Phychological characteristics as determinants of ambulatory BP in different settings

‘detectors’ ‘command’

of different

sensory stimuli features

cells into rhythmic

A set of experimental EEG

alpha

data on relations

and quality

Lcill he presented

of visuomotor

supporting

may reHcct functional

and motor

between

pursuer

the propocal

inhibition

of wnt‘

unpleasant.

Amplitude

largest during

activity generation. human

performance

that

EEG

alpha

during

the

an

PtlY(‘HOLOGlC‘AL NANTS

OF

C‘IIARACTERISTICS

AMBULATORY

BP

AS DETERMI-

IN

DIFFERENT

SET-

TINGS

out. These

investigate

Da\,~d Shapiro.

of California,

Iris Goldstein

Lo\ Angeles.

CA.

differed

from

criminate

BP monitoring

emotion\:

hrtwccn

and emotionnl

variou\

\tntes.

ce~c\

situations,

physical activity levels.

the perspective

AMBP

potential

related

has heen shown to dis-

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vascular relationships. of examining

(AMBP)

represents

physiological

to cardiovascular

of stress-cardio-

II promising

reactivity.

The

hostility and defcnGvenrss. gency medlcal

interacted

in the natural paramedics

\onill

and emotional

\tt-c\\

indict.

cliftcrence tlon\.

factors

elevated

stre\s

on cardiovascular the extent

mediated

found

DBP

certain DBP

HR

for interpersonal

to he conGstent indice\. acro\j

and IlR

acro\c

levels

while

characteristics

and work

were

setting\

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predicted

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cvw.

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BY FILM-INDIJCED

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SEXLJAI.

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on

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Amsterdam.

ariablea

both subcortical tic magnitude recent pentlcnt

influence

RESPONSL

only experienced tension

and cortical mechanisms.

modulation

research

of Vrana,

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suhjccta II \erics

by concurrent

AROUSAL

positively

correlated.

magnitude

might

mechanism\. oppwitc

Vrana

Spencc,

of emotional of,\lides

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hy

to Star-

demand\.

tone. They

ranging from vc~

the

re-

in results i\

film fragment‘;

subjects not

but also high tenseness. response

effect

the

Since

were

on Startle

the operation

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(in-

film fragment?.

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fragment7

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et al. wii\

high11

Response

of two independent

which in this specific case modulated

film

film frag-

pleasant

for thit discrepancy

Sexual

used in these

tenseness in whject\

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in

ArouGng

(porno-

experiment\

caused

than the pleasant

slides used hy

et al.

LO<‘ALISATION

OF ELECTRIC

SCALP

(‘ALC‘UI.ATED

pleasant

FIELD

DIVERGENC‘ES

FROM

THE

EEG

R.11. Jindra and R. Volimer klinische

Neurohiologic. accepted

on the

in contrast

& Lang suggests an inde-

hedonic

during

by Vrana

of the Startle

reflect

directions.

ON THE

rithm\

Reflex amplitude attentional

for

film fragments.

amplitude

pleasantness

and amplitude

clcctrical

The Netherlands

the Startle

support

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scalp

tore

&terreich

that the electrical

reflect

in home

potential

unknown

differ-

manner

the

It may be hypothesiscd

that located sources and sinks on the scalp corrcor morphological

of thcae hypothetic

which provide

equation.

Wien.

activity of cortical structural.

In the present Contextual

specific

mood. The u\e

model.

+liclcs report4

explanation

During

the detection

(11 Amsterdam.

of three

te
partial

not found during Sexual Arousing

LHI fir

Janwn

Unlvel-sit\

impact was pleasantness-

the viewing of Fearful

in Startlc

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probide

arousing)

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of

the

effects of tl-ait charactcri\tic\

ACOUSTI(‘

emotional

and Neutral

detailed

to emotional

the reduction

cluding wxual

cnccs OF

carried

for

indict3 outside of the laboratory.

MODUL,\TlON

valence on

greater

elevated

v.ith work and home. These rcsult$ under~ore

rc\ponse

response

were

dimension

hy induction

permits

reaulta

ments. compared

greater

with

thr

Sexual Arousal,

tudo was increased

graphic)

home and work environments.

nerd to study the mediating \tre\\

with

pro-

authors

sponsc matching hypothcais. Acoustic Startle Response ampli-

hostility was aw~ciatrd

defensiveness hwtility

inter-ac-

to interact

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affective

instead of slides were uwd

hccause greater

was replaced

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Preliminary

in situations

home

v,crc ill\0 found to differentially

aw)ci;ltetl

found

conflict. Other acres\

Specifically.

\ettings.

and subjective

to which individual

\tr~sh/cardiov~~~c~~l~lr

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and

for 23.hrs at work

and can-

from the experiment

following from the response matching

33 emer-

ub to study the effects of

Some psych~~logicnl traits were

potential

\ion\

Specifically,

periods of high levels of interper-

and to caaminc

specific work contexts. with

alloaed

and prolonged

traits. ‘ruch as

with a range of situil-

setting.

were monitored

and at home. This model both di\cretc

pro-

goal of our

study v,as to examine ho\\ viir1ous psychological tional demands

method

and psychological

an

pleasant

experiments

in two respects

ot specific emotions Amhulntory

four

films. Secondly.

unpleasantness U.S.A.

was

these rrwlts

the impact of emotional

amplitude

for emotion-induction.

La!-1-q Janner,

Since

model. of

et al. First. film fragments

expected University

slides.

in terms

Response

slides, and smallest

equal attention.

by an attentional

Response

Vrana

Startle

model.

To further Startle

of pleasant

interpretation

matching

acoustic

slides attracted

not he explained pose

brain systems.

viewing

unpleasant

of

the viewing of unpleasant

units. The first step in

connections

both temporal

demand

algo-

and spatial information.

study the basic aswmption

is the continuity

The ET:<; is available on discrrte

points only, there-

a mapping

procedure

rc5ults from finite element

bar to he developed. analysi\.

ation wa\ divided into rectangles

We

used

The area under consider-

and the continuity

equation

oftered

wa$ wlvctl

the different

wlutiona

to very

were composed tog.ethcr. The results were encoded

in colour.

for each rectangle.

Then