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Baranda AB, Ríos Y, Llorente R, Naranjo AB, da Quinta N. Neuroscience tools to study the effect of the presentation form on food-evoked emotion for senior population. Food Res Int 2024; 183:114158. [PMID: 38760149 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
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The elderly population holds significance among consumers because many of them experience alterations in taste and smell or suffer from physical disorders. These factors can lead to reduced food intake, malnutrition, and, consequently, serious health problems. Therefore, there is a need to develop tailored products for seniors, offering both nutrition and appealing foods with easily consumable textures. Among the various characteristics of food, appearance stands out as one of the most critical aspects influencing food preferences and choices. Surprisingly, there is limited knowledge about how food shape affects the holistic emotional responses of seniors. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of food shape on the emotional responses of seniors. This exploration involved the use of explicit methods, such as self-reported questionnaires, and implicit methods, including the measurement of skin conductance responses and facial expressions, as well as their combination. To achieve this goal, we enlisted the participation of 50 individuals (54 % women) from the senior population aged between 55 and 75 years. These participants evaluated two food products with identical sensory characteristics in terms of taste, texture, and flavor. However, these products differed in terms of their shape. We measured their degree of liking and emotional responses using a 7-point hedonic scale, EsSense25, in conjunction with galvanic skin response, and facial expressions, which served as representatives of behavioural and physiological responses. The multivariate analysis allowed to examine sample configurations by gender and establish associations between variables. The combination of implicit and explicit methods led to better discrimination of samples of the same category than the use of each of the methods independently. Although both samples elicited equivalent liking perceptions, they evoked distinct emotional responses, measured at cognitive, physiological, and behavioural levels. In general, men and women experienced different emotions while observing, smelling, handling, or consuming both samples, both consciously and unconsciously. This newfound knowledge could be valuable when designing food products for this demographic. The ultimate goal is to engage consumers and enhance their enjoyment of the food experience by offering more visually appealing food options.
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- Ana B Baranda
- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technological Alliance (BRTA). Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia. Astondo Bidea, Edificio 609, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain.
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- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technological Alliance (BRTA). Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia. Astondo Bidea, Edificio 609, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technological Alliance (BRTA). Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia. Astondo Bidea, Edificio 609, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technological Alliance (BRTA). Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia. Astondo Bidea, Edificio 609, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technological Alliance (BRTA). Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia. Astondo Bidea, Edificio 609, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
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Ishikura T, Sato W, Takamatsu J, Yuguchi A, Cho SG, Ding M, Yoshikawa S, Ogasawara T. Delivery of pleasant stroke touch via robot in older adults. Front Psychol 2024; 14:1292178. [PMID: 38264418 PMCID: PMC10803411 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1292178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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Touch care has clinically positive effects on older adults. Touch can be delivered using robots, addressing the lack of caregivers. A recent study of younger participants showed that stroke touch delivered via robot produced subjective and physiologically positive emotional responses similar to those evoked by human touch. However, whether robotic touch can elicit similar responses in older adults remains unknown. We investigated this topic by assessing subjective rating (valence and arousal) and physiological signals [corrugator and zygomatic electromyography (EMG) and skin conductance response (SCR)] to gentle stroking motions delivered to the backs of older participants by robot and human agents at two different speeds: 2.6 and 8.5 cm/s. Following the recent study, the participants were informed that only the robot strokes them. We compared the difference between the younger (their data from the previous study) and the older participants in their responses when the two agents (a robot and a human) stroked them. Subjectively, data from both younger and older participants showed that 8.5 cm/s stroking was more positive and arousing than 2.6 cm/s stroking for both human and robot agents. Physiologically, data from both younger and older participants showed that 8.5 cm/s stroking induced weaker corrugator EMG activity and stronger SCR activity than the 2.6 cm/s stroking for both agents. These results demonstrate that the overall patterns of the older groups responses were similar to those of the younger group, and suggest that robot-delivered stroke touch can elicit pleasant emotional responses in older adults.
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- Tomoki Ishikura
- Robotics Laboratory, Division of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
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- Psychological Process Research Team, Guardian Robot Project, RIKEN, Kyoto, Japan
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- Applied Robotics Research, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, United States
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- Robotics Laboratory, Department of Medical and Robotic Engineering Design, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Knowledge Acquisition and Dialogue Research Team, Guardian Robot Project, RIKEN, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Electronic Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, Saitama, Japan
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- Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Institute for Philosophy and Science of Art, Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto, Japan
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- Robotics Laboratory, Division of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
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Lee K, Sayre B, James TA, Duarte A. Age-related reductions in arousal-enhanced memory are moderated by trait emotion regulation. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15469. [PMID: 37726345 PMCID: PMC10509193 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41741-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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Emotional arousal is known to enhance episodic memory in young adults. However, compared to valence, little is known about how healthy aging impacts arousal-enhanced memory effects. Furthermore, while emotion regulation is believed to improve with age, it is unclear how individual differences in emotion regulation influence arousal-enhanced memory. In this large-scale online study, we investigated the impact of age and individual differences in emotion regulation on arousal-enhanced memory. During encoding, participants made arousal ratings about negative, neutral, and positive images, and we compared their subsequent memory of high and low-arousal images. We found the impact of emotional arousal on memory was reduced with age, especially for older adults who habitually suppress their emotions. Our findings show that arousal-related memory benefits are reduced with advancing age, and that individual differences in habitual usage of emotion regulation impact these age-related alterations.
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- Kyoungeun Lee
- School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.
- School of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA.
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- School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
- School of Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, USA
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- School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
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- School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
- School of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
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Bodart A, Invernizzi S, Lefebvre L, Rossignol M. Physiological reactivity at rest and in response to social or emotional stimuli after a traumatic brain injury: A systematic review. Front Psychol 2023; 14:930177. [PMID: 36844281 PMCID: PMC9950643 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.930177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Numerous studies have shown that alterations in physiological reactivity (PR) after traumatic brain injury (TBI) are possibly associated with emotional deficits. We conducted a systematic review of these studies that evaluated PR in adults with moderate-to-severe TBI, either at rest or in response to emotional, stressful, or social stimuli. We focused on the most common measures of physiological response, including heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), electrodermal activity (EDA), salivary cortisol, facial electromyography (EMG), and blink reflex. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted across six databases (PsycINFO, Psycarticles, SciencDirect, Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Scopus). The search returned 286 articles and 18 studies met the inclusion criteria. Results Discrepancies were observed according to the type of physiological measure. Reduced physiological responses in patients with TBI have been reported in most EDA studies, which were also overrepresented in the review. In terms of facial EMG, patients with TBI appear to exhibit reduced activity of the corrugator muscle and diminished blink reflex, while in most studies, zygomaticus contraction did not show significant differences between TBI and controls. Interestingly, most studies measuring cardiac activity did not find significant differences between TBI and controls. Finally, one study measured salivary cortisol levels and reported no difference between patients with TBI and controls. Conclusion Although disturbed EDA responses were frequently reported in patients with TBI, other measures did not consistently indicate an impairment in PR. These discrepancies could be due to the lesion pattern resulting from TBI, which could affect the PR to aversive stimuli. In addition, methodological differences concerning the measurements and their standardization as well as the characteristics of the patients may also be involved in these discrepancies. We propose methodological recommendations for the use of multiple and simultaneous PR measurements and standardization. Future research should converge toward a common methodology in terms of physiological data analysis to improve inter-study comparisons.
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- Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
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- Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
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- Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
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Interoception in Old Age. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12101398. [PMID: 36291331 PMCID: PMC9599927 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12101398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Emotion regulation in old age was found to be more efficient; seniors seem to focus less on the negative aspects of experiences. Here, we ask, do older individuals regulate their emotions more efficiently or are they numb to the physiological changes that modulate these emotions? Interoception, the perception of physical feelings, influences a person’s mood, emotions, and sense of well-being, and was hardly tested among older adults. We examined the awareness of physiological changes (physiological arousal—blood pressure and heart rate) of 47 older adults, compared to 18 young adults, and their subjective reports of emotional experiences while viewing emotional stimuli. Interoception was decreased in old age. Blood pressure medications had a partial role in this reduction. Moreover, interoception mediated emotional experience, such that low interoception led to lower experiences of changes in physiological arousal. These findings may account for the emotional changes in old age, suggesting a decline in sensitivity with age, which leads to a positive interpretation of information.
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Diango K, Yangongo J, Sistenich V, Mafuta E, Wallis L. Awareness, attitude and perceived knowledge regarding First Aid in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A cross-sectional household survey. Afr J Emerg Med 2022; 12:135-140. [PMID: 35415070 PMCID: PMC8980329 DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2022.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Prehospital emergency care systems in Africa need to be developed to address a growing burden of disease and improve outcomes. Minimal data exist on First Aid (FA) in the low socioeconomic setting of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in particular. A community-based evaluation can provide a better understanding of the nature and level of the gaps as perceived by community members in Kinshasa, DRC. This evaluation offers a basis from which country-specific layperson FA training programmes could be developed and rolled out to equip Kinshasa's communities with lifesaving skills.
Introduction Emergency care can potentially address half of deaths and one-third of disability in low-and-middle income countries. First Aid (FA) is at the core of out-of-hospital emergency care and is crucial to empower laypersons to preserve life, alleviate suffering and improve emergency response and outcomes. This study aimed to gauge FA awareness, the attitude and perceived knowledge in households in the low socioeconomic setting of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Methods We undertook a cross-sectional community-based household survey in twelve health zones in Kinshasa. A three-stage randomised cluster sampling was used to identify 1217 households. The head of each household or an adult representative answered on behalf of himself/herself and the household. The primary outcome was FA awareness, attitude and perceived knowledge. Results Most households had a poor socio-economic background, with 70.0% living on <US$100 per person per month. Most respondents received formal education (98.4%), with 37.6% reaching the tertiary level. The majority (77.6%) believed that an emergency requiring FA was likely to happen in their household. There was a noticeable contrast between awareness (90.0% asserted that FA knowledge is a necessity) and positive attitude regarding FA (91.3% believed that FA increases wellbeing and survival) on one hand, and the insignificant rate of FA training (0.2%) on the other. Most (83.6%) acknowledged they did not think they had the required basic FA knowledge and skills for five selected common life-threatening emergencies. The age, area of residence and level of education of participants played a variable role regarding FA awareness, attitude and knowledge. Conclusion Most participants reported inadequate knowledge of FA despite awareness and a positive attitude. Context-appropriate training programs are greatly needed to empower Kinshasa's communities and equip them with lifesaving skills.
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- Ken Diango
- Division of Emergency Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town South Africa
- Corresponding author.
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- Kinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa. Commune Lemba, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Emergency Medicine Department, St George's Hospital, Gray Street, Kogarah, NSW, Australia
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- Kinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa. Commune Lemba, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town South Africa
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Tomasino B, Maggioni E, Bonivento C, Nobile M, D'Agostini S, Arrigoni F, Fabbro F, Brambilla P. Effects of age and gender on neural correlates of emotion imagery. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:4116-4127. [PMID: 35548890 PMCID: PMC9374878 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mental imagery is part of people's own internal processing and plays an important role in everyday life, cognition and pathology. The neural network supporting mental imagery is bottom‐up modulated by the imagery content. Here, we examined the complex associations of gender and age with the neural mechanisms underlying emotion imagery. We assessed the brain circuits involved in emotion mental imagery (vs. action imagery), controlled by a letter detection task on the same stimuli, chosen to ensure attention to the stimuli and to discourage imagery, in 91 men and women aged 14–65 years using fMRI. In women, compared with men, emotion imagery significantly increased activation within the right putamen, which is involved in emotional processing. Increasing age, significantly decreased mental imagery‐related activation in the left insula and cingulate cortex, areas involved in awareness of ones' internal states, and it significantly decreased emotion verbs‐related activation in the left putamen, which is part of the limbic system. This finding suggests a top‐down mechanism by which gender and age, in interaction with bottom‐up effect of type of stimulus, or directly, can modulate the brain mechanisms underlying mental imagery.
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- Barbara Tomasino
- Scientific Institute IRCCS "Eugenio Medea", Polo FVG, Pasian di Prato, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Institute IRCCS "Eugenio Medea", Polo FVG, Pasian di Prato, Italy
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- Scientific Institute IRCCS "Eugenio Medea", Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- SOC Neuroradiologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale, ASU FC, Udine, Italy
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- Scientific Institute IRCCS "Eugenio Medea", Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, DILL, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Yu Q, Quinn KM. A multidimensional pairwise comparison model for heterogeneous perceptions with an application to modelling the perceived truthfulness of public statements on COVID-19. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY. SERIES A, (STATISTICS IN SOCIETY) 2022; 185:RSSA12810. [PMID: 35600510 PMCID: PMC9115520 DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Pairwise comparison models are an important type of latent attribute measurement model with broad applications in the social and behavioural sciences. Current pairwise comparison models are typically unidimensional. The existing multidimensional pairwise comparison models tend to be difficult to interpret and they are unable to identify groups of raters that share the same rater-specific parameters. To fill this gap, we propose a new multidimensional pairwise comparison model with enhanced interpretability which explicitly models how object attributes on different dimensions are differentially perceived by raters. Moreover, we add a Dirichlet process prior on rater-specific parameters which allows us to flexibly cluster raters into groups with similar perceptual orientations. We conduct simulation studies to show that the new model is able to recover the true latent variable values from the observed binary choice data. We use the new model to analyse original survey data regarding the perceived truthfulness of statements on COVID-19 collected in the summer of 2020. By leveraging the strengths of the new model, we find that the partisanship of the speaker and the partisanship of the respondent account for the majority of the variation in perceived truthfulness, with statements made by co-partisans being viewed as more truthful.
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- Qiushi Yu
- Department of Political ScienceUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborUSA
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- Department of Political ScienceUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborUSA
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Gianella S, Saloner R, Curtin G, Little SJ, Heaton A, Montoya JL, Letendre SL, Marquine MJ, Jeste DV, Moore DJ. A Cross-Sectional Study to Evaluate the Effects of Age and Duration of HIV Infection on Anxiety and Depression in Cisgender Men. AIDS Behav 2022; 26:196-203. [PMID: 34287757 PMCID: PMC8294268 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03373-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This observational cross-sectional study of 152 people with HIV (PWH) examined the effects of age and estimated duration of HIV infection (EDI) on depressive and anxiety symptoms. All participants were cisgender men and completed the Profile of Moods State (POMS), a self-report inventory of current (i.e., past week) mood states. Overall, study results confirmed higher levels of anxiety and depression in PWH compared to individuals without HIV. Age group (< 50 or ≥ 50 years) moderated the effect of EDI (< 3 or ≥ 3 years) on mood disturbance. Specifically, younger PWH with early diagnosed infection exhibited the highest levels of depression and anxiety, whereas depression and anxiety were attenuated in older PWH with early infection such that their POMS scores did not significantly differ from the HIV-negative and chronically HIV-infected groups. Despite the small sample size and other important limitations in our study design, our preliminary findings confirm previous observations that older people may have some adaptive ability to better handle the acute psychological stressors associated with recent HIV infection.
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- Sara Gianella
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0679, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0679, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0679, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0679, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0679, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0679, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0679, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0679, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Care, University of California, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
- Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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Esposito M, Mauri P, Panizza L, Mazza V, Miniussi C, Brignani D. Baseline levels of alertness influence tES effects along different age-related directions. Neuropsychologia 2021; 160:107966. [PMID: 34303718 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Normal aging is usually accompanied by several structural and functional physiological changes of the brain, which are closely related to alterations of cognitive functions (e.g., visual short-term memory). As the average age of the population increases, it has become crucial to identify cognitive-behavioural interventions to maintain a healthy level of cognitive performance. Among a variety of approaches, the targeting of specific intrinsic alertness mechanisms has shown a solid rationale and beneficial effects in both healthy and pathological ageing. In a similar vein, the use of non-invasive transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) represents another promising approach to induce an alerting state that can produce advantages in the information processing in the brain and therefore behaviour. Here, we investigated whether time-locked bursts of tES (i.e., transcranial random noise stimulation) were effective in inducing behavioural and physiological changes, consistently with an alertness increase, in both young and older healthy adults. Namely, we expected to find a beneficial alerting effect on visual short-term memory performance as a function of stimulus perceptual salience and tES. The initial results showed that the performance of younger adults was not affected by tES, while older adults scored lower correct responses for high-salience stimuli during real tES with respect to sham stimulation. However, after including a baseline measure of subjective level of alertness in the analyses, a tES-induced memory improvement did emerge in the less alerted younger adults, while only the more alerted older adults were subject to the worsening effect by tES. We discuss these results in consideration of the evidence on critical age-related differences as well as the interaction between neurostimulation and baseline alerting mechanisms.
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- Marco Esposito
- IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, 25125, Brescia, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, 25125, Brescia, Italy
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- Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, 38068, Rovereto, TN, Italy
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- Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences CIMeC, University of Trento, 38068, Rovereto, TN, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, 25125, Brescia, Italy.
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Cockroaches are scarier than snakes and spiders: Validation of an affective standardized set of animal images (ASSAI). Behav Res Methods 2021; 53:2338-2350. [PMID: 33826093 PMCID: PMC8025455 DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01577-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Research on emotional processes has been closely related to the use of emotional stimuli, promoting the development of different standardized sets of images. However, some kinds of images that would be relevant in clinical psychology research are not available, especially for small animal phobias. The aim of the present study is to validate a set of animal images that includes images of cockroaches, which are not present in the current sets of images. Two hundred and forty images depicting five types of animals (cockroaches, spiders, snakes, cats, and butterflies) were collected from online public domains. Four hundred and twenty-four participants (72.9% women) took part in the study rating the images in two affective dimensions (i.e., valence and arousal). Cockroach pictures were rated as significantly more unpleasant than pictures of spiders, snakes, butterflies, and cats. Moreover, results revealed that women rated cockroach, spider, and snake pictures as more negative than men did. Also, women in comparison with men rated cockroach images as more arousing. The results highlight the importance of using images of cockroaches, due to their high negative valence, which even exceeds that of snakes and spiders, the unpleasant animals typically used in phobic research. This set of images can be useful in research on small-animal phobias.
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Vieillard S, Msika C. Les modifications du fonctionnement cognitif et émotionnel avec l’avancée en âge au prisme d’une approche incarnée. ANNEE PSYCHOLOGIQUE 2021. [DOI: 10.3917/anpsy1.211.0071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Emotion concepts are representations that enable people to make sense of their own and others’ emotions. The present study, theoretically driven by the conceptual act theory, explores the overall spectrum of emotion concepts in older adults and compares them with the emotion concepts of younger adults. Data from 178 older adults (⩾55 years) and 176 younger adults (20–30 years) were collected using the Semantic Emotion Space Assessment task. The arousal and valence of 16 discrete emotions – anger, fear, sadness, happiness, disgust, hope, love, hate, contempt, guilt, compassion, shame, gratefulness, envy, disappointment, and jealousy – were rated by the participants on a graphic scale bar. The results show that (a) older and younger adults did not differ in the mean valence ratings of emotion concepts, which indicates that older adults do not differ from younger adults in the way they conceptualise how pleasant or unpleasant emotions are. Furthermore, (b) older men rated emotion concepts as more arousing than younger men, (c) older adults rated sadness, disgust, contempt, guilt, and compassion as more arousing and (d) jealousy as less arousing than younger adults. The results of the present study indicate that age-related differentiation of conceptual knowledge seems to proceed more in the way that individuals understand how arousing their subjective representations of emotions are rather than how pleasant they are.
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Bounlu M, Auditeau E, Vorachit S, Chivorakoun P, Souvong V, Soukhasem T, Sannikone S, Preux PM, Boumediene F. Management of epilepsy in Laos: Perceptions of healthcare professionals from Vientiane Capital province and traditional healers in Southern Laos. J Tradit Complement Med 2021; 11:46-52. [PMID: 33511061 PMCID: PMC7817710 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2019.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Background and aim Traditional practices are deeply rooted in Lao people's perceptions and beliefs about health and illness.The objective of the study was to understand the perceptions of healthcare professionals and traditional healers regarding the management of epilepsy in Laos, and their reciprocal views. Experimental procedure An observational study was carried out in two areas of Laos from February to May 2017. Semi directive questionnaires were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. Semiotic square was carried out to highlight relationships between attitudes of traditional healers and healthcare professionals. For quantitative approach, the proportions were reported, and the test used was Fisher's test for nominal variables. The mean and standard deviation expressed the continuous variables and the Student's t-test was used. Results and conclusion Epilepsy was cited by 90.9% of traditional healers as a convulsive disease with saliva or urine, and herbal medicines were predominantly used (86.4%) to treat it. Few healthcare professionals (26.5%) pointed out that they knew remedies to treat epilepsy other than antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and 76.5% of healthcare professionals mentioned that epilepsy was a disease which only AEDs could treat. On the other hand, 54.5% of traditional healers confirmed a traditional remedy could cure completely epilepsy through long-term use. Ninety percent of traditional healers said the collaboration with healthcare professionals was a good idea and 44.1% of the healthcare professionals group said was complicated.The combination of these medicines for the management of epilepsy needs to be adapted to Lao's medical context.
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- Mayoura Bounlu
- INSERM U1094, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, IRD, U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France.,Association for Patient with Epilepsy in Laos (Lao APE), Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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- INSERM U1094, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, IRD, U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France
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- Association for Patient with Epilepsy in Laos (Lao APE), Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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- INSERM U1094, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, IRD, U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France.,Association for Patient with Epilepsy in Laos (Lao APE), Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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- Association for Patient with Epilepsy in Laos (Lao APE), Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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- Association for Patient with Epilepsy in Laos (Lao APE), Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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- Association for Patient with Epilepsy in Laos (Lao APE), Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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- INSERM U1094, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, IRD, U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France
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- INSERM U1094, Univ. Limoges, CHU Limoges, IRD, U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France
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Sato W, Kochiyama T, Yoshikawa S. Physiological correlates of subjective emotional valence and arousal dynamics while viewing films. Biol Psychol 2020; 157:107974. [PMID: 33086090 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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An exploration of the physiological correlates of subjective emotional states has theoretical and practical significance. Previous studies have reported that subjective valence and arousal correspond to facial electromyography (EMG) and electrodermal activity (EDA), respectively, across stimuli. However, the reported results were inconsistent, no study investigated subjective-physiological concordance across time, and measures of arousal remain controversial. To investigate these issues, while healthy adults (n = 20) viewed emotional films, we assessed overall and continuous ratings of valence and arousal and recorded EMG from the corrugator supercilii and zygomatic major, EDA from the palms and forehead, and nose-tip temperature. The corrugator and zygomatic EMG were negatively and positively associated with valence ratings, respectively, across stimuli and time. EDA (both sites) and nose-tip temperature were positively and negatively associated with arousal ratings, respectively, across stimuli and time. It is concluded that subjective emotional valence and arousal dynamics have specific physiological correlates.
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- Wataru Sato
- Psychological Process Team, BZP, RIKEN, 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto, 619-0288, Japan.
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- Brain Activity Imaging Center, ATR-Promotions, 2-2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto, 619-0288, Japan
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- Kyoto University of the Arts, 2-116 Uryuyama Kitashirakawa, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8271, Japan
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MacCormack JK, Stein AG, Kang J, Giovanello KS, Satpute AB, Lindquist KA. Affect in the Aging Brain: A Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis of Older Vs. Younger Adult Affective Experience and Perception. AFFECTIVE SCIENCE 2020; 1:128-154. [PMID: 36043210 PMCID: PMC9382982 DOI: 10.1007/s42761-020-00016-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We report the first functional neuroimaging meta-analysis on age-related differences in adult neural activity during affect. We identified and coded experimental contrasts from 27 studies (published 1997-2018) with 490 older adults (55-87 years, M age = 69 years) and 470 younger adults (18-39 years, M age = 24 years). Using multilevel kernel density analysis, we assessed functional brain activation contrasts for older vs. younger adult affect across in-scanner tasks (i.e., affect induction and perception). Relative to older adults, younger adults showed more reliable activation in subcortical structures (e.g., amygdala, thalamus, caudate) and in relatively more posterior aspects of specific brain structures (e.g., posterior insula, mid- and posterior cingulate). In contrast, older adults exhibited more reliable activation in the prefrontal cortex and more anterior aspects of specific brain structures (e.g., anterior insula, anterior cingulate). Meta-analytic coactivation network analyses further revealed that in younger adults, the amygdala and mid-cingulate were more central, locally efficient network nodes, whereas in older adults, regions in the superior and medial prefrontal cortex were more central, locally efficient network nodes. Collectively, these findings help characterize age differences in the brain basis of affect and provide insights for future investigations into the neural mechanisms underlying affective aging.
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- Jennifer K. MacCormack
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 506 Old Engineering Hall, 3943 O’Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA
- Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA
- Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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Linking Prohibited Grazing Policy to Farmers’ Subjective Well-Being: A Case Study in Yanchi County, China. SUSTAINABILITY 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/su11072180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Since the launch of a prohibited grazing policy (PGP) in 2002, the ecological environment in North China has improved markedly. The aims of PGP are to improve the ecological environment without reducing farmers’ well-being in rural areas. Hence, after the implementation of the policy for more than 16 years, the effect of this policy on farmers’ subjective well-being (SWB) has become a question that needs to be studied. In this paper, the survey data in Yanchi County was used to explore the relationship between the perception of the policy and farmers’ SWB using structural equation modelling (SEM). The results showed that there was a full mediation effect in the relationship between the perception of the PGP and farmers’ SWB through economic status, neuroticism, and extraversion. However, the mediation effect through the perception of the ecological environment was not significant. These findings suggest that it is important to continue to implement this policy.
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Nilsson J, Sigström R, Östling S, Waern M, Skoog I. Changes in the expression of worries, anxiety, and generalized anxiety disorder with increasing age: A population study of 70 to 85-year-olds. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2019; 34:249-257. [PMID: 30353567 DOI: 10.1002/gps.5012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is supposed to decrease with age. Reasons suggested include that emotional control increases and that anxiety and worry are expressed differently in older adults. The aim of this study was to examine how the expression of anxiety and worry changes with age and how this influences diagnoses in current classification systems. METHOD Semistructured psychiatric examinations were performed in population-based samples of 70- (n = 562), 75- (n = 770), 79/80- (n = 603), and 85-year-olds (n = 433). Individuals with dementia were excluded. GAD was diagnosed according to DSM-5 (DSM5 GAD) and ICD-10 (ICD10 GAD) criteria. Individual symptoms were assessed according to severity and frequency. Functioning was measured with Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). RESULTS The prevalence of clinical anxiety, autonomic arousal, muscle tension, and irritability decreased with age, while that of worry and fatigue increased. Concentration difficulties and sleep disturbances remained stable. The prevalence of ICD10 GAD tended to decrease, while that of DSM5 GAD did not change with age. Core symptoms and diagnoses of GAD were related to lower GAF scores. However, in those with autonomic arousal and ICD10 GAD, GAF scores increased with age. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of ICD10 GAD tended to decrease with increasing age while the prevalence of DSM5 GAD remained stable. This difference was partly due to a decreased frequency of severe anxiety and autonomic arousal symptoms, and that worries increased, suggesting changes in the expression of GAD with increasing age.
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- Johan Nilsson
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Visser LNC, Tollenaar MS, van Doornen LJP, de Haes HCJM, Smets EMA. Does silence speak louder than words? The impact of oncologists' emotion-oriented communication on analogue patients' information recall and emotional stress. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2019; 102:43-52. [PMID: 30224275 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 08/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The impact of two types of oncologists' emotion-oriented communication on participants' recall of medical information was investigated, and the potential mediation by a reduction in emotional stress. Additionally, moderation effects by personal characteristics were explored. METHODS An oncologist's communication in response to a patient's emotional expressions was manipulated during a videotaped, scripted bad-news consultation. Three conditions were created: 1) standard communication, 2) emotion-oriented silence, and 3) emotion-oriented speech. Participants (N = 217) were randomly allocated to one of the three conditions. Measurements included information recall (free recall and recognition), emotional stress (self-reported and physiological), and personal characteristics. RESULTS Emotion-oriented silence (p = .002) and speech (p = .019) enhanced information recognition compared to standard communication. No differences in free recall were found. Emotional stress did not mediate these relations. Poorer functional health literacy predicted poorer recognition, but this was counteracted by emotion-oriented communication. CONCLUSIONS By means of acknowledging, exploring, empathic and supportive statements, and attentive silence, the oncologist's communication resulted in better information recognition. How oncologists' communication impacts patients' information recall warrants further investigation, as this could not be explained by reducing emotional stress. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS These insights will help educators to validate the relevance of emotion-oriented strategies, and encourage oncologists to adopt them.
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- Leonie N C Visser
- Department of Medical Psychology/Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Psychology/Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Psychology/Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dehghani F. Type D personality and life satisfaction: The mediating role of social support. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Mikkelsen MB, Mehlsen M, O’Toole MS. Age-dependent Reactivity to Affective Images: Evidence for Variation Across Emotion Categories. Exp Aging Res 2018; 44:297-310. [DOI: 10.1080/0361073x.2018.1477360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- Dept. of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Dept. of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Lagast S, Gellynck X, Schouteten J, De Herdt V, De Steur H. Consumers’ emotions elicited by food: A systematic review of explicit and implicit methods. Trends Food Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bodily Contributions to Emotion: Schachter’s Legacy for a Psychological Constructionist View on Emotion. EMOTION REVIEW 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/1754073916639664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Although early emotion theorists posited that bodily changes contribute to emotion, the primary view in affective science over the last century has been that emotions produce bodily changes. Recent findings from physiology, neuroscience, and neuropsychology support the early intuition that body representations can help constitute emotion. These findings are consistent with the modern psychological constructionist hypothesis that emotions emerge when representations of bodily changes are conceptualized as an instance of emotion. We begin by introducing the psychological constructionist approach to emotion. With Schachter as inspiration, we next examine how embodied representations contribute to affective states, and ultimately emotion, with inflammation as a key example. We close by looking forward to future research on how body representations contribute to human experience.
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Autonomic nervous system reactivity within the valence–arousal affective space: Modulation by sex and age. Int J Psychophysiol 2016; 109:51-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 10/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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den Uijl LC, Jager G, Zandstra EH, de Graaf C, Kremer S. Self-reported food-evoked emotions of younger adults, older normosmic adults, and older hyposmic adults as measured using the PrEmo2 tool and the Affect Grid. Food Qual Prefer 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ferrari V, Bruno N, Chattat R, Codispoti M. Evaluative ratings and attention across the life span: emotional arousal and gender. Cogn Emot 2016; 31:552-563. [PMID: 26864052 DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2016.1140020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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This study was designed to investigate the evolution of emotional processing over the whole adult life span as a function of stimulus arousal and participants' gender. To this end, self-reported affective evaluation and attentional capture prompted by pleasant and unpleasant pictures varying in arousal were measured in a large sample of participants (n = 211) balanced by gender and equally spread across seven decades from 20 to 90 years. Results showed age differences only for affective evaluation of pleasant stimuli, with opposite patterns depending on stimulus arousal. As age increased, low-arousing pleasant cues (e.g. images of babies) were experienced as more pleasant and arousing by both males and females, whereas high-arousing stimuli (e.g. erotic images) were experienced as less pleasant only by females. In contrast, emotional pictures (both pleasant and unpleasant) were effective at capturing attention in a similar way across participants, regardless of age and gender. Taken together, these findings suggest that specific emotional cues prompt different subjective responses across different age groups, while basic mechanisms involved in attentional engagement towards both pleasant and unpleasant stimuli are preserved in healthy ageing.
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- Vera Ferrari
- a Department of Neuroscience , University of Parma , Parma , Italy
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- a Department of Neuroscience , University of Parma , Parma , Italy
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- b Department of Psychology , University of Bologna , Bologna , Italy
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Tan JW, Andrade AO, Li H, Walter S, Hrabal D, Rukavina S, Limbrecht-Ecklundt K, Hoffman H, Traue HC. Recognition of Intensive Valence and Arousal Affective States via Facial Electromyographic Activity in Young and Senior Adults. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146691. [PMID: 26761427 PMCID: PMC4712064 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Research suggests that interaction between humans and digital environments characterizes a form of companionship in addition to technical convenience. To this effect, humans have attempted to design computer systems able to demonstrably empathize with the human affective experience. Facial electromyography (EMG) is one such technique enabling machines to access to human affective states. Numerous studies have investigated the effects of valence emotions on facial EMG activity captured over the corrugator supercilii (frowning muscle) and zygomaticus major (smiling muscle). The arousal emotion, specifically, has not received much research attention, however. In the present study, we sought to identify intensive valence and arousal affective states via facial EMG activity. Methods Ten blocks of affective pictures were separated into five categories: neutral valence/low arousal (0VLA), positive valence/high arousal (PVHA), negative valence/high arousal (NVHA), positive valence/low arousal (PVLA), and negative valence/low arousal (NVLA), and the ability of each to elicit corresponding valence and arousal affective states was investigated at length. One hundred and thirteen participants were subjected to these stimuli and provided facial EMG. A set of 16 features based on the amplitude, frequency, predictability, and variability of signals was defined and classified using a support vector machine (SVM). Results We observed highly accurate classification rates based on the combined corrugator and zygomaticus EMG, ranging from 75.69% to 100.00% for the baseline and five affective states (0VLA, PVHA, PVLA, NVHA, and NVLA) in all individuals. There were significant differences in classification rate accuracy between senior and young adults, but there was no significant difference between female and male participants. Conclusion Our research provides robust evidences for recognition of intensive valence and arousal affective states in young and senior adults. These findings contribute to the successful future application of facial EMG for identifying user affective states in human machine interaction (HMI) or companion robotic systems (CRS).
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- Jun-Wen Tan
- College of Teacher Education, Lishui University, Lishui, P.R. China
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- Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- College of Teacher Education, Lishui University, Lishui, P.R. China
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- Emotion Lab, Section Medical Psychology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Emotion Lab, Section Medical Psychology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Emotion Lab, Section Medical Psychology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Emotion Lab, Section Medical Psychology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Emotion Lab, Section Medical Psychology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Brandt CP, Sheppard DP, Zvolensky MJ, Morgan EE, Atkinson JH, Woods SP. Does Age Influence the Frequency of Anxiety Symptoms and Disorders in HIV Disease? JOURNAL OF HIV/AIDS & SOCIAL SERVICES 2016; 15:380-403. [PMID: 28070173 PMCID: PMC5218542 DOI: 10.1080/15381501.2016.1189865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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- Charles P Brandt
- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, Texas, 77004, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, Texas, 77004, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, Texas, 77004, United States; Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcomb Blvd. Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California 92103, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California 92103, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Houston, 126 Heyne Building, Houston, Texas, 77004, United States; Department of Psychiatry, 220 Dickinson Street, Suite B, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California 92103, United States
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Thiel CM, Studte S, Hildebrandt H, Huster R, Weerda R. When a loved one feels unfamiliar: A case study on the neural basis of Capgras delusion. Cortex 2014; 52:75-85. [PMID: 24412433 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Gomez P, von Gunten A, Danuser B. Content-specific gender differences in emotion ratings from early to late adulthood. Scand J Psychol 2013; 54:451-8. [DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Patrick Gomez
- Institut universitaire romand de Santé au Travail (Institute for Work and Health); University of Lausanne and University of Geneva; Route de la Corniche 2 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne Switzerland
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- Service of Old Age Psychiatry of the Department of Psychiatry - Lausanne University Hospital; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut universitaire romand de Santé au Travail (Institute for Work and Health); University of Lausanne and University of Geneva; Route de la Corniche 2 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne Switzerland
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de Barros DM, Dias AM, Serafim ADP, Castellana GB, Achá MFF, Busatto GF. Dimensional assessment of psychopathy and its relationship with physiological responses to empathic images in juvenile offenders. Front Psychiatry 2013; 4:147. [PMID: 24294206 PMCID: PMC3827584 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Many psychophysiological studies investigate whether psychopaths present low levels of electrodermal activity (EDA). However, despite evidence that varying degrees of psychopathy are normally distributed in the population, there is a paucity of EDA studies evaluating dimensionally. Moreover, although lack of empathy is a cornerstone of psychopathy, there has been a lack of studies using pictures of empathic emotional content to assess psychophysiological responses. METHOD We studied a population of young male delinquents (n = 30) from a detention center, using the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) to determine if higher levels of psychopathy were related to lesser degrees of EDA in response to emotion-eliciting pictures of empathic content. RESULTS There were significant correlations (p < 0.05) between latency and peak of EDA responses to unpleasant pictures and factor 1 scores, as well as between lability of EDA responses and factor 2 scores. CONCLUSION These results extend previous findings indicating direct relationship between EDA and psychopathy, and suggest that separate investigations of the two PCL-R factors have the potential to unravel more complex relationships between EDA and psychopathy. Also, by demonstrating such associations using emotion-provoking stimuli with empathic content, our results provide a link between levels of psychopathy and biological indices of empathic detachment.
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- Daniel Martins de Barros
- Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil ; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Applied Neurosciences: NAPNA , São Paulo , Brazil
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Postmenopausal hormone use impact on emotion processing circuitry. Behav Brain Res 2011; 226:147-53. [PMID: 21930160 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2011] [Revised: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Despite considerable evidence for potential effects of estrogen on emotional processing, several studies of postmenopausal women who began hormone therapy (HT) remote from menopause report no effects of HT on emotional measures. As early HT initiation may preserve brain mechanisms, we examined effects of HT on emotional processing in postmenopausal women who started HT early after menopause. We performed a cross-sectional comparison of 52 postmenopausal women 66±5 years old, including 15 users of conjugated equine estrogen, 20 users of conjugated equine estrogen plus medroxyprogesterone acetate, and 17 who never used hormones (NT). All hormone users started therapy within two years of menopause, and received at least 10 years of continuous therapy. Outcomes were fMRI-detected brain activity and behavioral measures during an emotional processing picture rating task. During processing of positive pictures, NT women had greater activation than estrogen treated women in medial prefrontal cortex extending to the anterior cingulate, and more activation than estrogen plus progestin treated women in the insula. During processing of negative pictures, estrogen treated women had higher activation than NT women in the entorhinal cortex. Current compared to past HT users showed greater activation in the hippocampus and higher emotion recognition accuracy of neutral stimuli. Estrogen plus progestin treated women had slower response time than NT women when rating all pictures. In conclusion, hormone use was associated with differences in brain functional responses during emotional processing. These fMRI effects were more prominent than those observed for behavioral measures and involved brain regions implicated in cognitive-emotional integration.
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Nashiro K, Sakaki M, Mather M. Age differences in brain activity during emotion processing: reflections of age-related decline or increased emotion regulation? Gerontology 2011; 58:156-63. [PMID: 21691052 DOI: 10.1159/000328465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Despite the fact that physical health and cognitive abilities decline with aging, the ability to regulate emotion remains stable and in some aspects improves across the adult life span. Older adults also show a positivity effect in their attention and memory, with diminished processing of negative stimuli relative to positive stimuli compared with younger adults. The current paper reviews functional magnetic resonance imaging studies investigating age-related differences in emotional processing and discusses how this evidence relates to two opposing theoretical accounts of older adults' positivity effect. The aging-brain model [Cacioppo et al. in: Social Neuroscience: Toward Understanding the Underpinnings of the Social Mind. New York, Oxford University Press, 2011] proposes that older adults' positivity effect is a consequence of age-related decline in the amygdala, whereas the cognitive control hypothesis [Kryla-Lighthall and Mather in: Handbook of Theories of Aging, ed 2. New York, Springer, 2009; Mather and Carstensen: Trends Cogn Sci 2005;9:496-502; Mather and Knight: Psychol Aging 2005;20:554-570] argues that the positivity effect is a result of older adults' greater focus on regulating emotion. Based on evidence for structural and functional preservation of the amygdala in older adults and findings that older adults show greater prefrontal cortex activity than younger adults while engaging in emotion-processing tasks, we argue that the cognitive control hypothesis is a more likely explanation for older adults' positivity effect than the aging-brain model.
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- Kaoru Nashiro
- Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90089-0191, USA.
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Wolitzky-Taylor KB, Castriotta N, Lenze EJ, Stanley MA, Craske MG. Anxiety disorders in older adults: a comprehensive review. Depress Anxiety 2010; 27:190-211. [PMID: 20099273 DOI: 10.1002/da.20653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 354] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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This review aims to address issues unique to older adults with anxiety disorders in order to inform potential changes in the DSM-V. Prevalence and symptom expression of anxiety disorders in late life, as well as risk factors, comorbidity, cognitive decline, age of onset, and treatment efficacy for older adults are reviewed. Overall, the current literature suggests: (a) anxiety disorders are common among older age individuals, but less common than in younger adults; (b) overlap exists between anxiety symptoms of younger and older adults, although there are some differences as well as limitations to the assessment of symptoms among older adults; (c) anxiety disorders are highly comorbid with depression in older adults; (d) anxiety disorders are highly comorbid with a number of medical illnesses; (e) associations between cognitive decline and anxiety have been observed; (f) late age of onset is infrequent; and (g) both pharmacotherapy and CBT have demonstrated efficacy for older adults with anxiety. The implications of these findings are discussed and recommendations for the DSM-V are provided, including extending the text section on age-specific features of anxiety disorders in late life and providing information about the complexities of diagnosing anxiety disorders in older adults.
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Pruis TA, Roalf DR, Janowsky JS. Hormone therapy does not modify emotion-induced brain activity in older women. Horm Behav 2009; 56:539-47. [PMID: 19782686 PMCID: PMC2783864 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2009] [Revised: 09/15/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sex hormones have actions in brain regions important for emotion, including the amygdala and prefrontal cortex. Previous studies have shown that cyclic sex hormones and hormone therapy after menopause modify responses to emotional events. Thus, this study examined whether hormone therapy modified emotion-induced brain activity in older women. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), behavioral ratings (valence and arousal), and recognition memory were used to assess responses to emotionally laden scenes in older women currently using hormone therapy (HT) and women not currently using hormone therapy (NONE). We hypothesized that hormones would affect the amount or persistence of emotion-induced brain activity in the amygdala and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC). However, hormone therapy did not affect brain activity with the exception that NONE women showed a modest increase over time in amygdala activity to positive scenes. Hormone therapy did not affect behavioral ratings or memory for emotional scenes. The results were similar when women were regrouped based on whether they had ever used hormone therapy versus had never used hormone therapy. These results suggest that hormone therapy does not modify emotion-induced brain activity, or its persistence, in older women.
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- T A Pruis
- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience CR131, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA.
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