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Differential subjective and psychophysiological responses to socially and nonsocially generated emotional stimuli.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16637758     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Sociality may determine the subjective experience and physiological response to emotional stimuli. Film segments induced socially and nonsocially generated emotions. Comedy (social positive), bereavement (social negative), pizza scenes (nonsocial positive), and wounded bodies (nonsocial negative) elicited four distinct emotional patterns. Per subjective report, joy, sadness, appetite, and disgust were elicited by the targeted stimulus condition. The social/nonsocial dimension influenced which emotional valence(s) elicited a skin conductance response, a finding that could not be explained by differences in subjective arousal. Heart rate deceleration was more responsive to nonsocially generated emotions. Taken together, these findings suggest that sociality affects the physiological profile of responses to emotional valence.
Authors:
Jennifer C Britton; Stephan F Taylor; Kent C Berridge; Joseph A Mikels; I Liberzon
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Emotion (Washington, D.C.)     Volume:  6     ISSN:  1528-3542     ISO Abbreviation:  Emotion     Publication Date:  2006 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-04-26     Completed Date:  2006-09-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101125678     Medline TA:  Emotion     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  150-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Neuroscience Program, University of Michigan, USA. jbritton@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Arousal*
Emotions / physiology*
Female
Galvanic Skin Response
Heart Rate
Humans
Male
Psychophysiology
Social Behavior*

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