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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2020. Vol. 13, no. 1, 5–19
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2020130101
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

Heart rate Dynamics in Individuals While they Were Evaluating and Describing Emotional Images

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T.Y. Savitskaia, V.N. Nosulenko, Y.I. Alexandrov

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Abstract

The aim of present research was to investigate system organization of behavior dynamics which manifests in heart rate dynamics. The participants (n=30) described 24 images which in turn appeared on a computer screen. Having described an image, the participants evaluated emotional images by valence and arousal on 9-point scales, but not earlier than one minute after describing it. Heart rate was recorded during image description. Sample entropy of the heart rate irregularity was lower for images rated as negative with high arousal, as compared to neutral images in a group of participants whose ratings of negative and neutral images differed considerably. The received results allow us to suggest that higher emotionality characteristics are connected to temporary systems dedifferentiation.

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Keywords: emotion, heart rate variability, system-evolutionary approach, NAPS

Journal rubric: Psychophysiology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2020130101

Funding. The formulation of the hypotheses of the experiment, bibliographic analysis and experiments were carried out with the financial support of the Russian Federal Property Fund (project No. 18-313-20003 mol_a_ved). The general methodology and design of the study, as well as the procedures for collecting empirical data, were developed as part of the State Assignment (project No. 0159-2019-0009 “Multidimensionality of cognitive processes in communication.” Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation).

For citation: Savitskaia T.Y., Nosulenko V.N., Alexandrov Y.I. Heart rate Dynamics in Individuals While they Were Evaluating and Describing Emotional Images. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2020. Vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 5–19. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2020130101. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Tatiana Y. Savitskaia, Phd Student of the Laboratory of Psychophysiology Named After V. B. Shvyrkov, Institute of Psychology Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3598-4110, e-mail: 032646@mail.ru

Valeriy N. Nosulenko, Doctor of Psychology, Chief Researcher, Laboratory of Cognitive Processes and Mathematical Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Researcher, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0591-2335, e-mail: nosulenkovn@ipran.ru

Yuri I. Alexandrov, Doctor of Psychology, Head the Laboratory of the Institute of Psychology RAS and Head. the Department of Psychophysiology State University of Humanitarian Sciences, Institute of Psychology Russian Academy of Science, Head of Laboratory of Neurocognitive Research of Individual Experience, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2644-3016, e-mail: yuraalexandrov@yandex.ru

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