{"title":"Mapping 60 Years of Psychophysiology: A Bibliometric Analysis of Journal Performance, Authorship Trends, and Thematic Evolution.","authors":"Christian Panitz, Carola Dell'Acqua","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70002","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychophysiology, the flagship journal of psychophysiological research, has played a key role in the field for 60 years. For the present study, we conducted a bibliometric analysis assessing the journal's development in terms of performance, authorship trends, and thematic content for this time span. Over the years, Psychophysiology has experienced a consistent increase in manuscript submissions, published articles, and impact factor. Authorship trends showed larger, more diverse author teams, with a growing percentage of female first authors now representing about 50% of submissions and an increase in international collaborations. Thematic content has evolved, shifting from peripheral measures to central nervous system measures like EEG and ERPs while maintaining the journal's long-standing emphasis on methodological advancements. Research topics have expanded from basic stimulus processing to more complex investigations into emotion, cognition, and psychopathology, with growing interdisciplinary integration. This article provides a quantitative overview of Psychophysiology's contributions and development, aimed at offering insights into the journal's past, current state, and potential future directions in psychophysiological research.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"62 2","pages":"e70002"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11788248/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143080876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsychophysiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-11-26DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14733
Sonya V Troller-Renfree, Santiago Morales, George A Buzzell, Aislinn Sandre
{"title":"Heterogeneity in pediatric resting EEG data processing and analysis: A state of the field.","authors":"Sonya V Troller-Renfree, Santiago Morales, George A Buzzell, Aislinn Sandre","doi":"10.1111/psyp.14733","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.14733","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Developmental, resting electroencephalography (EEG) is gaining rapid popularity with implementation in large-scale studies as well as a recent WHO report naming resting EEG as a gold standard measure of brain health. With an increased interest in resting EEG as a potential biomarker for neurocognition, it is paramount that resting EEG findings are reliable and reproducible. One of the major threats to replicability and reproducibility stems from variations in preprocessing and analysis. One of the primary challenges facing the field of developmental EEG is that it can be challenging to acquire data from infants and children, which commonly makes data cleaning and analysis difficult and unstandardized. The goal of the present manuscript is to take a state of the field of the methods experts in resting EEG report they would use to clean and analyze a hypothetical data set. Here we report on the responses of 66 self-identified experts in developmental psychophysiology, none of which submitted identical preregistrations. As expected, there were areas of more and less consensus, but ultimately, we believe our findings highlight opportunities for core methodological work and field-level efforts to establish consensus.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"e14733"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11871997/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142732193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Neurophysiological Indices of Working Memory Maintenance in Young Adults.","authors":"Vera Nina Looser, Markus Gerber, Sebastian Ludyga","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70012","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Working memory is a crucial component of cognitive performance, supporting well-being, mental health, and successful personal and academic endeavors. Working memory performance and capacity peak during young adulthood, a critical period for managing increased life challenges. Emerging evidence indicates that cardiorespiratory fitness holds potential to enhance working memory performance; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study examined the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and neurophysiological markers of cognitive control during a task requiring working memory maintenance. Young healthy adults (N = 112) completed a submaximal ergometer test to estimate cardiorespiratory fitness. Working memory maintenance was assessed using the Sternberg task under low and high cognitive loads, while event-related potentials (ERP) components (cue-P300, CNV, and probe-P300) were recorded. In addition, an immediate free recall task was administered. Path analysis revealed that higher cardiorespiratory fitness was significantly associated with better accuracy in the Sternberg task exclusively under high cognitive load (β = 0.21, p = 0.03). In the high load condition, higher negativity of the contingent negative variation (CNV) amplitude was significantly associated with higher fitness levels (β = -0.20, p = 0.03) and with better performance on the immediate free recall task (β = -0.23, p = 0.02), suggesting enhanced neurophysiological preparatory processes and dominance of proactive cognitive control strategy in fitter individuals. Cue-P300 and probe-P300 did not show significant associations with cardiorespiratory fitness nor working memory performance. These findings underscore the role of proactive cognitive control in mediating the benefits of cardiorespiratory fitness on cognitive performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"62 2","pages":"e70012"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143256427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Temporal dynamics of negative emotion regulation: Insights from facial electromyography.","authors":"Sylvia D Kreibig, James J Gross","doi":"10.1111/psyp.14732","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.14732","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emotion regulation (ER) is a multifaceted process that unfolds over time. This study investigated the temporal dynamics of ER on negative affect (NA) and positive affect (PA). We examined whether NA and PA changes occur sequentially or concurrently. After participants had been exposed to unpleasant pictures for 8000 ms, they received instructions to either continue viewing the picture (no regulation) or reappraise it with a neutral meaning (neutralize goal) or positive meaning (transform goal) for another 8000 ms. We obtained corrugator supercilii and zygomaticus major electromyography (EMG) as objective measures of NA and PA. For the no-regulation condition, upon instruction onset, we observed maintained high corrugator and low zygomaticus EMG reactivity, indicating sustained NA activation. Compared to no-regulation, for the neutralize goal, we observed corrugator reduction starting at 1500 ms after instruction onset and no change in zygomaticus, indicating decreased NA and generation of neutral emotion. For the transform goal, we observed corrugator reduction starting at 1000 ms and zygomaticus increase at 3500 ms after instruction onset, indicating decreased NA and increased PA and generation of positive emotion. Model-fitting analyses showed that the best-fitting trajectory for the transform goal's pattern of change was initial NA reduction that turns into PA increase at 2000 ms. These distinct temporal patterns highlight the possibility of effecting one-dimensional NA change with the neutralize goal and sequential two-dimensional change (first decreasing NA, then increasing PA) with the transform goal. This research sheds light on the time course of emotional change generated by different emotion goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"62 2","pages":"e14732"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143190329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsychophysiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14714
Lianne N Wolsink, Ewout H Meijer, Fren T Y Smulders, Robin Orthey
{"title":"The concealed information test with a continuously moving stimulus.","authors":"Lianne N Wolsink, Ewout H Meijer, Fren T Y Smulders, Robin Orthey","doi":"10.1111/psyp.14714","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.14714","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Concealed Information Test (CIT) aims to extract concealed crime-related knowledge using physiological measures. In the present study, we propose a new variant of the CIT that contains a continuously moving stimulus. A total of 81 participants were either informed or not about the specific location of an upcoming terrorist attack. The CIT consisted of a map with a superimposed moving dot, combined with measurements of respiration and electrodermal activity. The results revealed both respiratory suppression and an increase in skin conductance when the moving dot passed the target location only in informed participants. These findings showed that this new variant of the CIT can differentiate between groups of informed and uninformed individuals and an exploratory analysis revealed it can help narrow down a search area.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"e14714"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11870813/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pupillary Responses Reflect Image Memorability.","authors":"Ryosuke Niimi","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70007","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.70007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined whether pupil size varies as a function of the memorability of natural scene images. In Experiment 1, participants were asked to memorize, recognize, and passively view high- and low-memorability images from an established dataset. The baseline-corrected pupil sizes were larger for high-memorability images, but only during old trials in the recognition phase. However, after implementing stricter controls for image luminance and arousal, pupil dilation for high-memorability images was observed across all phases: memorization, recognition, and passive viewing (Experiments 2 and 3). The effect of image memorability was further validated through item-based analysis. Both the pupil old/new effect and the subsequent memory effect were replicated, and these effects are probably separable from the effect of image memorability. The results of this study suggest that pupil size is sensitive to image memorability regardless of the behavioral task, supporting the view that image memorability is an intrinsic, higher-order property of the image.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"62 2","pages":"e70007"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143383197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alisha M Bruton, Laura Levy, Navdeep Kaur Rai, Dana Dharmakaya Colgan, Jeanette M Johnstone
{"title":"Diminished Interoceptive Accuracy in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Alisha M Bruton, Laura Levy, Navdeep Kaur Rai, Dana Dharmakaya Colgan, Jeanette M Johnstone","doi":"10.1111/psyp.14750","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.14750","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interoception is the perception of one's internal physiological state. Altered interoception may play a role in the pathogenesis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We reviewed the literature on interoception and ADHD symptoms (inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, executive function, emotional dysregulation) in individuals with and without the disorder. Studies included assessments of interoception and ADHD symptoms in (1) individuals with/without diagnoses of ADHD or (2) the general population. Interoception assessments included objective measures (heartbeat-tracking test) and self-report questionnaires. The literature search included the PubMed/MEDLINE, PsychINFO, CINAHL and Scopus databases. A protocol was prospectively registered in the PROSPERO database (CRD #42022351726); the PRISMA guidelines directed reporting. The Newcastle-Ottawa scale was adapted to evaluate study quality. Of 636 articles identified, 17 articles (based on 18 studies) met inclusion criteria. Five studies compared interoception in participants with/without ADHD, and three found that interoception was reduced in participants with ADHD. One study compared interoception between presentations of ADHD, finding no differences. Twelve studies assessed the association of ADHD symptoms and interoception in the general population. Overall, results suggested that interoception is reduced in individuals who reported higher symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, emotional dysregulation, and executive dysfunction. Studies were of moderate quality; issues included small sample sizes and inadequate reporting. Individuals with ADHD may have decreased interoception compared to individuals without. Interoception is negatively associated with ADHD symptoms in the general population. Interventions focused on improving interoceptive abilities may provide an avenue for ADHD treatment. Future work should consider the role of culture in interoception.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"62 2","pages":"e14750"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11842156/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143190321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PsychophysiologyPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-10DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14737
Yael Dann, Alisa Egotubov, Avigail Gordon Hecker, Eyal Sheiner, Florina Uzefovsky, Noa Gueron Sela
{"title":"Paternal depressive symptoms and infant respiratory sinus arrhythmia predict empathy-related behaviors.","authors":"Yael Dann, Alisa Egotubov, Avigail Gordon Hecker, Eyal Sheiner, Florina Uzefovsky, Noa Gueron Sela","doi":"10.1111/psyp.14737","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.14737","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children with specific psychophysiological profiles may be more strongly affected by adverse environmental experiences. Guided by a biopsychosocial perspective, we examined whether infant respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), an index of parasympathetic functioning, moderates the associations between paternal postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms and infants' observed empathy-related responses. Participants were 142 families with infants (51% female) assessed at two time points. At T1 (3 months of age), fathers reported their depressive symptoms. Infants' cardiac activity was recorded during rest and estimates of RSA were calculated. In addition, infants' empathy-related responses during a maternal distress simulation were observed and rated at T2 (12 months of age). Higher paternal PPD at T1 predicted higher infant affective (i.e., affective concern) and cognitive (i.e., inquiring behaviors) responses to maternal distress at T2. Infant RSA moderated this relationship for cognitive responses, with a significant positive association only for children with high or average RSA. These findings contribute to the understanding of the psychophysiological mechanisms that support empathy development.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":" ","pages":"e14737"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11870816/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ian Phillips, Michael A Johns, Nick B Pandža, Regina C Calloway, Valerie P Karuzis, Stefanie E Kuchinsky
{"title":"Three Hundred Hertz Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) Impacts Pupil Size Non-Linearly as a Function of Intensity.","authors":"Ian Phillips, Michael A Johns, Nick B Pandža, Regina C Calloway, Valerie P Karuzis, Stefanie E Kuchinsky","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70011","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a neuromodulatory technique that may have numerous potential health and human performance benefits. However, optimal stimulation parameters for maximizing taVNS efficacy are unknown. Progress is impeded by disagreement on the identification of a biomarker that reliably indexes activation of neuromodulatory systems targeted by taVNS, including the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system. Pupil size varies with LC-NE activity and is one potential taVNS biomarker that has shown inconsistent sensitivity to taVNS in prior studies. The present study examined the relationship between pupil size and taVNS using stimulation parameters that have shown promising behavioral effects in prior studies but have received comparatively little attention. Participants received trains of 50 μs taVNS pulses delivered continuously below perceptual threshold at 300 Hz to the left external acoustic meatus (EAM) while pupil size was recorded during a pupillary light reflex task. Analysis of pupil size using generalized additive mixed modeling (GAMM) revealed a non-linear relationship between taVNS intensity and pupil diameter. Active taVNS increased pupil size during stimulation for participants who received taVNS between 2 and approximately 4.8 mA, but not for participants who received higher-intensity taVNS (up to 8.1 mA). In addition, taVNS effects persisted in subsequent blocks, mitigating decreases in pupil size over the course of the task. These findings suggest 300 Hz taVNS activates the LC-NE system when applied to the EAM, but its effects may be counteracted at higher intensities.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"62 2","pages":"e70011"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11866280/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143516359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comprehensive Analysis of Event-Related Potentials of Response Inhibition: The Role of Negative Urgency and Compulsivity.","authors":"Verena Wüllhorst, Raoul Wüllhorst, Rebecca Overmeyer, Tanja Endrass","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70000","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Behavioral and neural correlates of response inhibition are assumed to relate to impulsivity and compulsivity, but findings are inconsistent, possibly due to prior research studying these dimensions in isolation. Negative urgency, the tendency to act impulsive under negative affect, and compulsivity relate to various mental disorders and are assumed to reflect deficits in inhibitory control. However, few studies have examined how response inhibition relates to negative urgency, compulsivity, or their interaction. To address this gap, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the behavioral and neural correlates of response inhibition and their associations with negative urgency and compulsivity. We examined 233 participants who performed a stop-signal task while electroencephalography was recorded. The analysis involved single-trial regression and latency analyses to explore the relationships with self-reported negative urgency and compulsivity. Stop-signal reaction times (SSRTs) and negative urgency were associated with an attenuated P3 effect contrasting successful stop versus go trials. Crucially, longer SSRT was associated with reduced P1 amplitudes (on successful and failed stops) and a later onset and peak of the P3. Interestingly, the opposite pattern was observed for higher negative urgency with higher P1 amplitudes and an earlier P3 onset and peak in successful stop trials. Associations with compulsivity were not observed. Considering early sensorimotor processes and latency effects are important to capture differences between negative urgency and SSRT. Higher stop-signal-related P1 amplitudes and a faster action cancellation process may compensate reduced P3-related activity in high negative urgency.</p>","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"62 2","pages":"e70000"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11794679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143190310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}