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  • Psychophysiology
  • Human Factors

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  • Individual emotional responses vary significantly with context and task parameters.
  • Physiological markers like heart rate and brain activity are linked to emotional reactivity, stress, and anxiety.
  • Interactions between physiological systems and contextual influences on emotional responses remain incompletely understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the cross-session relationships between behavioral and physiological measures of emotional reactivity.
  • To examine how brain activity and heart rate variability predict emotional and stress responses in different contexts.
  • To characterize integrated behavioral and physiological responses to emotional stimuli in high-stress professions.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited military and law enforcement personnel for two experimental sessions on separate days.
  • Laboratory session: recorded electroencephalogram (EEG) during exposure to high-arousal negative images.
  • Immersive simulation session: recorded electrocardiography (ECG) during a 'shoot-don't-shoot' task.

Main Results:

  • Behavioral performance was modulated by emotional intensity in the lab and stress in the simulation.
  • Higher emotional intensity ratings in the lab correlated with higher self-reported anxiety in the simulation.
  • Theta band brain connectivity predicted low-frequency heart rate variability (HRV) across sessions, particularly in highly reactive individuals.

Conclusions:

  • Behavioral and physiological data reveal cross-session links in emotional reactivity.
  • Brain connectivity patterns can predict physiological stress responses, especially under high emotional load.
  • Findings provide an integrated framework for understanding emotional reactivity in operational contexts.