Psychological and physiological responses to stress

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Chapter 1 General Introduction

Part I Methodological and theoretical issues in studying physiological responses to stress

Chapter 2 Human SAM and HPA responses to stress: a dualistic or an integrated system?

Chapter 3 Comparison between the Fourier and Wavelet methods of spectral analysis applied to stationary and non-stationary heart period data

Chapter 4 Differential contribution of cardiac vagal tone, central respiratory drive, and respiratory parameters to RSA during mental stress and physical exercise

Part II The relationship between psychological traits and physiological responses to stress

Chapter 5 A repressive coping style cannot be related to affective, facial, or physiological responses to looking at emotional pictures

Chapter 6 Functional somatic symptoms suggestive of hyperventilation are not associated with impaired cardiorespiratory coupling

Chapter 7 Alexithymia: A disruption in a cortical network? -an EEG power and coherence analysis-

Chapter 8 General Discussion

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