Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science articles from October 2000

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science archives from October 2000

Prediction and Control as Determinants of Behavioural Uncertainty: Effects on Task Performance and Heart Rate Reactivity.
October 1, 2000... SARAH R. BAKER [1] DAVID STEPHENSON [2] Abstract--Control or control-belief is often viewed as being directly instrumental in facilitating coping mechanisms in aversive situations, and yet the empirical evidence for the beneficial...

Explanatory Style and Immunoglobulin A (IgA).
October 1, 2000... Abstract--The construct of explanatory style has been related to numerous aspects of human psychology, including health. Our research has focused on the effects of various psychological variables on the immune system, in particular...

Motilin- and Neuropeptide Y-like Immunoreactivity in a Psychophysiological Stress Experiment on Patients with Functional Dyspepsia.
October 1, 2000... Bo H. JONSSON [1] PER M. HELLSTROM [2] Abstract--Background: Thc aim of the study was to compare plasma motilin-like immunoreactivity (MOT-LI) and neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactivity (NPY-LI) in patients with functional...

Ivan P. Pavlov's View on Vivisection.
October 1, 2000... Abstract--Pavlov's points of view on vivisection are analyzed and compared with the modem ethical conception of carrying out experiments on animals. It appears that Pavlov's points of view are largely in accordance with modern ethical...

The Perception of Available Social Support is Related to Reduced Cardiovascular Reactivity in Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients.
October 1, 2000... FRANCIS W. CRAIG [1] JAMES J. LYNCH [2] JEFFREY L. QUARTNER [3] Abstract--Objective Numerous studies have observed a relationship between social support (SS) and post coronary event survival. Laboratory research suggests one...

An Electrophysiological Study of School-aged Children with a History of Failure to Thrive during Infancy.
October 1, 2000... Abstract--Sixty-five subjects, ages 8 to 12, participated in a visual electrophysiological study. Twenty-two of the subjects had received a diagnosis of nonorganic failure-to-thrive (FTT) before the age of three. The remaining 43 subjects had...

Does Binge Eating Play a Role in the Self-Regulation of Moods?
October 1, 2000... WESLEY C. LYNCH [1] ANDREA EVERINGHAM [1] JANE DUBITZKY [2] MIMI HARTMAN [3] TIM KASSER [4] Abstract--Self-reported emotional experiences and eating behaviors were studied in college students in an attempt to determine...

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community.(Review)
October 1, 2000... By Robert D. Putnam Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2000. 541 pages, $26.00. This is an important book, much needed by the people of America. The author has clearly identified a serious shortcoming in social relationships and...

A Cry Unheard. New Insights into the Medical Consequences of Loneliness.(Review)
October 1, 2000... By James J. Lynch Bancroft Press, Baltimore, MD, 2000. 345 pages, $26.95. This is an important book by a distinguished psychologist-cardiologist whose previous books, The Broken Heart and The Language of the Heart, described the...

Charcot: Constructing Neurology.(Review)
October 1, 2000... By Christopher Goetz, Michel Bonduelle and Toby Gelfand Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1995. 392 pages. This is an engaging and very useful account of the career of one of the world's most talented and resourceful...

Daily Word: Love, Inspiration, and Guidance for Everyone.(Review)
October 1, 2000... By Colleen Zuck Daybreak Books, Emmaus, PA, 1997. 374 pages, $17.95. This remarkable little book is focused on the community-like nature of the inhabitants of the world. The concept that all inhabitants of the world are...

The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton.(Review)
October 1, 2000... By Fred I. Greenstein Martin Kessler Books, New York, 2000. 271 pages, $25.00. This book does not relate to integrative physiology or psychology, but its content may be highly relevant to the members of the Pavlovian Society at this...