Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychophysiology. 2011 Mar 1;48(9):1309–1322. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01191.x

Table 1.

Mean (SE) of Experiential, Expressive, and Autonomic Responses by Picture Type and Condition

Parameters Neutral
Negative
Positive
Unregulated Unregulated Expressive suppression Physiological suppression Unregulated Expressive suppression Physiological suppression
Emotion experience
 Rating (/±100) 4.70 (1.12) −45.51 (1.75) −47.14 (1.85) −47.58 (1.68) 38.49 (2.24) 35.65 (2.37) 33.92 (2.16)
Emotion-expressive behavior
 Corrugator (%) 100.21 (1.70) 114.80 (4.00) 102.60 (2.24) 101.70 (2.49) 94.00 (1.68) 97.63 (2.40) 98.42 (1.71)
 Zygomaticus (%) 102.21 (2.39) 100.68 (2.35) 94.36 (2.18) 92.11 (2.00) 130.29 (8.39) 94.85 (2.35) 96.34 (1.64)
Autonomic responses
Cardiovascular activity
  Δ HR (bpm) −1.5 (0.27) −2.47 (0.31) −3.77 (0.43) −3.77 (0.38) −1.28 (0.31) −2.90 (0.33) −3.27 (0.32)
  Δ Mean BP (mmHg) −0.69 (0.24) −0.49 (0.27) −0.62 (0.30) −0.75 (0.24) −0.38 (0.25) −0.43 (0.25) −0.72 (0.26)
  Δ PC (z-scores) −0.04 (0.02) −0.01 (0.01) −0.04 (0.03) −0.02 (0.01) −0.04 (0.01) −0.02 (0.01) −0.02 (0.02)
  Δ FT (°F) −0.003 (0.001) −0.003 (0.001) −0.004 (0.001) −0.004 (0.001) −0.002 (0.001) 0 (0.001) 0 (0.001)
Respiratory activity
  Δ RA (ml) 4.18 (4.87) −3.72 (5.58) −28.22 (8.02) −22.39 (9.94) 20.65 (6.06) −16.74 (5.36) −9.38 (6.37)
  Δ RR (c/min) −0.40 (0.16) −0.46 (0.15) −1.04 (0.25) −0.97 (0.25) −0.44 (0.18) −1.04 (0.24) −0.91 (0.22)

Note: The experience scale goes from −100 (very negative) to +100 (very positive). Expressivity is expressed as percentage of baseline levels. All other parameters are differences with baseline level. HR=Heart Rate, BP=Blood Pressure, PC=Pulse Composite, FT=Finger Temperature, RA=Respiratory Amplitude, RR=Respiratory Rate.