperatures can induce short-term non-hypothermic cold stress. The current study created a cold condition to examine the impact of cold stress on driving behavior. Forty-four participants drove a high-fidelity driving simulator during a thermal neutral or local torso cooled condition. Participants ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Morris DM,Pilcher JJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Evidence from neuroimaging studies indicates that depressive symptomatology is associated with inefficient recruitment of prefrontal brain regions while performing tasks that tax executive function. In the current study, we investigated the time-course and ERP signature of inefficient executive functioning using a ver...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Krompinger JW,Simons RF

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Respiratory sensation was studied in seven European lowlanders during a Himalayan expedition at over 6000 m. At rest, the ability to detect added inspiratory resistive loads can be used to create a sensitivity index P(A) taking response bias (B) into account based on Sensory Decision Theory. The data indicate that res...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Noël-Jorand MC,Burnet H

更新日期：1996-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral processing of emotion has been the subject of a number of recent studies, but results relating to hemispheric asymmetry have been quite mixed. The present study attempted to clarify and extend findings in this area by examining the differential effects of cognitive and affective sets on hemisphere asymmet...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Meyers MB,Smith BD

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Working memory scanning and motor response speeds were assessed in chronically sleep restricted participants using the Sternberg item recognition paradigm (SIRP). Twenty-two healthy volunteers (ages 21-30) living in a controlled hospital environment were allowed either 4h of sleep opportunity (50% of habitual sleep) o...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Casement MD,Broussard JL,Mullington JM,Press DZ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exploration of the physiological correlates of subjective emotional states has theoretical and practical significance. Previous studies have reported that subjective valence and arousal correspond to facial electromyography (EMG) and electrodermal activity (EDA), respectively, across stimuli. However, the reported ...

journal_title：Biological psychology

authors： Sato W,Kochiyama T,Yoshikawa S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00