title: [Neurophysiological mechanisms of acquisition of fear-resistance habit controlled by biological feedback displayed by skin galvanic response].
abstract: The aim of the study was to reveal a probable structural-functional basis of emotional self-regulation processes within the framework of cortex--basal ganglia interaction using on-line computer analysis of the EEG. The tested subjects were unable to overcome the emotional stress increasing in the process of decision making under conditions of high responsibility for the results of task solving. Striving to hold their social positions these subjects created a stable psychological set to keep their high responsibility and resist the relaxation tendency. Such a set facilitated the acceptance of the task for volitional effort to resist fear controlled by a biofeedback displayed in skin galvanic reaction.
authors.affiliation: Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Popova
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ivonin
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Shuvaev
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Mikheev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000502:physiology; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D003657:Decision Making; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004644:Emotions; D005239:Fear; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009482:Neurophysiology; D012063:Relaxation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013315:Stress, Psychological