PSY 401A/501A, Principles of Psychophysiology

Spring, 2016, Mondays, 2⁰⁰-4⁴⁵ p.m.

Room 341 Education

Topics & Readings (with downloadable pdfs)

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General Links:

Cacioppo, J.T., Tassinary, L.G. , & Berntson, G.G (2007). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Note: The “Handbook of Psychophysiology” is available as an electronic book for those with a UA NetID

Ryan, C.W. (1986). Basic Electricity: A Self-Teaching Guide (2nd Edition). New York: John Wiley and Sons. The assigned chapters are available for download as a single pdf file.

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25 January: Overviews

Cacioppo, J.T., Tassinary, L.G. & Berntson, G.G. (2007). Psychophysiological science: Interdisciplinary approaches to classic questions about the mind. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 1-16). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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

1 February: 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)

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

Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Filion, D.L. (2007). The electrodermal system. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 159-181). 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.

Lopez, R., Poy, R., Patrick, C.J., & Molto, J. (2013). Deficient fear conditioning and self-reported psychopathy: The role of fearless dominance. Psychophysiologyy 50, 210-218.

15 February: Basic Electricity Test Administered at Start of Class

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

Iacono, W.G. (2007). Detection of Deception.. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 688-703). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Allen, J.J.B. (2013). Never Trust the Polygraph. The Writ, the official publication of the Pima County Bar Association.

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

22 February: Cardiovascular Psychophysiology

Berntson, G.G., Quigley, K.S., & Lozano, D. (2007). Cardiovascular Psychophysiology. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 182-210). 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.

Porges, S.W. (2007). The polyvagal perspective. Biological Psychology, 74, 116-143.

Allen, J.J.B., Chambers, A.S., & Towers, D.N. (2007). The many metrics of cardiac chronotropy: A pragmatic primer and a brief comparison of metrics. Biological Psychology, 74, 243–262.

Kogan, A.V., Allen, J.J.B., & Weihs, K.L. (2012). Cardiac vagal control as a prospective predictor of anxiety in women diagnosed with breast cancer. Biological Psychology, 90, 105-111.

29 February: The Skeletomotor System

Tassinary, L.G., Cacioppo, J.T., & Vanman, E.J. (2007). The skeletomotor system: Surface electromyography. The electrodermal system. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 267-299). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Dimberg, U., Thunberg, M., & Elmehed, K. (2000). Unconscious facial reactions to emotional facial expressions. Psychological Science, 11, 86-89.

Bradley, M.M., & Lang, P.J. (2007). Emotion and motivation. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 581‑607). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Ray, R.D., McRae, K., Ochsner, K.N, & Gross, J.J. (2010). Cognitive reappraisal of negative affect: Converging evidence from EMG and self-report. Emotion, 10(4), 587-592.

Dimberg, U., & Thunberg, M. (2012). Empathy, emotional contagion, and rapid facial reactions to angry and happy facial expressions. PsyCh Journal, 1, 118-127.

7 March: Psychoneuroimmunology (readings subject to change)

Kaltsas, G.A., & Chrousos, G.P. (2007). The neuroendocrinology of stress. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 303-318). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Nicolson, N.A. (2008). Measurement of cortisol. In L.J. Luecken and L.C. Gallo (Eds.), Handbook of Physiological Research Methods in Health Psychology. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.

Dandtzer, R., O’Connor, J.C., Freund, G.G., Johnson, R.W., & Kelley, K.W. (2008). From inflammation to sickness and depression: when the immune system subjugates the brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 9, 46-57.

14 March: Spring Recess!!!!!!!!!!

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

Pizzagalli, D.A. (2007). Electroencephalography and high-density electrophysiological source localization. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 56-84). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Allen, J.J.B., Coan, J.A., & Nazarian, M. (2004) Issues and assumptions on the road from raw signals to metrics of frontal EEG asymmetry in emotion. Biological Psychology, 67,183-218.

Allen, J.J.B., & Reznik, S.J. (2015). Frontal asymmetry as a promising marker of depression vulnerability: Summary and methodological consideration. Current Opinion in Psychology, 4, 93–97. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2014.12.017

Harmon-Jones, E., Gable, P.A., & Peterson, C.K. (2010). The role of asymmetric frontal cortical activity in emotion-related phenomena: A review and update. Biological Psychology, 84, 451-462.

Peterson, C.K., Shackman, A.J., & Harmon-Jones, E. (2008). The role of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity in aggression.  Psychophysiology, 45 (2008), 86–92.

28 March: Frequency Domain Analysis and its Applications II -- Oscillatory and "40 Hertz" Phenomena

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

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.

Jensen, O., Bonnefond, M., & VanRullen, R. (2012). An oscillatory mechanism for prioritizing salient unattended stimuli. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 16, 200-206.

4 April: (PAPER PROSPECTUS DUE)

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

Fabiani, M., Gratton, G., and Federmeier, K.D. (2007). Event-related brain potentials: Methods, theory, and applications. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 85-119). 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.

Polich, J.(2007).  Updating P300: An integrative theory of P3a and P3b.  Clinical Neurophysiology, 118, 2128–2148

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

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

Kutas, M. and Federmeier, K. D.  (2011).  Thirty years and counting:  Finding meaning in the N400 component of the event-related brain potential (ERP).  Annual Review of Psychology, 62, 621-647.

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.

Hajcak, G. (2012). What we’ve learned from mistakes: Insights from error-related brain activity. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21, 101–106.

Trujillo, L. & Allen, J.J.B. (2007).  Theta EEG dynamics of the error-related negativity.  Clinical Neurophysiology. 118, 645-668.

Proudfit, G.H. (2015). The reward positivity: From basic research on reward to a biomarker for depression. Psychophysiology, 52, 449–459.

18 April: Functional Neuroimaging: PET and fMRI (READINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Wagner, T.D., Hernandez, L., Jonides, J., & Lindquist, M. (2007). Elements of functional neuroimaging. In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (3^rd edition; pp. 19-55). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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

Coan, J.A., Schaefer, J.S., & Davidson, R.J. (2006). Lending a hand: Social regulation of the neural response to threat. Psychological Science, 17, 1032-1039.

Farah, M. J., & Hook, C.J. (2013). The seductive allure of “Seductive Allure.” Perspectives on Psychological Science 8(1), 88–90.

25 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.

Cohen, M.X. (2011).  It’s about time.  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00002.

Cavanagh, J.F., Cohen, M.X., & Allen, J.J.B. (2009). Prelude to and resolution of an error: EEG phase coherence reveals cognitive control dynamics during action monitoring. Journal of Neuroscience, 29, 98‑105.

Mathewson, K.E., Lleras, A., Beck, D.M., Fabiani, M., Ro, T., & Gratton, G. (2011). Pulsed out of awareness: EEG alpha oscillations represent a pulsed-inhibition of ongoing cortical processing. Frontiers in Perception Science, 2(99). doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00099

Muthukumaraswamy, S.D. (2013). High-frequency brain activity and muscle artifacts in MEG/EEG: a review and recommendations. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(138), http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00138

2 May: (Paper Due 2 PM) Advanced Signal Processing II

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.

Makeig, S., Debener, S., Onton, J., & Delorme, A. (2004). Mining event-related brain dynamics.  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8, 204-210.

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.

Miller, G.A., & Chapman, J.P. (2001). Misunderstanding analysis of covariance. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110, 40-48.

Chaumon, M., Bishop, D.V.M., & Busch, N.A. (2015). A practical guide to the selection of independent components of the electroencephalogram for artifact correction. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 250, 47-63.

9 May:          Final Exam Due NOON

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Other recommended sources for the seriously inclined:

Lyons, R. G. (1996).  Understanding Digital Signal Processing. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing.  (Note, there is also a 2004 edition)

Rosenbaum, D.A. (2007).  Matlab for Behavioral Scientists.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Ingle, V.K., & Proakis, J.G. (2007).  Digital Signal Processing Using MATLAB (2nd Ed.).  Toronto, CA: Thompson Publishing. 

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Reading for before first Laboratory Section Meeting:

Greene, W.A., Turetsky, B., & Kohler, C. (2000). . In J.T. Cacioppo, L.G. Tassinary, & G.G. Berntson, G.G (Eds.). Handbook of Psychophysiology (2nd edition; pp. 951-977). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (NOTE THIS IS THE PREVIOUS EDITION OF THE TEXT)