PSYC 3170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Insular Cortex, Internal Fixation, Menopause
14 Jan 2020
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People are generally poor at symptom recognition (how much someone"s nose is running, the severity of it). Situational factors (ex: how interesting vs how boring something is to someone, less likely to notice a symptom if you are busy). Some people have more symptoms (ex: someone may have more going on biologically that max explain their symptoms). There are differences in what people can tolerate. Differ in how much attention is paid to internal states (some people pay close attention to what is going on inside you, interoceptive awareness, prone to panic attacks because of the attention given towards the anxiety). Internally focused people overestimate bodily changes and experience slow recovery (may have more anxiety due to internal fixation which affects how they recover). Personality and hypertension: effect of hypertension awareness : irvine et. , al. Compared people on neuroticism (anxiety, low mood, distress, etc). Individuals who were aware of their hypertensive state were the most neurotic.
