Age-related changes of phasic heart rate responses to affective pictures.
Författare
Summary, in English
This study examined age differences in phasic heart rate in response to neutral, negative and positive pictures. Heart rate changes and subjective ratings were analyzed in 22 middle-aged (40-55 years) and 30 older (56-78 years) participants. The effects of valence on the HR pattern across time were similar to that obtained by Bradley and co-workers. Conversely to previous studies, we did not report any age-related reduction in cardiac reactivity. Instead, when viewing positive pictures, the triphasic wave form appeared in the group of older adults, but for younger participants, it was replaced by a sustained deceleration. These results were interpreted in the light of the socioemotional selectivity theory.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
325-331
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Volym
49
Issue
4
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Ämne
- Psychology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1467-9450