The impact of emotion on respiratory-related evoked potentials.
Emotion influences the perception of respiratory sensations, although the specific mechanism underlying this modulation is not yet clear. We examined the impact of viewing pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant affective pictures on the respiratory-related evoked potential (RREP) elicited by a short inspiratory occlusion in healthy volunteers. Reduced P3 amplitude of the RREP was found for respiratory probes presented when viewing pleasant or unpleasant series, when compared to those presented during the neutral series. Earlier RREP components, such as Nf, P1, N1, and P2, showed no modulation by emotion. The results suggest that emotion impacts the perception of respiratory sensations by reducing the attentional resources available for processing afferent respiratory sensory signals.
Von Leupoldt
Andreas
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Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. andreas.vonleupoldt@uni-hamburg.de
Vovk
Andrea
A
Bradley
Margaret M
MM
Keil
Andreas
A
Lang
Peter J
PJ
Davenport
Paul W
PW
D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004328:Drive; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult