Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent disorder affecting veterans, first
responders, children and others who have experienced traumatic events. Heart rate …

The current chapter has highlighted the utility of psychophysiologically based paradigms for
investigating the vulnerability to, symptom expression of, and response to treatment for post …

Traumatic brain injury, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are
neurocognitive syndromes often associated with impairment of physical and mental health …

There is a growing consensus that math anxiety highly correlates with trait anxiety and that
the emotional component elicited by math anxiety affects math performance. Yet few studies …

Highlights•The assessment of PTSD is hindered by the absence of an objective biological
measure.•Psychophysiological measures can provide objective assessment of PTSD …

Objective The primary objective was to assess skin conductance response (SCR) to a
laboratory stressor in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared …

Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric syndrome associated with
high levels of sympathetic activation of the autonomic nervous system. Individuals …

The R3 component of the electrically evoked blink reflex may form part of a startle reaction.
Acoustic startle responses are augmented by yohimbine, an α2-adrenoceptor antagonist …

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of playing the online game World of Warcraft
(WoW), both on adolescent's (effective) social interaction and on the competence they …

Compared to anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be more clearly
attributable to discrete, aversive learning events capable of evoking both conditioned fear …