Flexibility as the key for somatic health: From mind wandering to perseverative cognition

Ottaviani, Cristina; Shapiro, David; Couyoumdjian, Alessandro

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.05.003

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“…At a behavioural level, we expected to replicate previous findings (Ottaviani et al, 2013) showing that reaction times are delayed and HRV is reduced following induction, due to an increase in rumination and worry. Within the brain, we hypothesized that enhanced self-referential processing (at baseline in GAD and following the perseverative cognition induction in HC) is associated with increased engagement of the default mode network which in turn accounts for difficulties in focusing on the tracking task (i.e., levels of default mode network de-activation at target appearance).…”

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confidence: 74%

“…The appearance of infrequent targets is supposed to force participants to go back on task whereas, given the monotony of the task and the infrequency of target appearance, periods immediately prior to the latter are likely to be characterized by internally-oriented attention (e.g., Smallwood, 2011). The tracking task used in the present study has proven to be effective in eliciting episodes of mind wandering (before induction) and perseverative cognition (after induction) in healthy individuals (Ottaviani et al, 2013).…”

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“…The tracking task (adapted from Ottaviani et al, 2013) required participants to follow a white circle moving slowly and horizontally on the screen and to press a button as fast as possible each time the circle turned red. The duration of the red circle (target) was 100 ms after which the circle returned to white and the task continued.…”

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“…The rationale for collapsing worrisome and ruminative thoughts into a single phenomenal category is corroborated by studies showing no differences between these two processes on their impact on appraisals and strategies (e.g., Segerstrom, Tsao, Alden, & Craske, 2000;Watkins, Moulds, & Mackintosh, 2005) and by the incremental benefits of using perseverative cognition as a transdiagnostic symptom (McEvoy, Watson, Watkins, & Nathan, 2013;Spinhoven, Drost, van Hemert, & Penninx, 2015). In Ottaviani et al (2013), participants performed a low-demanding tracking task before and after a perseverative cognition induction in which they were asked to recall a past or future personally relevant negative event. The task required participants to keep the cursor inside a white circle in motion on a black screen and press the left mouse button as fast as possible each time the circle turned red.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…An earlier laboratory study applied this model to perseverative cognition (i.e., worry and rumination) in healthy individuals, hypothesizing a link between cognitive inflexibility and autonomic rigidity expressed as reduced HRV (Ottaviani, Shapiro, & Couyoumdjian, 2013). The rationale for collapsing worrisome and ruminative thoughts into a single phenomenal category is corroborated by studies showing no differences between these two processes on their impact on appraisals and strategies (e.g., Segerstrom, Tsao, Alden, & Craske, 2000;Watkins, Moulds, & Mackintosh, 2005) and by the incremental benefits of using perseverative cognition as a transdiagnostic symptom (McEvoy, Watson, Watkins, & Nathan, 2013;Spinhoven, Drost, van Hemert, & Penninx, 2015).…”

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Neurobiological substrates of cognitive rigidity and autonomic inflexibility in generalized anxiety disorder

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Neurobiological substrates of cognitive rigidity and autonomic inflexibility in generalized anxiety disorder.Biological Psychology http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.biopsycho.2016.06.009 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.  Trait worry was inversely related with prefrontal deactivation to target detection. HRV predicted neural activation changes produced by attentional focus switching. A worry induction increased pre-to post-target deactivation of default mode areas. The induction reduced behavioural and neurobiological differences between groups. AbstractGeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by difficulties in inhibiting both perseverative thoughts (worry and rumination) and autonomic arousal. We investigated the neurobiological substrates of such abnormal inhibitory processes, hypothesizing aberrant functional coupling within 'default mode' (DMN) and autonomic brain networks. Functional imaging and heart rate variability (HRV) data were acquired from GAD patients and controls during performance of three tracking tasks interspersed with a perseverative cognition (PC) induction. After detection of infrequent target stimuli, activity within putative DMN hubs was suppressed, consistent with a redirection of attentional resources from internal to external focus. This magnitude of activity change was attenuated in patients and individuals with higher trait PC, but was predicted by individual differences in HRV. Following the induction of PC in controls, this pattern of neural reactivity became closer to that of GAD patients. Results support, at a neural level, the association between cognitive inflexibility and autonomic rigidity.

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Does Unconscious Stress Play a Role in Prolonged Cardiovascular Stress Recovery?

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According to recent insights, humans might not be aware of a substantial part of their cognitive stress representations while these still have prolonged physiological effects. 'Unconscious stress' can be measured by implicit affect (IA) tests. It was shown that IA predicts physiological stress responses, in fact better than explicit ('conscious') affect. It is not known yet whether IA is associated with concurrent prolonged stress responses. In two studies (n = 62 and 123), anger harassment was used to induce stress. Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) were measured continuously. During BP and HR recovery, IA was measured by an 'anger' version of the implicit association test (IAT) or the implicit positive and negative affect test (IPANAT). Blood pressure and HR increased during anger harassment and recovery afterwards. When using the IPANAT BP recovery levels were lower when positive IA was high and higher when negative IA was high, independent of explicit affect and rumination. These results were not found using the IAT. These results provide preliminary evidence that physiological stress recovery is associated with IA. This is in line with the theory that unconscious stress is responsible for a-possibly considerable-part of unhealthy prolonged stress-related physiological activity.

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Investigating the Role of Mind Wandering in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work: A Proposal for an EEG Study

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Flexibility as the key for somatic health: From mind wandering to perseverative cognition

Cited by 130 publications

References 51 publications

Neurobiological substrates of cognitive rigidity and autonomic inflexibility in generalized anxiety disorder

Neurobiological substrates of cognitive rigidity and autonomic inflexibility in generalized anxiety disorder

Does Unconscious Stress Play a Role in Prolonged Cardiovascular Stress Recovery?

Investigating the Role of Mind Wandering in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work: A Proposal for an EEG Study

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