2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The effects of stress reappraisal on central executive resources and selective attention
| Project/Area Number |
15H06722
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Aichi Shukutoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | ストレス / ストレスの肯定的評価 / 選択的注意 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The present study tested if stress reappraisal improves response of salivary amylase and selective attention. The following conditions were used. In the Reappraisal condition, participants received an instruction that stress is not harmful and increased arousal actually aids performance in stressful situations. In the Ignore condition, participants received an instruction that ignoring stress optimally reduces nervousness and improves outcomes. All the participants were instructed that they would be completing a stressful speech task, received the instruction corresponding to their condition, and then completed a flanker task. The results showed the interference effect and salivary amylase was reduced only in the reappraisal condition. Therefore, these findings showed that stress reappraisal improves executive function and physiological response while under stress.
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| Free Research Field |
認知心理学
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