Heart and Emotion: Ambulatory Monitoring Studies in Everyday Life Book

Ch. 1	Definitions and models	1
1.1	Emotion	1
1.2	Concepts related to emotion	4
1.3	Work load : theoretical background	6
Ch. 2	Basic physiological principles	11
2.1	Nervous control of the heart	11
2.2	Neurophysiology of emotion	14
Ch. 3	Methods	17
3.1	Freiburg monitoring system (FMS)	17
3.2	Samples monitored with the FMS	27
3.3	Reliability of the FMS	28
3.4	Validity of the FMS	33
3.5	Special aspects of AHR	41
Ch. 4	Interoception	53
4.1	Some findings from the literature	53
4.2	Cardiac perception in healthy subjects	55
4.3	Cardiac perception in patients	58
Ch. 5	Perception of emotions	73
5.1	Frequency and quality of emotions	73
5.2	Emotional differences between true and random feedbacks and for different social contacts	78
5.3	Physiological profiles of different emotions	79
5.4	Accuracy of the perception of emotional arousal	80
5.5	Influence of personality dimensions on emotions reported	81
Ch. 6	Stress and strain at the workplace	87
6.1	Work load in train drivers, bus drivers, and dispatchers	87
6.2	Work load in white and blue collar workers	101
6.3	Work load in university students	104
6.4	Work load in schoolboys	111
Ch. 7	Stress and strain during leisure time	121
7.1	Work versus leisure time in train drivers, bus drivers, and dispatchers	121
7.2	Work versus leisure time in white and blue collar workers	123
7.3	Effects of television viewing in schoolboys	127
7.4	Driving a car	131
7.5	Stress at the amusement park	139
Ch. 8	Physiological monitoring during the night	147
8.1	Hypotheses	147
8.2	Results	148
Ch. 9	General discussion	159
9.1	Methodological considerations	160
9.2	Interoception and emotions	163
9.3	Stress and strain	166
9.4	Monitoring during sleep	169
	Summary	173
	References	177
	Authors index	193
	Subject index	197