Science news articles about 'physiological measures'

  • Better tools needed for assessing infant pain

    ... used pain assessment tools which are based on behavioural and physiological measures, such as change in facial expression. Evidence ... .pdf CONTACT: Rebeccah Slater Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology University College London Gower ...
  • Once a shy monkey, always a shy monkey?

    ... , the results were the same: the anxious monkeys still were more stressed out than their calmer peers when judged by the behavioural and physiological measures. "We're looking for better ways ...
  • A direct gaze enhances face perception

    ... asymmetry is linked to an approach and the right-dominated to avoidance. This was the first time it was shown through physiological measurements that another person's gaze direction ...
  • Political attitudes are predicted by physiological traits

    ... control, whereas individuals displaying measurably higher physiological reactions to those same stimuli were more likely ... and demographic characteristics. In a later session, they were attached to physiological measuring equipment and shown three threatening ...
  • Some political views may be related to physiology

    ... with maggots in it--and monitored their skin for electrical conductivity, which indicates emotion, arousal and attention. In another physiological measure, the scientists surprised subjects with a sudden ...
  • Personality shapes perception of romance, but doesn't tell the whole story

    ... quality. The researchers' goal was to compare the self-reported data to that obtained by observation and specific physiological measures. This is the first such study to use all three approaches ...
  • Children distressed by family fighting have higher stress hormones

    ... are doing based solely on improvements in how children function psychologically may need to be changed to include physiological measures like cortisol levels, the authors ...
  • Robot playmates monitor emotional state of children with ASD

    ... five years, Sarkar has developed a method that uses physiological measurements, including heart rate, galvanic ... to 16 years who had been diagnosed with ASD. A battery of physiological sensors were attached to the participants and they were asked to play ...
  • Mental fatigue can affect physical endurance

    ... exercise sessions, the researchers tracked a variety of physiological measures, such as oxygen consumption, heart rate ... out at a moderate intensity, which still gives plenty of physiological and psychological benefit, including relief from stress ...
  • Neuroscientists identify physiological link between trial and error and learning

    ... often requires subjects to establish new physiological links by using information about trial outcome to strengthen ... in the latest issue of the journal Neuron, establish a physiological measure linking trial outcome and learning ...
  • Music played to premature babies may lessen pain and improve feeding habits

    ... indications. Outcomes most often reported in the trials were physiological measures such as heart rate, respiratory rate ... to suggest that music may have beneficial effects in terms of physiological parameters, behavioural states and pain reduction ...
  • Risk of frailty in older women dependent on multisystem abnormalities

    ... I and II and assesses the association of eight physiological measures with frailty. Abnormality in each system ... and its consequences. "The systems studied here have numerous physiological interconnections with each other," says Dr. Fried, "which would ...
  • Groundbreaking study shows exercise benefits leukemia patients

    ... and after the exercise program, the researchers tested key physiological measurements including resting heart rate ... an exercise program in the hospital but that they may receive both physiological and psychological benefits that could assist in their recovery," he ...
  • Women's bodies and minds agree less than men's on what's sexy

    ... -analysis1 of the extent of agreement between subjective ratings and physiological measures of sexual arousal in men and women ... a split between women's bodies and minds. The readings from the physiological measurements and their subjective ratings were, in some cases, significantly ...
  • Feeling blue? You'll shun the new

    ... responses to the dot patterns with ratings and, critically, with physiological measures (skin conductors to assess sweat ... , becomes more attractive." Winkielman noted, too, that the physiological measures of the responses are particularly telling: "These are immediate ...

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