Respiratory responses during affective picture viewing

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serval:BIB_434F3C18A66F
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Respiratory responses during affective picture viewing
Journal
Biological Psychology
Author(s)
Gomez Patrick, Stahel Werner A., Danuser Brigitta
ISSN
0301-0511
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2004
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
67
Number
3
Pages
359-373
Language
english
Notes
SAPHIRID:49682
Abstract
Previous research has demonstrated covariation of physiological responding with judgments of valence and arousal. However, until now links between these affective dimensions and respiratory measures have not been extensively investigated. In this study, eight picture series of different affective valence and arousal level were shown to 30 subjects, while respiration, skin conductance level (SCL), heart rate (HR) and affective judgments were measured. With increasing pleasantness, inspiratory time lengthened, mean inspiratory flow decreased and thoracic breathing increased. With increasing arousal, inspiratory time and total breath duration shortened and mean inspiratory flow, minute ventilation, thoracic breathing and electrodermal activity increased. These findings confirm the importance of arousal in respiratory responding, but also indicate a modulatory role of affective valence.We propose that the arousal effects reflect energy mobilization in preparation to act, and thatthe valence effects might be a manifestation of an attention bias toward negative stimuli. [Authors]
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