Cardiovascular psychophysiology: Some contemporary methods of measurement

Presents an overview of technological developments in the study of 3 parameters of cardiovascular activity: sympathetic influences on left ventricular performance or contractile force, cardiac output and regional blood flow, and blood oxygen content. The significance of each of these parameters to p...

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Published in:The American psychologist 1975-03, Vol.30 (3), p.277-284
Main Authors: Obrist, Paul A, Gaebelein, Claude J, Langer, Alan W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Blood
Blood Flow
Blood Gas Analysis - instrumentation
Cardiac Output
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Cardiovascular System
Experimental Methods
Heart - physiology
Heart Ventricles
Human
Humans
Methods
Psychophysiology
Psychophysiology - instrumentation
Regional Blood Flow
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Summary:Presents an overview of technological developments in the study of 3 parameters of cardiovascular activity: sympathetic influences on left ventricular performance or contractile force, cardiac output and regional blood flow, and blood oxygen content. The significance of each of these parameters to psychophysiological issues is also noted, and implications for solving 3 interrelated methodological problems (the role of behavioral processes in the etiology and treatment of cardiovascular pathology, the question of whether cardiovascular processes can serve as valid yardsticks of behavioral states, and how information from a chronic preparation may provide a perspective on basic cardiovascular physiology that cannot be obtained from nonintact, anesthetized, surgical preparations) are examined. (23 ref)
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/0003-066X.30.3.277