Dissociable effects of valence and arousal in adaptive executive control [PDF]
Background: Based on introspectionist, semantic, and psychophysiological experimental frameworks, it has long been assumed that all affective states derive from two independent basic dimensions, valence and arousal.
Kuhbandner Christof +5 more
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Predicting Valence and Arousal by Aggregating Acoustic Features for Acoustic-Linguistic Information Fusion [PDF]
This paper presents an evaluation of acoustic feature aggregation and acoustic-linguistic features combination for valence and arousal prediction within a speech.
Atmaja, Bagus Tris +5 more
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Neural correlates of processing valence and arousal in affective words [PDF]
Psychological frameworks conceptualize emotion along 2 dimensions, "valence" and "arousal." Arousal invokes a single axis of intensity increasing from neutral to maximally arousing.
P Rotshtein +23 more
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The DSM diagnostic criteria for Female Sexual Arousal Disorder [PDF]
This article reviews and critiques the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD). An overview of how the diagnostic criteria for FSAD have evolved over previous editions of the DSM is presented and research on prevalence and
Graham, CA, Graham, Cynthia A.
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Turning on and turning off: A focus group study of the factors that affect women's sexual arousal [PDF]
This is a post print version of the article. The official published version can be accessed from the link below.The aim of this study was to inform the development of a questionnaire to assess a woman's tendency to respond with sexual excitation ...
Milhausen, RR +7 more
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Interplay between affect and arousal in recognition memory.
BackgroundEmotional states linked to arousal and mood are known to affect the efficiency of cognitive performance. However, the extent to which memory processes may be affected by arousal, mood or their interaction is poorly understood.Methodology ...
Ciara M Greene, Pooja Bahri, David Soto
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A specific role for the thalamus in mediating the interaction of attention and arousal in humans [PDF]
The physiological basis for the interaction of selective attention and arousal is not clearly understood. Here we present evidence in humans that specifically implicates the thalamus in this interaction.
Rees, G. +20 more
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Valence–arousal interactions between images and music: differential effects on memorisation, discrimination, and fixations [PDF]
Prior research has reported differential roles of valence and arousal in guiding memory and attention. However, few studies have systematically examined how these affective dimensions interact across their full spectrum in audiovisual contexts ...
David Du Bruyn +2 more
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Selecting films for sex research: Gender differences in erotic film preference [PDF]
The official published version can be obtained from the link below.The aim of this study was to explore gender differences in sexual responsiveness to erotic films that had been selected for their differential appeal for men and women.
Carpenter, D +5 more
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Brain–Heart Interaction and the Experience of Flow While Playing a Video Game
The flow state – an experience of complete absorption in an activity – is linked with less self-referential processing and increased arousal. We used the heart-evoked potential (HEP), an index representing brain–heart interaction, as well as indices of ...
Shiva Khoshnoud +3 more
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