Revisiting the James versus Cannon debate on emotion: startle and autonomic modulation in patients with spinal cord injuries
| Autor: | María Dolores Prieto Sánchez, Pilar Cobos, Jaime Vila, María Nieves Vera, Carmen Álvarez García |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Reflex Startle Central nervous system Electromyography Audiology Autonomic Nervous System Developmental psychology Arousal Random Allocation Heart Rate Heart rate Moro reflex medicine Humans Valence (psychology) International Affective Picture System Spinal Cord Injuries medicine.diagnostic_test General Neuroscience Galvanic Skin Response Middle Aged Autonomic nervous system Affect Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology medicine.anatomical_structure Acoustic Stimulation Female Psychology Photic Stimulation |
| Zdroj: | Biological psychology. 61(3) |
| ISSN: | 0301-0511 |
| Popis: | James' hypothesis that impaired peripheral physiology in patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) impairs emotional processing, as manifested in the modulation of physiological responses and in the subjective component of emotions, was examined in the present study. A pilot study confirmed the utility of Lang's picture viewing paradigm in a group of 78 students using the Spanish norms of the International Affective Picture System. In the main study, 19 patients with SCI and 19 well controls matched for sex, age and education were examined. Results showed: (1) no differences between SCI and control participants in the valence and arousal ratings of the pictures; (2) similar heart rate modulation in both groups, i.e. the unpleasant pictures produced greater deceleration than the pleasant ones; and (3) no decrease in emotional experience in the SCI group compared with the control group. The implications of the results for the James versus Cannon controversy on the theory of emotions are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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