The effects of image hue and semantic content on viewer’s emotional self-reports, pupil size, eye movements, and skin conductance response.

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvydas Kuzinas ◽  
Nicolas Noiret ◽  
Renzo Bianchi ◽  
Éric Laurent
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve M. J. Janssen ◽  
Alicia Foo ◽  
Sheena Johnson ◽  
Alfred Lim ◽  
Jason Satel

To examine the relationship between visual imagery and autobiographical memory, eye position and pupil size were recorded while participants first searched for memories and then reconstructed the retrieved memories (Experiment 1), or only searched for memories (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, we observed that, although recollective experience was not associated with the number of fixations per minute, memories that took longer to retrieve were linked to increased pupil size. In Experiment 2, we observed that directly retrieved memories were recalled more quickly and were accompanied by smaller pupils than generatively retrieved memories. After correcting for response time, retrieval mode also produced an effect, showing that decreased pupil size is not simply due to directly retrieved memories being recalled more quickly. These findings provide compelling evidence that objective measures, such as pupil size, can be used alongside subjective measures, such as self-reports, to distinguish between directly retrieved and generatively retrieved memories.


2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 145-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laina E. Rosebrock ◽  
Denada Hoxha ◽  
Catherine Norris ◽  
John T. Cacioppo ◽  
Jackie K. Gollan

Abstract. Skin conductance (SC), an autonomic arousal measure of the sympathetic nervous system, is a sensitive and useful index of physiological arousal. However, SC data does not always align with self-reports of arousal. SC, self-reported arousal, and their association, known as emotion coherence, may be altered with the presence of major psychiatric illness. This study investigated group differences on SC reactivity and self-reported arousal while viewing positive, negative, neutral, and threat images between participants diagnosed with major depression with and without anxiety disorders relative to a healthy comparison group. Additionally, the strength and direction of association between SC reactivity and arousal ratings (emotion coherence) was examined within groups. Unmedicated participants were recruited via online and paper advertisements around Chicago and categorized into one of four groups (Depressed: n = 35, Anxious: n = 44, Comorbid: n = 38, Healthy: n = 29). SC and affect ratings were collected during and after a standardized emotional picture viewing task. SC reactivity was significantly higher during threat images, regardless of group. During threat image presentation, increased SC reactivity occurred during the last few seconds before picture offset; for all other stimulus types, SC reactivity decreased significantly after picture offset. Anxious and comorbid participants rated emotional images as more arousing than healthy participants; there were no observed differences in arousal ratings between depressed and healthy participants. Heightened reactivity in anxiety may manifest in arousal ratings without corresponding increased SC reactivity to emotional images. Results do not suggest underlying altered psychophysiology in this sample of depressed or anxious participants.


NeuroImage ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. T135
Author(s):  
Ericka Peterson ◽  
A. Moeller ◽  
J. Linnet ◽  
D. Doudet ◽  
K.V. Hansen ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (9) ◽  
pp. S143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Hinrichs ◽  
Sanne van Rooij ◽  
Vasiliki Michopoulos ◽  
Barbara Rothbaum ◽  
Kerry Ressler

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 252c
Author(s):  
Sebastiaan Mathôt ◽  
Adina Wagner ◽  
Michael Hanke

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