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PSYCHOPATHY, AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONING, AND THE ORIENTING RESPONSE.

PSYCHOPATHY, AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONING, AND THE ORIENTING RESPONSE. AUTONOMIC ACTIVITY WAS CONTINUOUSLY RECORDED WHILE 21 PRIMARY PSYCHOPATHS (P), 18 SECONDARY PSYCHOPATHS (S), AND 12 NONPSYCHOPATHS (NP) LISTENED TO A SERIES OF REPETITIVE TONES AND SOLVED SIMPLE ARITHMETIC PROBLEMS. DURING REST, GROUP P HAD LOWER LEVELS OF SKIN CONDUCTANCE AND AUTONOMIC VARIABILITY THAN GROUP NP, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IN AUTONOMIC VARIABILITY DISAPPEARED DURING THE ARITHMETIC PERIOD. GROUP P WAS GENERALLY LESS AUTONOMICALLY RESPONSIVE TO THE TONES, PARTICULARLY WHEN GSR AND CARDIAC RESPONSES WERE EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE RANGE OF AUTONOMIC ACTIVITY POSSIBLE. WHILE GSR HABITUATED AT THE SAME RATE FOR ALL GROUPS, CARDIAC DECELERATION AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, DIGITAL VASOCONSTRICTION HABITUATED MORE SLOWLY FOR GROUP P THAN FOR GROUP NP. MOREOVER, GROUP P GAVE A RELATIVELY SMALL CARDIAC DECELERATORY RESPONSE TO A NOVEL TONE PRESENTED AFTER THE REPETITIVE TONES. THE RESULTS ARE INTERPRETED IN TERMS OF AUTONOMIC, CORTICAL, AND SENSORY COUPLING. (3 P. REF.) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Abnormal Psychology American Psychological Association

PSYCHOPATHY, AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONING, AND THE ORIENTING RESPONSE.

HARE, ROBERT D.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology , Volume 73 (3): 24 – Jun 1, 1968
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American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 1968 American Psychological Association
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0021-843X
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1939-1846
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10.1037/h0025873
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Abstract

AUTONOMIC ACTIVITY WAS CONTINUOUSLY RECORDED WHILE 21 PRIMARY PSYCHOPATHS (P), 18 SECONDARY PSYCHOPATHS (S), AND 12 NONPSYCHOPATHS (NP) LISTENED TO A SERIES OF REPETITIVE TONES AND SOLVED SIMPLE ARITHMETIC PROBLEMS. DURING REST, GROUP P HAD LOWER LEVELS OF SKIN CONDUCTANCE AND AUTONOMIC VARIABILITY THAN GROUP NP, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IN AUTONOMIC VARIABILITY DISAPPEARED DURING THE ARITHMETIC PERIOD. GROUP P WAS GENERALLY LESS AUTONOMICALLY RESPONSIVE TO THE TONES, PARTICULARLY WHEN GSR AND CARDIAC RESPONSES WERE EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE RANGE OF AUTONOMIC ACTIVITY POSSIBLE. WHILE GSR HABITUATED AT THE SAME RATE FOR ALL GROUPS, CARDIAC DECELERATION AND, TO A LESSER EXTENT, DIGITAL VASOCONSTRICTION HABITUATED MORE SLOWLY FOR GROUP P THAN FOR GROUP NP. MOREOVER, GROUP P GAVE A RELATIVELY SMALL CARDIAC DECELERATORY RESPONSE TO A NOVEL TONE PRESENTED AFTER THE REPETITIVE TONES. THE RESULTS ARE INTERPRETED IN TERMS OF AUTONOMIC, CORTICAL, AND SENSORY COUPLING. (3 P. REF.)

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Journal of Abnormal Psychology – American Psychological Association

Published: Jun 1, 1968

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