PSYC 401A/501A, Principles of Psychophysiology

Spring, 2006, Mondays, 200-450 p.m.

Room 317B Psychology

 

Topics & Readings (with downloadable pdfs)

 

23 January:    Overviews

Cacioppo, J.T.,  Tassinary, L.G. & Berntson, G.G. (2000).  Psychophysiological science.  In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 3-23).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Miller, G.A., (1996).  How we think about cognition, emotion, and biology in psychopathology.  Psychophysiology, 33, 615‑628.

 

30 January:    Foundations: Basic Electricity, Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

Ryan, C.W. (1986).  Basic Electricity: A Self-Teaching Guide (2nd Edition).  New York:  John Wiley and Sons.  Chapters 1,2,3,4,5.

Matsumoto, R., Walker, B.B., Walker, J.M., & Hughes, H. (1990). Fundamentals of neuroscience. In J.T. Cacioppo & L.G. Tassinary (Eds.), Principles of psychophysiology: Physical, social, and inferential elements (pp.58‑112), New York: Cambridge University Press. (NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT THE HANDBOOK OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY)

 

6 February:    Electrodermal Activity: Basics and Application to Polygraph Testing

Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Filion, D.L. (2000). The electrodermal system. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 200-223).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Lykken, D.T., Rose, B., Luther, B., & Maley, M. (1966).  Correcting psychophysiological measures for individual differences in range. Psychophysiological Bulletin, 66, 481‑484.

Lykken, D.T., & Venables, P.H. (1971). Direct measurement of skin conductance: A proposal for standardization. Psychophysiology, 8, 656‑672.

Lykken, D.T. (1959). The GSR in the detection of guilt. Journal of Applied Psychology, 43, 385‑388.

 

13 February:  Basic Electricity Test Administered at Start of Class

Catch Up Class:  Electrodermal Activity likely continued, The Oculomotor System

Stern, J.A., Walrath, L.C., & Goldstein, R. (1984).  The endogenous eyeblink. Psychophysiology, 21, 22‑33.

 

20 February:  Cardiovascular Psychophysiology

Brownley, K.A., Hurwitz, B.E., & Schneiderman, N. (2000).  In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 224-263).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Bernston, G.G., Cacioppo, J.T., & Quigley, K.S. (1993).  Respiratory sinus arrhythmia: Autonomic origins, physiological mechanisms, and psychophysiological implications. Psychophysiology, 30, 183‑196.

Shalev, A. Y., Sahar, T., Freedman, S., Peri, T., Glick, N., Brandes, D., Orr, S. P., & Pitman, R. K. (1998). A prospective study of heart rate response following trauma and the subsequent development of posttraumatic stress disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 55, 553-559.

Porges, S.W. (2001).  The polyvagal theory: Phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system.  International Journal of Psychophysiology, 42, 123-146.

O' Connor, M., Allen, J.J.B., & Kaszniak, A.W. (2005). Emotional disclosure for whom? A study of vagal tone in bereavement.  Biological Psychology, 68, 135-146.

 

27 February:  The Skeletomotor System

Tassinary, L.G., & Cacioppo, J.T. (2000). The skeletomotor system: Surface electromyography. The electrodermal system. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 163-199).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Lang, P.J. , Bradley, M.M., & Cuthburt, B.N. (1998).  Emotion, Motivation, and Anxiety: Brain Mechanisms and Psychophysiology.  Biological Psychiatry, 44, 1248-1263.

Bradley, M.M. (2000).  Emotion and Motivation.   In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 602-642).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Ruiz-Padiala, E., Sollers, J.J., Vila, J, & Thayer, J.F. (2003).  The rhythm of the heart in the blink of an eye: Emotion-modulated startle magnitude covaries with heart rate variability.  Psychophysiology, 40, 306-313.

 

6 March:         The Electroencephalogram, Basics in Recording EEG, Frequency Domain Analysis and its Applications I -- Mood Disorders & Emotions

Davidson, R.J., Jackson, D.C., & Larson, C.L. (2000).  Human Electroencephalography.  In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 27-52).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Coan, J.A. & Allen, J.J.B.. (2004). Frontal EEG asymmetry as a moderator and mediator of emotion. Biological Psychology, 67, 7-50.

Porges, S.W., Bohrer, R.E., Cheung, M.N., Drasgow, F., McCabe, P.M., & Keren, G. (1980). New time-series statistic for detecting rhythmic co-occurrence in the frequency domain: The weighted coherence and its application to psychophysiological research. Psychological Bulletin, 88:580‑587.

 

13 March:       Spring Recess!!!!!!!!!!

 

20 March:       The Polysomnograph and Issues in Sleep Research

Pivik, R.T. (2000). Sleep and dreaming. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 687-716).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

NOTE: NEW Versions of Carskadon & Rechtschaffen will be posted

Carskadon, M.A., & Rechtschaffen, A. (2000). Monitoring and staging human sleep. In M.H. Kryger, T. Roth, & W.C. Dement (Eds.), Principles and practice of sleep medicine, 3rd edition, (pp 1197-1216). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

Hirshkowitz, M. (2000). Normal Human Sleep: An Overview. In M.H. Kryger, T. Roth, & W.C. Dement (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 3rd edition, (pp 15-24). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. 

 

27 March:       Frequency Domain Analysis and its Applications II -- Subthreshold Perception, 40 Hertz Phenomena

Spydell, J.D. & Sheer, D.E. (1982).  Effect of problem solving on tight and left hemisphere 40 Hertz activity. Psychophysiology, 19, 420‑425.

Singer, W. (1993). Synchronization of cortical activity and its putative role in information processing and learning. Annual Review of Physiology, 55, 349‑374.

 

3 April:           The Event-Related Potential: Basics and Applications (CNV, early components & P300)

Fabiani, M., Gratton, G., and Coles, M.G.H. (2000).  Event-related brain potentials: Methods, theory, and applications.  In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 53-84).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Donchin, E. (1981). Surprise!...Surprise?  Psychophysiology, 18, 493-513.

Johnson, R.J. (1986). A triarchic model of P300 amplitude.  Psychophysiology, 23, 367-384.

 

10 April:         More Applications of the ERP: P300, N400, ERN

Johnson, R.J. (1993). On the neural generators of the P300 component of the event-related potential.  Psychophysiology, 30, 90-97

Kutas, M. & Hillyard, S.A. (1980). Event-related potentials to semantically inappropriate and surprisingly large words. Biological Psychology, 11, 99-116.

Gehring, W. J., Goss, B., Coles, M. G. H., Meyer, D. E., & Donchin, E. (1993).  A neural system for error detection and compensation.  Psychological Science, 4,  385-390.

Fiehler, K., Ullsperger, M., & Von Cramen, Y. (2005).  Electrophysiological correlates of error correction. Psychophysiology, 42, 72–82.

 

17 April:         Advanced Signal Processing I

Gratton, G., Coles, M.G.H., & Donchin, E. (1983).  A new method for off-line removal of ocular artifact. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 55, 468-484.

Cook, E.W., & Miller, G.A. (1992).  Digital Filtering: Background and tutorial for psychophysiologists.  Psychophysiology, 3, 350‑367.

 

24 April:         Functional Neuroimaging:  PET and fMRI

Bandettini, P.A., Birn, R.M., & Donahue, K.M. (2000). Functional MRI: Background, methodology, limits, and implementation.  In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 978-1014).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Amaro, E., & Barker, G.J. (2006).  Study design in fMRI: Basic principles,  Brain and Cognition, 60, 220-232.

   Note that the next reading on PET is optional.

Reiman, E.M., Lane, R.D., Van Petten, C., & Bandettini, P.A. (2000).  Positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging.  In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.).  Handbook of Psychophyiology (2nd edition; pp. 85-118).  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

 

1 May:            Paper Due

Advanced Signal Processing II

Donchin, E. & Heffley, E.F. (1978). Multivariate analysis of event-related potential data: A tutorial review. In D. Otto (Ed.), Multidisciplinary perspectives in event-related brain potential research (pp. 555‑572). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Scherg, M. (1990). Fundamentals of Dipole Source Potential Analysis. In F. Grandori, F. Hoke & Romani, G.L. (Eds.), Auditory Evoked Magnetic Fields and Electric Potentials. Advances in Audiology, 6, (pp. 40‑69). Switzerland: Basel, Karger.

Urbach TP. Kutas M. (2002).  The intractability of scaling scalp distributions to infer neuroelectric sources. Psychophysiology. 39, 791-808.

Debener, S., Ullsperger, M., Siegel, M., Fiehler, K., von Cramon, Y.,& Engel, A.K. (2005). Trial-by-trial coupling of concurrent EEG and fMRI identifies the dynamics of performance monitoring.  Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 11730 –11737.