Psychosomatic medicine
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Psychosomatic medicine · May 2013
Psychological and physiological predictors of angina during exercise-induced ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease.
This study compares sensory-biological, cognitive-emotional, and cognitive-interpretational factors in predicting angina on an exercise treadmill test (ETT). ⋯ In patients with ischemia, cognitive-emotional and cognitive-interpretational factors are important predictors of exercise angina.
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Psychosomatic medicine · May 2013
The effect of violent and nonviolent video games on heart rate variability, sleep, and emotions in adolescents with different violent gaming habits.
To study cardiac, sleep-related, and emotional reactions to playing violent (VG) versus nonviolent video games (NVG) in adolescents with different gaming habits. ⋯ Different combinations of the extent of (low versus high) previous VG and experimental exposure to a VG or an NVG are associated with different reaction patterns-physiologically, emotionally, and sleep related. Desensitizing effects or selection bias stand out as possible explanations.