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Schienle, A; Ubel, S; Rossler, A; Schwerdtfeger, A; Lackner, HK; .
Body Position Influences Cardiovascular Disgust Reactivity A Tilt Table Experiment.
J PSYCHOPHYSIOL. 2015; 29(2): 73-79. Doi: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000136
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Lackner Helmut Karl
Rössler Andreas
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Abstract:
It has been suggested that elevated trait disgust constitutes a vulnerability factor for fainting episodes. We tested the hypothesis that disgust-prone individuals are susceptible to vasovagal syncope by means of a tilt table experiment, during which 30 women were presented with disgusting pictures in a supine and a 70 degrees upright position. The results showed that relative to disgust elicitation in the supine position, tilting reduced diastolic blood pressure during disgust elicitation, which could indicate increased risk for presyncope. Moreover, self-reported disgust proneness was positively correlated with heart rate during disgust induction in the tilted position. This association may point to a compensatory mechanism that aims at stabilizing mean arterial pressure. Disgust-prone individuals possibly utilized this mechanism more extensively to prevent fainting. Future investigations with a longer duration should follow up on this finding and compare the onset of presyncope between high and low disgust-prone individuals.

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