[HTML][HTML] Reduced heart rate variability is associated with vulnerability to depression

C Dell'Acqua, E Dal Bò, SM Benvenuti… - Journal of Affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background: Heart rate variability (HRV) mirrors cardiac autonomic modulation, an index of
well-being. Reduced HRV has been reported in depression, but few studies investigated …

A narrative review on non-invasive stimulation of the cerebellum in neurological diseases

L Billeri, A Naro - Neurological Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Importance The cerebellum plays an important role in motor, cognitive, and affective
functions owing to its dense interconnections with basal ganglia and cerebral cortex. This …

Increased functional connectivity within alpha and theta frequency bands in dysphoria: a resting-state EEG study

C Dell'Acqua, S Ghiasi, SM Benvenuti, A Greco… - Journal of Affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: The understanding of neurophysiological correlates underlying the risk of
developing depression may have a significant impact on its early and objective …

Appetitive and aversive motivation in depression: The temporal dynamics of task-elicited asymmetries in alpha oscillations

S Messerotti Benvenuti, G Buodo, R Mennella… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The capability model of alpha asymmetries posits that state emotional manipulations are a
more powerful detector of depression-related motivational deficits than alpha activity at rest …

Alterations in patients with first-episode depression in the eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions: A resting-state EEG study

S Liu, X Liu, D Yan, S Chen, Y Liu… - … on Neural Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Altered resting-state EEG activity has been repeatedly reported in major depressive disorder
(MDD), but no robust biomarkers have been identified until now. The poor consistency of …

The effect of a humanoid robot's emotional behaviors on users' emotional responses: Evidence from pupillometry and electroencephalography measures

F Guo, M Li, Q Qu, VG Duffy - International Journal of Human …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The design of humanoid robots' emotional behaviors has attracted many scholars' attention.
However, users' emotional responses to humanoid robots' emotional behaviors which differ …

Emotional processing prospectively modulates the impact of anxiety on COVID-19 pandemic-related post-traumatic stress symptoms: an ERP study

C Dell'Acqua, T Moretta, E Dal Bò, SM Benvenuti… - Journal of Affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Considering that the elevated distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, in
some cases, led to post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), it has been proposed as a …

Attention and affect in dysphoria: Insights from startle reflex modulation and cardiac deceleration

SM Benvenuti, G Buodo, E Dal Bò… - Behaviour Research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the interplay between attention and affective disposition
during emotional processing in dysphoria. Attentional and affective startle modulation and …

Appetitive and aversive motivation in dysphoria: a time-domain and time-frequency study of response inhibition

SM Benvenuti, G Buodo, D Palomba - Biological psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
The study of emotional response inhibition could provide novel insight into dysphoria-
related deficits in appetitive and aversive motivational systems. Therefore, dysphoric (N= 21) …

Short-term meditation training alters brain activity and sympathetic responses at rest, but not during meditation

A Rusinova, M Volodina, A Ossadtchi - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Although more people are engaging in meditation practices that require specialized training,
few studies address the issues associated with nervous activity pattern changes brought …