Dysphoria is associated with reduced cardiac vagal withdrawal during the imagery of pleasant scripts: Evidence for the positive attenuation hypothesis

Biological Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-38

  Messerotti Benvenuti, Simone ^a   Mennella, Rocco ^a   Buodo, Giulia ^a   Palomba, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac vagal and adrenergic sympathetic activity; Depressive symptoms; Dysphoria; Emotion; Heart rate reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; RR INTERVAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; AFFECT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; HEART; IMAGINATION; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; VAGUS NERVE;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SELF REPORT; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922631367     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.11.017     Document Type: Article

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