Physiological feelings

Pace‐Schott, Edward F.; Amole, Marlissa C.; Aue, Tatjana; Balconi, Michela; Bylsma, Lauren M.; Critchley, Hugo; Demaree, Heath A.; Friedman, Bruce H.; Gooding, Anne Elizabeth Kotynski; Gosseries, Olivia; Jovanović, Tanja; Kirby, Lauren A. J.; Kozlowska, Kasia; Laureys, Steven; Lowe, Leroy; Magee, Kelsey; Marin, Marie‐France; Merner, Amanda R.; Robinson, Jennifer L.; Smith, Robert C.; Spangler, Derek P.; Overveld, Mark van; VanElzakker, Michael B.

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.05.002

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“…Although the broad role of stress and stress mediators in disturbed visceroception is widely appreciated (32)(33)(34), the putative contribution of chronic stress to variations in normal visceroception remains incompletely understood. To fill this research gap, we herein assessed the impact of chronic stress on different dimensions of visceroception induced by rectal distensions by comparing stress subgroups classified based on a validated chronic stress questionnaire.…”

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The Role of Chronic Stress in Normal Visceroception: Insights From an Experimental Visceral Pain Study in Healthy Volunteers

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Visceroception is a complex phenomenon comprising the sensation, interpretation, and integration of sensations along the gut-brain axis, including pain or defecatory urgency. Stress is considered a crucial risk factor for the development and maintenance of disorders of gut-brain signaling, which are characterized by altered visceroception. Although the broad role of stress and stress mediators in disturbed visceroception is widely acknowledged, the putative contribution of chronic stress to variations in normal visceroception remains incompletely understood. We aimed to elucidate the role of chronic stress in shaping different facets of visceroception. From a well-characterized, large sample of healthy men and women (N = 180, 50% female), volunteers presenting with low (n = 57) and elevated (n = 61) perceived chronic stress were identified based on the validated Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS). Visceral sensitivity together with perceived and recalled intensity and defecatory urgency induced by repeated rectal distensions was experimentally assessed, and compared between low and elevated stress groups. Subgroups were compared regarding state anxiety and salivary cortisol concentrations across experimental phases and with respect to psychological measures. Finally, in the full sample and in chronic stress subgroups, a recall bias in terms of a discrepancy between the perception of experimentally-induced symptoms and their recall was tested. Participants with elevated chronic stress presented with increased state anxiety and higher cortisol concentrations throughout the experimental phases compared to the group with low chronic stress. Group differences in visceral sensitivity were not evident. The elevated stress group perceived significantly higher urgency during the stimulation phase, and recalled substantially higher feelings of urgency induced by rectal distensions, while perceived and recalled intensity were comparable between groups. Volunteers with elevated stress exhibited a recall bias in terms of a higher recall relative to mean perception of urgency, whereas no such bias was observed for the intensity of experimental visceral stimulation. Our findings in healthy men and women provide first evidence that the troublesome symptom of urgency might be particularly modifiable by chronic stress and support the relevance of memory biases in visceroception. These results may help to disentangle the impact of chronic stress on altered visceroception in disturbances of gut-brain communication.

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The Role of Chronic Stress in Normal Visceroception: Insights From an Experimental Visceral Pain Study in Healthy Volunteers

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“…PEP captures SNS-mediated effects on cardiac control, which is driven by beta-adrenergic neurotransmission (Larsen, Schneiderman, & Pasin, 1986). PEP is theorized to index behavioral approach, including active coping (Brenner, Beauchaine, & Sylvers, 2005;Kelsey, 2012;Obradović & Boyce, 2012), with greater PEP reactivity (decreases) indicative of heightened reward processing (Richter & Gendolla, 2009) and stress sensitivity (Beauchaine, 2001). Since deficits in reward sensitivity and motivation are strongly implicated in depressive disorders (Whitton, Treadway, & Pizzagalli, 2015), PEP should capture SNS alterations in depression.…”

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“…Another common index of SNS arousal that has been more widely studied in the context of anxiety disorders is electrodermal activity (EDA), which reflects activity of the eccrine sweat glands (Dawson, Schell, & Filion, 2007) driven by cholinergic neurotransmission (Fowles, 1986;Shields, MacDowell, Fairchild, & Campbell, 1987). SNS arousal measured by EDA is thought to reflect behavior inhibition and avoidant coping (Dawson et al, 2007;Obradović & Boyce, 2012), which are heavily implicated in anxiety disorders (Hirschfeld, 2001). EDA activity has been consistently associated with threats of punishment and anxiety, supporting higher resting SNS control (for reviews see: Barlow, 2002;Boucsein, 2012;Hoehn-Saric & McLeod, 1988).…”

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Cross system autonomic balance and regulation: Associations with depression and anxiety symptoms

2020

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The autonomic nervous system (ANS) has demonstrated utility for identifying alterations in emotion processing associated with common psychopathology, including depression and anxiety. To date though the majority of this ANS research has several limitations. Most studies have examined parasympathetic and sympathetic branches separately, requiring activity in the other branch be inferred. This is problematic as each branch may function independently. Composite indices such as cardiac autonomic balance (CAB) and cardiac autonomic regulation (CAR) which examine the relative input between respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and pre‐ejection period (PEP) should provide more comprehensive measures of autonomic functioning and thus stronger predictors of psychopathology. However, the sympathetic branch is driven by multiple neurotransmitter systems, thus PEP does not necessarily reflect overall SNS arousal. We propose two new metrics for assessing ANS functioning associated with psychopathology: parasympathetic effects on cardiac control (RSA) relative to sympathetic effects on the eccrine system (electrodermal activity, EDA), which we term cross‐system autonomic balance (CSAB) and regulation (CSAR). Eighty‐five women (18–37) completed a baseline physiological assessment with parasympathetic (RSA) and sympathetic indices (PEP, EDA), along with self‐reported depressive and anxiety symptoms. Lower CSAB, indicating sympathetic dominance driven by cholinergic neurotransmission, was associated with higher depressive and anxiety symptoms. Lower CAB indicating sympathetic dominance driven by beta‐adrenergic neurotransmission was associated specifically with depressive symptoms. CSAB was a more robust index than RSA. Results support the utility of assessing multiple composite ANS indices for identifying physiological substrates of alterations in emotion regulation associated with internalizing disorders.

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“…Emotions are not only a key aspect of social cognition and communication, but they also initiate homeostatic physiological and cognitive functions that allow us to survive and thrive via proper detection and response to diverse challenges and opportunities (Shariff and Tracy, 2011;LeDoux, 2012). Emotional experiences are tightly bound to bodily sensations (Pace-Schott et al, 2019) and draw attention to important events such as during physiological need, immediate threat, and social interaction (Damasio and Carvalho, 2013). They coordinate behavior and physiological states during such important events (Stemmler, 2004;Nummenmaa et al, 2014).…”

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Respiratory Rhythm, Autonomic Modulation, and the Spectrum of Emotions: The Future of Emotion Recognition and Modulation

Jerath¹,

Beveridge²

2020

Front. Psychol.

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Pulmonary ventilation and respiration are considered to be primarily involved in oxygenation of blood for oxygen delivery to cells throughout the body for metabolic purposes. Other pulmonary physiological observations, such as respiratory sinus arrhythmia, Hering Brewer reflex, cardiorespiratory synchronization, and the heart rate variability (HRV) relationship with breathing rhythm, lack complete explanations of physiological/functional significance. The spectrum of waveforms of breathing activity correlate to anxiety, depression, anger, stress, and other positive and negative emotions. Respiratory pattern has been thought not only to be influenced by emotion but to itself influence emotion in a bi-directional relationship between the body and the mind. In order to show how filling in gaps in understanding could lead to certain future developments in mind-body medicine, biofeedback, and personal health monitoring, we review and discuss empirical work and tracings to express the vital role of bodily rhythms in influencing emotion, autonomic nervous system activity, and even general neural activity. Future developments in measurement and psychophysiological understanding of the pattern of breathing in combination with other parameters such as HRV, cardiorespiratory synchronization, and skin conductivity may allow for biometric monitoring systems to one day accurately predict affective state and even affective disorders such as anxiety. Better affective prediction based on recent research when incorporated into personal health monitoring devices could greatly improve public mental health by providing at-home biofeedback for greater understanding of one's mental state and for mind-body affective treatments such as breathing exercises.

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Physiological feelings

Cited by 126 publications

References 614 publications

The Role of Chronic Stress in Normal Visceroception: Insights From an Experimental Visceral Pain Study in Healthy Volunteers

The Role of Chronic Stress in Normal Visceroception: Insights From an Experimental Visceral Pain Study in Healthy Volunteers

Cross system autonomic balance and regulation: Associations with depression and anxiety symptoms

Respiratory Rhythm, Autonomic Modulation, and the Spectrum of Emotions: The Future of Emotion Recognition and Modulation

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