| Longitudinal Study of Physiologic Concordance, Alliance, and Empathy During Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Depression: |
To study the relationship between physiologic concordance between patient and clinician during psychotherapy over time and how the changes in the physiologic relationship are related to the development of the therapeutic alliance, empathy and outcome in depression. |
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| Physiologic and Social-Emotional Correlates of Empathy During Psychotherapy: |
| This study uses a combination of simultaneous measures of skin conductivity from patient and therapist plus a microanalysis of thin-slices of social interaction identified by their level of physiologic concordance. |
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| Physiologic Measures of Concordance in Small Group Interaction: |
| Six groups of four adults gender balanced had continuous measures of heart rate and skin conductivity during a neutral twenty minutes conversation about dating in the new millenium. Outcome measures include self-reports of level of engagement and group climate. |
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| Physiologic Evidence for the Social Contagion of Laughter in Small Group Interaction: |
| Using data from a larger study of small group interaction, independent raters coded episodes of laughter during a twenty minute conversation in six groups of four adults. Changes in skin conductivity are used to determine level of arousal to the comment that stimulated the laughter. |
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| Neuroimaging and Psychophsyiology Correlates of Emotion: |
| Using data from a larger study, analysis of script driven emotions including anger, happy, and sad emotions were played for ten healthy subjects with simultaneous recordings of heart rate, skin conductivity, and positron emission tomography. |
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| Physiologic Concordance in Violent Couples: |
| Using data from a larger study, physiologic concordance is evaluated simultaneously from male and female partners at risk for violence during three brief conversations including a problem area for each person and a neutral topic. |
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| Physiologic Concordance, Attachment and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Axis Dysregulation During Adolescent-Parent Conversations: |
| Using data from a larger study, adolescent and mother attachment are assessed individually and then simultaneous recordings of skin conductivity and heart rate are recording during a conversation about a problem area for the adolescent. |
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| Physiologic Concordance During Mother-Infant Interaction: |
| Six month old babies and their mothers play and then undergo the still face procedure during simultaneous recordings of heart rate and skin conductivity. |
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Continuous Behavioral and Physiologic Monitoring of Depressed Inpatients During Treatment with ECT: |
| Depressed inpatients are monitored with the LiveNet system created at the MIT Media Laboratory for continuous monitoring of voice features, movement, location on the ward, heart rate, heat fluctuation, temperature, and skin conductivity plus emotion ratings four times per day over the course of ECT treatment. |
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| Physiologic Correlates of Lesions During Cingulotomy Neurosurgery for Treatment Refractory Depression: |
| As part of a larger study, patients undergoing psychosurgery are being monitored continuously using heart rate and skin conductivity. |
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| Continuous Physiologic and Behavioral Monitoring During Violent and Nonviolent Video Games in Adolescents: |
| As part of a pilot study, participants are monitored while playing two types of video games in a randomized block design. |
