A New Look at Cardiac Defense: Attention or Emotion?
| Autor: | Nieves Ortega Pérez, María Carmen Fernández, Elisabeth Ruiz-Padial, María Paz Bermúdez Sánchez, Joaquín Pegalajar, María Nieves Vera, Humbelina Robles, Jaime Vila, Isabel Ramírez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Reflex Startle Linguistics and Language Sympathetic Nervous System Emotions Language and Linguistics Arousal Developmental psychology Electrocardiography Heart Rate Parasympathetic Nervous System Reference Values Humans Natural (music) Attention Habituation Psychophysiologic General Psychology Motivation Psychological research Interpretation (philosophy) Perspective (graphical) Heart Cognition Fear Startle reaction Sociology of health and illness Psychology Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | ResearcherID |
| ISSN: | 1988-2904 1138-7416 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1138741600005217 |
| Popis: | The study of cardiac defense has a long tradition in psychological research both within the cognitive approach—linked to Pavlov, Sokolov, and Graham's work on sensory reflexes—and within the motivational one—linked to the work of Cannon and subsequent researchers on the concepts of activation and stress. These two approaches have been difficult to reconcile in the past. We summarize a series of studies on cardiac defense from a different perspective, which allows integration of the traditional approaches. This new perspective emphasizes a sequential process interpretation of the cardiac defense response. Results of descriptive and parametric studies, as well as those of studies examining the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying the response, show a complex response pattern with both accelerative and decelerative components, with both sympathetic and parasympathetic influences, and with both attentional and emotional significance. The implications of this new look at cardiac defense are discussed in relation to defensive reactions in natural settings, the brain mechanisms controlling such reactions, and their effects on health and illness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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