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Linares R, Pelegrina S, Delgado-Rodríguez R. Emotional processing of math-related words in people with math anxiety. ANXIETY, STRESS, AND COPING 2024; 37:651-666. [PMID: 38105540 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2023.2295476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Research exploring emotional responses to math-related words in individuals with math anxiety (MA) is scarce. Here, we examined MA participants' subjective emotional processing of math-related cues within Lang's bioinformational model of emotion to further understand the role of those cues in MA. METHODS In total, 41 high-MA and 32 low-MA undergraduates rated math-related words, along with neutral, pleasant, and unpleasant words, from the Affective Norms for English Words. The Self-Assessment Manikin was used to calculate valence, arousal, and dominance scores for each word. RESULTS The low-MA group rated math-related words as neutral on the three emotional scales, however, the high-MA group rated them lower and higher for valence and dominance than neutral and unpleasant words, respectively. Moreover, math-related words were rated as more and less activating than neutral and unpleasant words, respectively. The two groups significantly differed in scores on the three scales only for the math-related words. CONCLUSIONS These results provide evidence that individuals with high MA show altered emotional processing of math-related words, experiencing them as moderately aversive and moderately activating. The findings emphasize that the altered emotional processing of words associated with math should be considered a symptom of MA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rocío Linares
- Department of Psychology, University of Jaén, Jaén, España
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Gantiva C, Araujo A, Calderón L, Gómez P, Reina F. Psychophysiological responses to facial expression of surprise, sadness, and disgust. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Carlos Gantiva
- Department of Psychology, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogotá, Colombia,
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogotá, Colombia,
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogotá, Colombia,
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogotá, Colombia,
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogotá, Colombia,
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Dominguez-Centeno I, Jurado-Barba R, Sion A, Martínez-Maldonado A, Castillo-Parra G, López-Muñoz F, Rubio G, Martínez-Gras I. Psychophysiological Correlates of Emotional- and Alcohol-Related Cues Processing in Offspring of Alcohol-Dependent Patients. Alcohol Alcohol 2020; 55:374-381. [PMID: 32300797 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agaa006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS To determinate if offspring of alcohol-dependent patients (OA) process affective stimuli and alcohol-related cues in a different manner than control subjects do. METHODS Event-related potentials (early posterior negativity [EPN]/ late positive potential [LPP]) and event-related oscillations (Theta) were obtained by electroencephalographic (EEG) recording during the viewing of International Affective Picture System (IAPS) images with positive, negative and neutral valence, as well as alcohol-related cues. The total sample was comprised of 60 participants, divided into two groups: one group consisted of OA (30) and the control group of participants with negative family history of alcohol use disorders (30). RESULTS Theta power analysis implies a significant interaction between condition, region and group factors. Post-hoc analysis indicates an increased theta power for the OA at different regions, during pleasant (frontal, central, parietal, occipital, right temporal); unpleasant (frontal, central, occipital); alcohol (frontal, central, parietal, occipital, right and left temporal) and neutral (occipital) cues. There are no group differences regarding any of the event-related potential measurements (EPN/LPP). CONCLUSIONS There is evidence of alterations in the processing of affective stimuli and alcohol-related information, evidenced by changes in theta brain oscillations. These alterations are characterized by an increased emotional reactivity, evidenced by increased theta at posterior sites. There is also an increased recruitment of emotion control, which could be a compensation mechanism, evidenced by increased theta power at anterior sites during affective stimuli and alcohol cues.
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- I Dominguez-Centeno
- Department of Psychiatry, Research Institute 12 de Octubre (i+12), Córdoba Ave. n/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain.,Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Camilo José Cela University, 49 Castillo de Alarcon St, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Research Institute 12 de Octubre (i+12), Córdoba Ave. n/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain.,Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Camilo José Cela University, 49 Castillo de Alarcon St, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Research Institute 12 de Octubre (i+12), Córdoba Ave. n/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Research Institute 12 de Octubre (i+12), Córdoba Ave. n/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain.,Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Camilo José Cela University, 49 Castillo de Alarcon St, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Camilo José Cela University, 49 Castillo de Alarcon St, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Research Institute 12 de Octubre (i+12), Córdoba Ave. n/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain.,Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Camilo José Cela University, 49 Castillo de Alarcon St, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain.,Addictive Disorders Network, Health Institute Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado St, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Research Institute 12 de Octubre (i+12), Córdoba Ave. n/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain.,Addictive Disorders Network, Health Institute Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado St, 28029 Madrid, Spain.,Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, 2 Séneca Ave., 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, Research Institute 12 de Octubre (i+12), Córdoba Ave. n/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain.,Addictive Disorders Network, Health Institute Carlos III, 4 Sinesio Delgado St, 28029 Madrid, Spain.,Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, 2 Séneca Ave., 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Gantiva C, Casas M, Ballén Y, Sotaquirá M, Romo-González T. Modulación de las respuestas fisiológicas ante estímulos afectivos: una herramienta para investigar procesos psicológicos. UNIVERSITAS PSYCHOLOGICA 2019. [DOI: 10.11144/javeriana.upsy18-1.mrfe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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El estudio de los procesos psicológicos suele realizarse a partir de medidas de autorreporte y, en algunos casos, a través de tareas conductuales. Sin embargo, cada vez es más necesario obtener medidas más precisas y objetivas de las respuestas psicológicas para fortalecer las conclusiones de los estudios y su alcance. Por lo anterior, el objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar los cambios en distintas respuestas fisiológicas ante estímulos con diferente contenido afectivo, para obtener indicadores fisiológicos de los procesos atencionales, emocionales y motivacionales. Se registraron las respuestas de 40 participantes mientras observaban estímulos apetitivos, neutrales y aversivos. Los resultados muestran que los estímulos apetitivos y aversivos generan mayor respuesta de conductividad de la piel, lo que indica mayor activación simpática y mayor respuesta de orientación, así como mayor desaceleración de la tasa cardiaca y mayor inhibición prepulso, lo que sugiere una mayor respuesta atencional. También se encontró que los estímulos aversivos potencian el reflejo de sobresalto y los apetitivos lo inhiben, lo que lo convierte en un marcador fisiológico de la respuesta motivacional. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre hombres y mujeres. En conjunto, los resultados apoyan el uso de estas metodologías para el estudio de la orientación/atención, la emoción y la motivación.
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We present here emoFinder ( http://usc.es/pcc/emofinder ), a Web-based search engine for Spanish word properties taken from different normative databases. The tool incorporates several subjective word properties for 16,375 distinct words. Although it focuses particularly on normative ratings for emotional dimensions (e.g., valence and arousal) and discrete emotional categories (fear, disgust, anger, happiness, and sadness), it also makes available ratings for other word properties that are known to affect word processing (e.g., concreteness, familiarity, contextual availability, and age of acquisition). The tool provides two main functionalities: Users can search for words matched on specific criteria with regard to the selected properties, or users can obtain the properties for a set of words. The output from emoFinder is highly customizable and can be accessed online or exported to a computer. The tool architecture is easily scalable, so that it can be updated to include word properties from new Spanish normative databases as they become available.
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