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PRESENTATIONS

2019

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TRAUMATIC STRESS STUDIES: Boston, MA

Lewis, M.W, Huskey, A., Friedman, B.H., & Jones, R.T. (2019, November). Trauma exposure is associated with physiological startle, but not self-report startle in a sample of undergraduates. Poster presentation. 

SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Washington D.C.

Budzyn, G., Huskey, A., Van Orden, C., & Friedman, B.H. (2019). Resting heart rate variability predicts executive attention in college students [abstract]. Psychophysiology, 56 (Suppl. 1), S124.

 

Condy, E., Friedman, B.H., & Gandjbakhche, A. (2019). RSA reactivity relates to performance on a Go/No-Go behavior inhibition task [abstract]. Psychophysiology, 56 (Suppl. 1), S75. 

Dike, J., Faunce, J.A., Lewis, M.L., Friedman, B.H., & Jones, R.T. (2019). Complex PTSD symptom effects and cardiac response to startle stimuli during fear conditioning [abstract]. Psychophysiology, 56 (Suppl. 1), S86.

Faunce, J. A., Lewis, M.W., Friedman, B.H., & Jones, R. T. (2019). Phobic fear does not predict sensitization to acoustic startle stimuli during habituation [abstract]. Psychophysiology, 56 (Suppl. 1), S51.

Friedman, B.H. (2019, September). In Beyond observation: Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in psychophysiological research (J. Koenig, Chair). Symposium Discussant.

Greenway, A., Faunce, A., Huskey, A., & Friedman, B.H. (2019). Worry your heart out: worry affects cardiac safety learning [abstract]. Psychophysiology, 56 (Suppl. 1), S51.

Huskey, A., & Friedman, B.H. (2019). Fear inhibition as a learning measure of generalized unsafety [abstract]. Psychophysiology, 56 (Suppl. 1), S58.

Kissel, H.A., Faunce, J.A., Friedman, B.H. (2019). The heart can be unpredictable: examining EMG and cardiac startle responses during fear conditioning. Psychophysiology, 56 (Suppl. 1), S113.

Nackley, B., Lewis, M.W., Faunce, J.A., Huskey, A., & Friedman, B.H. (2019). What’s blood got to do with it?  Cardiac response to startle and fear conditioning in blood phobia. Psychophysiology, 56 (Suppl. 1), S119.

Yang, X, Jennings, J.R., & Friedman, B.H. (2019). Electromyographic activity mediates accessory stimulus effect but not cardiac timing effect. Psychophysiology, 120 (Suppl. 1), S120.

ADVANCING NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AT VIRGINIA TECH SYMPOSIUM: Blacksburg, VA

 

Nackley, B., & Friedman, B.H. (2019. August). Defensive behavior: An evolutionary perspective on behavioral neuroscience. Poster presentation.

Van Orden, C, Huskey, A., & Friedman, B.H. (2019, August). Trait worry moderates the impact of stressor expectancy on electrodermal activity. Poster presentation.

2018

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF TRAUMATIC STRESS: Washington D.C.

Huskey A., Tankersley, A., Jones, R.T., & Friedman B.H. (2018, November). Sleep disturbance catalyzes the impact of physiological ailments on posttraumatic-symptom severity. 

SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Quebec City, Canada 

Friedman, B.H. (2018, October). The heart of emotion regulation: implications of cardiac measures in emotion regulation research. Symposium ​Chair.

Huskey, A., Van Orden, C., Lewis, M., Mohnsen, M., & Friedman, B. H. (2018, October). Affect dysregulation predicts blunted startle response [abstract]. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S100. 

Kissel, H., Huskey, A. Friedman, & Lewis (2018, October). Worry, cumulative trauma, and very low frequency HRV predict somatic symptoms: Support for the GUTS model [abstract]. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S98.

Lewis, M.W., Jones, R.T., Huskey, A., Reyes, M.M., Van Orden, C., & Friedman, B.H. (2018, October). Latent class growth analysis, electromyography, and heterogeneity in fear learning: methodological considerations and theoretical implications [abstract]. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S56.

Nackley, B., Huskey, A., Lewis, M., & Friedman, B. H. (2018, October). Is high-frequency heart rate variability always a marker for adaptive responding? [abstract]. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S131.

 

Spangler, D.P., Yang, X., & Friedman, B.H. (in press). Cardiac vagal control is associated with cognitive mechanisms of emotion regulation [abstract]. Psychophysiology, 55 (Suppl. 1).

AMERICAN PSYCHOSOMATIC SOCIETY: Louisville, KY  

Grant, S., Kissel, H., & Friedman, B. (2018). Differential mechanisms associated with caffeine-induced blood pressure increases for women and men [abstract]. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80, A52.

MIDWESTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: Chicago, IL 

Yang, X., Spangler, D.P., & Friedman B.H. (2018, April). Individual differences in reappraisal influence effects of affective images on working memory performance. In I. Yaroslavsky (Symposium Chair), From the benchside to the bedside: Connecting biological and behavioral pathways for depression risk across laboratory and daily life setting.

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2017

SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Vienna, Austria 

Yang, X., Jennings, J.R., & Friedman, B.H. (2017). Feel the heart, feel the fear: Interoceptive accuracy modulates the valence effect of accessory stimuli. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S81.

 

Yang, X., Spangler, D.P., Myers, B., Friedman, B.H., & Jennings, J.R. (2017). Heart rate variability and body mass index are associated with very slow choice response times during cardiac diastole. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S114.

2016

SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Minneapolis, MN  

Condy, E.E., & Friedman, B.H. (2016). Increased respiratory sinus arrhythmia during recovery predicts social awareness deficits. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S55.

Grant, S.S., Friedman, B.H., Huskey, A., White, J.B., & Kim, K. (2016). How long is long enough? Heart rate variability, heart rate, and blood pressure responses following a six-hour caffeine abstention. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S54.

Simon, T., Berger, K., Friedman, B.H., & McGinley, J.J. (2016). Autonomic differentiation for emotions? How about autonomic differentiation for emotion-eliciting tasks? Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S27.

Spangler, D.P., Hummer, L., Braunstein, L., Yang, X., & Friedman, B.H. (2016). A little goes a long way: Low working memory load is associated with optimal distractor inhibition and increased vagal control under anxiety. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S18.

 

Yang, X., Jennings, R., Friedman, B.H., Braunstein, L., Vohra, H., Garcia, O., & Huskey, A. (2016). Exteroceptive stimulus overrides interoceptive state in control of reaction time. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S49.

INTERNATIONAL MEETING FOR AUTISM RESEARCH: Baltimore, MD

Condy, E.E., & Friedman, B.H. (May 2016). Baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia predicts restricted repetitive behavior severity. Poster presentation.

SOCIETY OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE: Washington D.C.

Grant, S., Friedman, B., McGinley, J., Condy, E., Yang, X., Banister, M., White, J., & Kim, K. (2016). Controlling for caffeine in cardiovascular research: Heart rate, HRV, and blood pressure responses to a 6-hour abstention. Annals of Behavioral Medicine (Suppl.), S122.

2015
SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Seattle, WA

Condy, E.E., Spangler, D.P., & Friedman, B.H. (2015). Atypical pre-ejection period responses in Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S56.
 
Grant, S., Friedman, B.H., McGinley, J.J., Condy, E.E., Yang, X., Banister, M., White, J.B., & Kim, K. (2015). Controlling for caffeine in cardiovascular reactivity research: Heart rate and blood pressure responses following a 6 hour abstention. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S56.
 
McGinley, J.J., Choi, H., Friedman, B.H. (2015). Univariate autonomic responses to discrete emotion manipulations continue to vary across different methods of manipulation. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S121.
 
Spangler, D.S., Bell, M.A., Deater-Deckard, K., & Friedman, B.H. (2015). Emotion suppression moderates the quadratic association between RSA and executive function. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S56.

2014
SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Atlanta, GA

McGinley, J.J., Lee, E. A., & Friedman, B.H. (2014). RMSSD and high frequency power are highly correlated, but are they measuring the same thing? Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S23.
 
Spangler, D.P., & Friedman, B.H (2014). Measuring trait emotion regulation with heart rate variability: A SEM approach. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S23.
 
Yang, X., Spangler, D.P., McGinley, J.J., & Friedman, B.H. (2014). Individual differences in attentional control influence affective startle modification. Psychophysiology (Suppl. 1), S22.

AMERICAN PSYCHOSOMATIC SOCIETY: San Francisco, CA

Spangler, D.P., Yang, X., & Friedman, B.H. (2014). Activation control: Heightened or blunted cardiac sympathetic regulation? Psychosomatic Medicine, 76, A-16.

SOCIETY OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE: Philadelphia, PA

Spangler, D.P., & Friedman, B.H (2014). Effortful control & ego-resiliency: The role of cardiac autonomic regulation. Annals of Behavioral Medicine (Suppl.), 47, s195 (Meritorious Poster winner, Society of Behavioral Medicine.)

 

ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE: San Francisco, CA

McGinley, J.J., Baldner, C., Tallman, C. W., & Friedman, B.H. (May, 2014). Comparative analyses of cognitive and affective scales of empathy questionnaires. Poster presentation.

 

Yang, X., Lee, E., Grant, S., Condy, E., Tallman, C., Fleming, L., & Friedman, B. H. (May 2014) Individual differences in motivation and attention influence startle modification. Poster presentation.

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