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Stress and Perception of Emotional Stimuli: Long-Term Stress Rewiring the Brain

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Khosrowabadi, Reza, Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.·2018·Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal

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INTRODUCTION: Long-term stressful situations can drastically influence one's mental life. However, the effect of mental stress on recognition of emotional stimuli needs to be explored. In this study, recognition of emotional stimuli in a stressful situation was investigated. Four emotional conditions, including positive and negative states in both low and high levels of arousal were analyzed. METHODS: Twenty-six healthy right-handed university students were recruited within or after examination period. Participants' stress conditions were measured using the Perceived Stress Scale-14 (PSS-14). All participants were exposed to some audio-visual emotional stimuli while their brains responses' were measured using the Electroencephalography (EEG) technique. During the experiment, the subject's perception of emotional stimuli is evaluated using the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) questionnaire. After recording, EEG signatures of emotional states were estimated from connectivity patterns among 8 brain regions. Connectivity patterns were calculated using Phase Slope Index (PSI), Directed Transfer Function (DTF), and Generalized Partial Direct Coherence (GPDC) methods. The EEG-based connectivity features were then labeled with SAM responses. Subsequently, the labeled features were categorized using two different classifiers. Classification accuracy of the system was validated by leave-one-out method. RESULTS: As expected, performance of the system is significantly improved by grouping the subjects to stressed and stress-free groups. EEG-based connectivity pattern was influenced by mental stress level. CONCLUSION: Changes in connectivity patterns related to long-term mental stress have overlapped with changes caused by emotional stimuli. Interestingly, these changes are detectable from EEG data in eyes-closed condition.

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Authors
Khosrowabadi, R., & Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, S. B. U.
Affiliations
Shahid Beheshti University (IR)
Corresponding author
Khosrowabadi, Reza
Venue
Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal
Published
2018-03-01
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
107-120
ISSN
  • 2008-126X (ISSN-L)
  • 2228-7442
OpenAlex
W2792590283
Cited by
39
References
33
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3.93
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journal article
Language
en
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cc-by-nc
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Emotion and Mood Recognition
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
EEG connectivity, brain reorganization, emotional arousal, positive and negative emotions, EEG-based emotion recognition, eyes-closed EEG

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